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Re: Milk at Shoppers

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From: krost
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 21:29
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In article <705547509141994.1364844@his.com>, joe.chelena@his.com says:
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>I know that this is somewhat out of scope in "Dining" but it is food 
>related and there is no DC Consumer Conference.
>
>My wife shops once a week, on Wednesday, at Shoppers Food Warehouse in 
>the Burke, Va store.  She buys a weeks worth of groceries, which 
>includes 2 gallons of 1% milk.  More times then we would like to count, 
>the second gallon turns before the next Wednesday.  When it turns the 
>milk is still several days away (short off) the "Sell By Date".  We have 
>talked to a few friends and they have had the same problem.  Shoppers is 
>more than happy to take the milk back when this happens.  Even so I am 
>beginning to wonder if someone, either Shoppers or the dairy, is up to 
>marking the wrong sell date???   
>
>Has anyone had this happen to them, or have any ideas?  Before Shoppers 
>we shopped mostly at Giant, plus a few times at Safeway and *never* had 
>such a problem.
>
>Thanks!
>---
> � CMPQwk 1.4 #1357 � Boycott shampoo! Demand the REAL poo!
>
I've had that happen with milk bought at Safeway and Giant.  I don't 
know how to avoid that from happening.  The only suggestion I can
make is perhaps to make your refrigerator colder, if possible, and 
store the second gallon on the bottom shelf of the 'frige, where it
is the coldest.
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