Originally Posted by
Judyhill
It is all so sad, all that goes to waste. I have become so much more aware of it since I started using coupons and coming on here. I will eat things that I am not really even fond of because I don't want it to go to waste because it was a good deal and was healthy. I can remember the days when there were no expiry dates on anything.
It really irked me because unless its a really good deal, all the meat I will buy is the reduced. Someone I know said they would not buy that. My reply was, well it could just be the matter of if you were in front of the girl with the stickers or behind them. Another factor, will I pay 2 times as much to be able to let that meat set in the fridge until the day before expiry until I use it or freeze or get it half price at the store and cook it right away or use it right away.
As far as cheese goes, old cheese is an option when buying and they use it in trying to sell it, saying like 6 year old cheese. I would use it if it was outdated and it would not bother me any about cutting off mold. I've seen that done all the time when I was growing up.
Another thing, I think a lot of companies benefit from those expiry dates. I have expensive sunscreen here and does it go bad from one day to the next. Do I say; oh, that expired last week, now I need to go out and buy a new one for 15.00 or so.
I just really, really hate now to see things go to waste.