Stores Moldy Foods
By marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
United States
September 17, 2015 9:43am CST
Have you ever gone to the store to buy some items and come home thinking I bought those grapes and will have some but then when you open them they are moldy looking.
This happened to me yesterday. This is the only grocery store in town.
Now this happened at HiVee and they are expensive it seems to me they could have someone check their fruits and get rid of the rotten ones instead of selling them in the little baskets like that where you can't see the rotten ones until you open the top of the box.
This is not the first time that this has happened either and is one reason I would rather go an hour and a half away to the Fairway Market and buy my foods there.
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18 responses
@celticeagle (158606)
• Boise, Idaho
17 Sep 15
I would take them immediately back to the store. The produce department needs to be more attentive. I find that fruit like bananas ripen very quickly. Grapes need to be washed and cared for. I think I would hope this is just a fluke. If it happened again I would think seriously of going to another store.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
17 Sep 15
celticeagle, this has happened before and you would think they would consider how it makes people feel to get home and see the fruit is not good. This is no other close store in this area as it is a very small town and only has this one grocery store
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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17 Sep 15
That happened this morning, not with grapes but bread, I took it back and they exchanged it for me.
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@Marilynda1225 (79551)
• United States
17 Sep 15
Everything is so expensive that to come home and discover something is moldy is frustrating.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
17 Sep 15
It is frustrating and then you have to go back to the store and spend your gas on something that should have been checked in the first place. They should be made to pay for that trip back to the store also or change from their receive their fruits from.
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@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
18 Sep 15
we have a 7-11 i stopped going to because of that.bought some wrapped burritoes that looked fine on the outside,but when you flipped them over,they were covered in mold.
that and the fact the clerk mined butt gold while making coffee.
noooo thank you.
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@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
17 Sep 15
I must be the fruit police..hahah..i go through all my fruit..pick off the bad ones..point them out to the stockers and feel like i did my service for the store..hahah..shows they don't care..they just stock and don't look..well once a week i'm there..and if they start running away..hahah..i will get their manager..
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@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
17 Sep 15
@Marcyaz what a bunch of crock..they are just lazy and we need to do their job..next time i'd going to lay out a special spot for all the moldy ones and put a help wanted sign on it..hahah
@Butchcass4 (5895)
• United States
17 Sep 15
Knowing these things happen I guess it's best to really look at the fruit or what ever it may be before we buy it. Although it shouldn't have to be that way.
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don't they have a suggestion box or something? 
@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
18 Sep 15
It could be that they just got 'bruised' being carried from the store back to your place. That happens sometimes to apples & bananas I bring home. (Yes, I do like to eat (
I like to eat I like to eat ) ap-ples and ba-na-nas 
)
Although bananas are kinda odd. I have one a night, so I put four in the crisper in my fridge at the beginning of a four-night stay up in the mountains (Red River, New Mexico). When I got to the last banana (fourth night), the skin was all dark-brown/black. But the banana inside was totally normal. 
I like to eat I like to eat ) ap-ples and ba-na-nas )
Although bananas are kinda odd. I have one a night, so I put four in the crisper in my fridge at the beginning of a four-night stay up in the mountains (Red River, New Mexico). When I got to the last banana (fourth night), the skin was all dark-brown/black. But the banana inside was totally normal. 1 person likes this
@Butchcass4 (5895)
• United States
17 Sep 15
I have also come home with moldy grapes in the batch. Very frustrating especially with what you pay for them now a days. Lord help us in this economy.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
18 Sep 15
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
Strange because I keep grapes from 5-7 days--never mold--once in awhile 2-3 may be over-ripe but never mold!
Strange because I keep grapes from 5-7 days--never mold--once in awhile 2-3 may be over-ripe but never mold!1 person likes this
@spleendingo1 (801)
• Grand Haven, Michigan
18 Sep 15
I've never had that happen with grapes. But this one time there was a dude that "hid" as a woman and asked me if I wanted to..........oops, I've already said too much. Let's move on and never discuss this again.....
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@callarse1 (4783)
• United States
18 Sep 15
It happens all the time. My dad and I just went to the store--they had a product moldy on the shelf and they had some products that were past the sell by date. You just have to be very careful looking for dates. Also, if you can open the fruit up --most are in a resealable bag--I would highly recommend it.
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
17 Sep 15
Yes it does happen to me and that happens over here at that Safeway, is why I do not like to buy produce there and if I do check it very well. I do not know why they cant keep fresh stuff. Sorry that happened to you Marcy..yes they are so high priced as well.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
17 Sep 15
I never bought anything at Safeway when I lived near one because they were so high priced but I would occasionally buy some type of canned food when they were having a sale if it was a good sale. Seems these stores can not keep good fruits for long.
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