Expired Food and Drink

My parents just dropped off some juice boxes and a cake from Safeway. Sounds great, right? The problem is that it was all expired. My confession... I think I'm going to eat it anyway.

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Great Confession

Nov 24, 2014 at 7:32am

You definitely can't let a Safeway cake go to waste.

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hell yes

Nov 24, 2014 at 9:10am

now that's a confession!

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Possibly they didn't notice

Nov 24, 2014 at 11:26am

the expiry date. People assume if stuff is on the shelves you can buy it. Anyway, most things are still good after the date except fish and chicken. Enjoy!

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Crushaholic

Nov 24, 2014 at 1:40pm

The juice is good as long as the box isn't bulging (fresh juice gone bad releases gases). The cake, probably factory-made and loaded with preservatives, is good within 2 weeks of expiry, probably even more. Don't worry about the cream being dairy-gone-bad because over the past few years, Safeway has been using more and more sugar and starch in their "cream" and less actual dairy. Enjoy, and freeze some for later!

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parental unit

Nov 24, 2014 at 5:24pm

watch the doc 'Just Eat It". available here https://www.knowledge.ca/program/just-eat-it
they talk about food waste and recovery in Vancouver. they also discuss the misconceptions about expiry dates (no such thing except on baby formula) and best before dates. a VERY good watch and food for thought.

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what?

Nov 24, 2014 at 9:53pm

Why are you parents giving you expired food?
Why are they even buying it????
silly parents. throw it out

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can't sell

Nov 24, 2014 at 9:56pm

Every DECENT grocery store REMOVES expired food from their shelves. They will not sell it.
Do not shop at a store that doesn't.

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@ parental unit

Nov 24, 2014 at 11:25pm

Thank you so much for the link. I was so mad at myself for missing the screening at VIFF.

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No more food waste!

Nov 27, 2014 at 10:15pm

Everyone needs to see Just Eat It. It is a fantastic movie that opened my eyes about how much perfectly good food we're throwing out and now I'm asking the supermarkets for their older products and am going to try searching the dumpsters! Good on you!

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