Food Lion is a place that, 30 or so years ago, would bleach meat that was past the due date and put it out with a new due date. No source, word of mouth from folks who were employees at the time to me at the time. For whatever that is worth. They have had a different owner for many years now but this is pretty weird to me.
Well at least it’s sterile after that. I’d hate to buy expired meat that was swimming and bacteria.
You ever think about grocery stores 30 years ago? Before the celebrity chef craze? They were sad places. Nowhere near the variety that we have now. On the other hand, your average grocery store had a lot more cuts of meat. Everything’s been whittled down to just a few select cuts. Flank steak has all but disappeared. Pork neck bones are a rarity. Don’t even think about finding a skirt steak. It was a whole other world back then.
Meat that is going bad has toxins from the bacteria that can’t be bleached or destroyed with heat. It’s the main reason you get sick from it even if you cook it.
It was pretty clear that this was unique to Food Lion and widespread as a policy. Folks wouldn’t buy meet there. This was 25 years ago when I moved to an area that had Food Lion stores and caught static for even shopping there.
My opinion of grocery stores 30 years ago was that they were not, on the whole, sad. They could be, sure, but IMO big chains are worse now than then. Perhaps because they bought all the competition? I’ve never been a big meat eater, so maybe I noticed the changes elsewhere.
Food Lion is a place that, 30 or so years ago, would bleach meat that was past the due date and put it out with a new due date. No source, word of mouth from folks who were employees at the time to me at the time. For whatever that is worth. They have had a different owner for many years now but this is pretty weird to me.
It was reported by journalists
Well at least it’s sterile after that. I’d hate to buy expired meat that was swimming and bacteria.
You ever think about grocery stores 30 years ago? Before the celebrity chef craze? They were sad places. Nowhere near the variety that we have now. On the other hand, your average grocery store had a lot more cuts of meat. Everything’s been whittled down to just a few select cuts. Flank steak has all but disappeared. Pork neck bones are a rarity. Don’t even think about finding a skirt steak. It was a whole other world back then.
Meat that is going bad has toxins from the bacteria that can’t be bleached or destroyed with heat. It’s the main reason you get sick from it even if you cook it.
I was joking. But seriously, stores sucked back then
It was pretty clear that this was unique to Food Lion and widespread as a policy. Folks wouldn’t buy meet there. This was 25 years ago when I moved to an area that had Food Lion stores and caught static for even shopping there.
My opinion of grocery stores 30 years ago was that they were not, on the whole, sad. They could be, sure, but IMO big chains are worse now than then. Perhaps because they bought all the competition? I’ve never been a big meat eater, so maybe I noticed the changes elsewhere.
The craze that made the cheap cuts of meat expensive?
Ohhh, now it’s “traditional comfort food” and everyone wants it, so let’s triple the price of that literal offcut.
grocery stores where I lived were fine in the mid 90s?
Must have been nice.