I've learned to check the expiration dates on food donations at the senior center

[debodun]

This week there was a bag of granola on the give-away table. I like granola and was going to take it, but the expiration date was September 2011. Why do people leave things like that?

 

[CallMeKate]

This week there was a bag of granola on the give-away table. I like granola and was going to take it, but the expiration date was September 2011. Why do people leave things like that?

Oh my! I was going to remind you that "best by" and "expiration date" are different... but then I saw the 2011 and all bets are off. So someone had that just hanging out in the pantry for nearly 14.5 years. I shouldn't laugh, but good gracious!

 

[Jules]

2011 - That’s disgusting!

I’m feeling guilty because I found a bag of Bob’s Gluten Free Flour. Oct 2024. I didn’t know when or why I bought it. This wasn’t cheap and I’d like to find some place to donate it. Many places won’t take anything with an expired BB date.

 

[That Lady in PA]

Yeah, grandma or old aunt Betty dies, and the heirs think it is a good idea to donate all the items in the house to a food bank, rather than dispose of the outdated and opened stuff..

All that does is cost the food bank disposal fees. So selfish on the heirs part.

 

[Sunkist]

A couple of months ago, locations all around the area were asking for food donations.. I took a couple of bags of items- canned, boxed, packaged- in to donate, but checked all expiration dates first, it's only common sense.

 

[Aunt Bea]

This week there was a bag of granola on the give-away table. I like granola and was going to take it, but the expiration date was September 2011. Why do people leave things like that?

It would be a win win if you took it home fed it to the birds and kept it away from someone less observant.

 

[Sunkist]

It would be a win win if you took it home fed it to the birds and kept it away from someone less observant.

That sounds like a great idea!!!

 

[CaliS]

This week there was a bag of granola on the give-away table. I like granola and was going to take it, but the expiration date was September 2011. Why do people leave things like that?

That's terrible!!!! I find expired things at the grocery store too ...

 

[Sunkist]

That's terrible!!!! I find expired things at the grocery store too ...

So do I. It sucks.

 

[againstthegrain]

Yeah, grandma or old aunt Betty dies, and the heirs think it is a good idea to donate all the items in the house to a food bank, rather than dispose of the outdated and opened stuff..

All that does is cost the food bank disposal fees. So selfish on the heirs part.

I presume that the entire pantry was emptied and brought for distribution and in the process they unknowingly brought an out of date item.

They made the extra effort to not throw useable food out so how can one logically presume a selfish intent?

Why presume the worst about other people, until proven otherwise?

Does it make one feel better about themselves to do so?

 

[KSav]

That's terrible!!!! I find expired things at the grocery store too ...

Yes, just the other day I was buying salad dressing, checked the expiration date on a whim and noticed it had expired a few months ago.

Given the price of groceries these days, I want everything I buy to be fresh. If it had been on sale, or in a discount bin, that would have been a different story.

Edit: Sorry, just noticed this thread specifies "the senior center," so I guess I'm a bit off topic.

 

[January]

I agree with against the grain - was probably an honest mistake, not something selfish..