Returning groceries WTF?
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I've returned food that turned out to be moldy.
I feel like returning fruit that taste terrible, but never have.
I feel like returning fruit that taste terrible, but never have.
Good stuff...I've returned many items.
How will they get it right if they don't even know there was something wrong?
I've returned watermelons several times. They were pink at best. Why should I throw out $5-10?
Meat that was questionable before the best by date.
Frozen chicken breast that was inedibly salty. If the dogs turned their noses up at it?
I wouldn't complain if it was an odd raspberry but if it is costing me enough money to make the ride there worth while, why not?
Keep em honest.
Saw a guy stand at the Walmart customer service desk trying to return a half empty pack of diapers.
Seems that almost all the fruit I buy at the supermarkets lately is horrendous. Exceptions are oranges and bananas.
Watermelon: pale pink, not sweet, not juicy
Peaches/nectarines: hard as a rock and dry, or mealy
Apples: sometimes very mealy
Pineapple: very sour
melons: dry and not sweet, hard
I've thrown out so much food because it's inedible. I love fruit, but no longer like buying it.
Watermelon: pale pink, not sweet, not juicy
Peaches/nectarines: hard as a rock and dry, or mealy
Apples: sometimes very mealy
Pineapple: very sour
melons: dry and not sweet, hard
I've thrown out so much food because it's inedible. I love fruit, but no longer like buying it.
Half the return line at Costco is for food.
can understand if the food is old,stale,rotten,etc.
But a lot of supposedly unopened products.
How can they resell being assured it hasn"t been tampered with?
I do not understand, They just fill the carts up and grow a brain later that they didn"t need it or it was too expensive?
can understand if the food is old,stale,rotten,etc.
But a lot of supposedly unopened products.
How can they resell being assured it hasn"t been tampered with?
I do not understand, They just fill the carts up and grow a brain later that they didn"t need it or it was too expensive?
Agree. Either fruit are tasting worse or our taste buds degenerate as we get older.
I love the old black seeded grapes. Can't find them anymore.
There is a guy that sells mangos from a truck in front of Caddy's. I think he also lives in there lol.
Seems that almost all the fruit I buy at the supermarkets lately is horrendous. Exceptions are oranges and bananas.
Watermelon: pale pink, not sweet, not juicy
Peaches/nectarines: hard as a rock and dry, or mealy
Apples: sometimes very mealy
Pineapple: very sour
melons: dry and not sweet, hard
I've thrown out so much food because it's inedible. I love fruit, but no longer like buying it.
As someone who was once directly involved in fruit farming, I can tell you that the produce is not grown for the consumer. It is grown to meet the needs of the retailer.
Weekly ads are planned months in advance. I remember numerous times being cajoled into picking fruit WAY too green to meet the stores marketing and nothing to do with it being ready.
You mention watermelon, they are picked for size, 10-11, lbs, nothing to do with it being ripe. They have to be uniform size, not much else. Last year in the garden I had several over 30lbs and sweet as sugar. The store couldn't handle that.
Peaches and nectarines are picked rock hard and almost immediately thrown in cold storage. That is to maintain shipping quality not eating quality.
Consumers are often at fault to. They want that perfect looking piece. A properly ripened piece of fruit may be a little bruised, won't last as long etc.
It will have flavor, superior nutrients, but won't look nice.
Brewers ice cream or is it ?
I was tempted to bring back Breyers frozen dessert it's not ice cream looks like ice cream but
It's frozen dessert not the real thing similar packaging
Like bait and switch ice cream ...........frozen dessert
I hope it goes into the garbage.
With all the sick fcuks out there today, who knows what can happen?
I think I saw someone return meat once at Metro.uke:
I was tempted to bring back Breyers frozen dessert it's not ice cream looks like ice cream but
It's frozen dessert not the real thing similar packaging
Like bait and switch ice cream ...........frozen dessert
I have to wonder what those people were returning that got into fight over a parking spot in a Mississauga Costco near Dundas and Dixie. I would hope they would dispose of any returned fresh food because who knows what has happened to it? It would be a huge liability to the store if someone returned tampered food and another person bought it and got sick. Packaged food is easily checked for tampering, though I true sicko could tamper with a box and seal it back.
Such a waste of energy and money moving these food products around only to have them returned. And people wonder why the cost of food is going up?
Thanks for sharing your experience and insight. I suspected something along those lines. It's all about money, not about quality in the end, I guess.
Seems that almost all the fruit I buy at the supermarkets lately is horrendous. Exceptions are oranges and bananas.
Watermelon: pale pink, not sweet, not juicy
Peaches/nectarines: hard as a rock and dry, or mealy
Apples: sometimes very mealy
Pineapple: very sour
melons: dry and not sweet, hard
I've thrown out so much food because it's inedible. I love fruit, but no longer like buying it.
Holy shit. I thought I was the only guy who has experienced the same thing! I can't remember the last time I bought peaches/nectarines that ripened nicel
Certain fruit always seem to turn out fine: Oranges, bananas, grapefruit, grapes
Fruit that is usually awful for me: peaches, nectarines, apples, and half the time anything in prepackaged plastic containers... strawberries, blueberries and such.
I just stick to the fruit that always seems fine. I can't remember the last time I bought a bad banana. Even if you buy them a bit green, they always ripen fine.
I like to buy the pre-cut assorted fruit trays that have strawberries, melon, pineapple, cantaloupe, berries, etc. That way you can look at the flesh of the fruit and determine how good it is. Bit pricier, but worth it IMHO.
Sometimes fruit looks good on the outside, but you cut it open and it's all mushy and brown. That's the worst.
Sometimes fruit looks good on the outside, but you cut it open and it's all mushy and brown. That's the worst.
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