Do you buy discounted food in the grocery store? Do you take stock of the expiry or best before dates? We really should, food is expensive enough, there's nothing worse than getting home and seeing a date on your food that has already passed by. I have bought clearance food, but only meat and that is only if it expires that day or the next and I'm going to use it right away.
Sunday we were in the city, I ran into the grocery store to pick up another package of egg rolls wrappers, we had made them on Saturday and had mix left, so we wanted to make a few more. Homemade egg rolls are a treat and so good - take a look here. The grocery store had about ten packages, all with a $2 clearance sticker right across the middle, I tried to peel it off but it was not coming off. I bought them, because there was nothing else and I figured the date was for that day, I paid 99 cents for them and left the store. We were driving along, peeled off the sticker - January 10 was marked, Sunday was the 20th - now, they just should not be selling anything that far past the date. We had already gone down the road, I ended up going to two more stores before I found any more egg roll wrappers - thankfully, they were all close together.
I got home and typed up my complaint to the grocery store customer service, yesterday I got a phone call, with many apologies - and an offer of this - it arrived in the mail today..
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A $25 gift card to Metro! I think that is very generous compensation ... This is going to be saved until lobsters come on special next time...This morning I was getting milk at the convenience store - the first jug I took out - the date was January 20 - that is three days ago - I told the cashier, she wondered how that could be.... I wonder too...... Watch those best before dates.... |
