It never fails to happen

very few flies I've seen in our grocery store. One I swear followed my from home. Swatting it away is more sanitary, and people are used to flies being on their food especially in spring and summer months. Those who might've seen you successfully squash it could have raised cane, so i think you did the right thing.. no matter how tempting it must've been to squash it lol

If the place is properly disinfected prior to keeping the stuff, there should be no reason for flies to hover around. The sweetmeat shops that I visit are normally fly free.

I see them once in a while; usually the store puts up those sticky fly traps in the back rooms near the compactor and the back doors to help alleviate the problem. Doesn't always work (as you've discovered) and seeing one that needs to be taken down and covered in flies has got to be the most unappetizing sight and I'd be really disgusted if I observed someone smashing one in a store-you're better off just swatting them away IMHO. I've seen birds that did imitations of old-fashioned dive bombs on customers in one supermarket-I was there working, but I wouldn't ever consider shopping there! At a former job, we had squirrels that built a nest in the ceiling over my supervisor's head, chipmunks that used to run inside our warehouse and into our offices, and the worst-a giant cockroach nest was in the wall behind my computer! Yuck! Guess it's good I was laid off years ago...

I haven't seen many insects this year, perhaps because of the drought, but I wonder if you used a natural bug repellent, if that will keep them away from you? Because I can't stand flies and if I saw one walking on samples of food, you can be sure I will not try it..

I hate the pesky, nasty things. I would have swatted them.I don't think i have ever noticed one in a grocery but sure do hate to see them in a restaurant,yuck.I don't have many get in my house, thank heavens but it's a fight to the finish when they do.

oh iam so sick of them also and yes they seem to go in to stores and every thing. its gross to swat them but id just do it and keep antibaterial wipes with me to wipe them up. because having a very fussy about food son, that everything has to stay covered just in case one gets in the kitchen, i know about that. he prefers swat and clean then to take a chance on one getting on the food. hes germaphobic

They have these zappers that look like a tennis racket that you can use to swat the offending little buggers. Puts them out of their misery fast. I notice flies in grocery stores too. The ones that make me think twice about purchasing something from is at the deli. When they are in the display case it gags me.

I see some flies and other things do come in the grocery stores and bakeries. Here in our place there are machines that would attract files to them and would kill them. I think you must be doing hard time keeping the flies away. I think some times these kind of flies do bother us, but most times they would be around couple of minutes and would go away.

Nope, I do not notice them at all. Must be you.

I swear flies find me all tthe time too. And it never fails if im all comfy and sleeping...a misquito buzzes my ears!

I don't normally notice flies while I'm out and about.. it's probably the food you're sampling and not you. My house is full of them though and it's sickening!! I mean, before we moved in the place was disgusting so naturally there were just a ton of flies. The walls were covered with fly droppings. But we've cleaned 90% of the house. I think the only room we really didn't clean is the laundry room.. cuz who cares.. and there's a couple areas we couldn't get to in other parts of the house.. but the majority of it is clean. I know there's little things we do that help to attract them also. The trash is my son's chore and he's not perfect with it. Sweeping is also his chore which he doesn't do too well. Sometimes dishes pile up and dirty laundry sits on the bathroom floor. My house is not spotless by any means and most summers we do get a couple flies.. but nothing like this! I've had to place fly strips in every room which I hate! They're so disgusting and embarassing. I've changed them a few times because they actually do get full, but we still have flies! Ugh! My husband thinks maybe they just remember the house being nasty so they keep coming back.. or maybe they hibernated here at the house, like in the basement or something so that's why we have them again. I can't imagine that we're attracting new ones, but I suppose that it makes sense that some were just already here still and they've multiplied in our little messes. I've been meaning to look up some remedies.. I think my mom said cloves work to repell them so I want to look into that and see.

They just love you. Ha ha ha. I would swat him and kill him. Then I would take him by a wing and throw him in the trash. Then I would go wash my hands. Ugh! I never notice any flies in grocery stores. I do see them occasionally in out door fruit stands and I see some have fly strips up too.

Generally,there are more flies than usual in dry weather,conversely more mosquitoes.I remember here people use a sort of paper spreaded with glue for gluing flies.It does it work.

Do not ever smash a fly when there are costumers in your store however you can smash them when you are all alone. When flies buzzes and fly around and sit on the stuffs it sometimes makes us annoyed and we start losing self control and this is bad for the business. You should try some infestations in outer part of your store to keep them away (not in inner part or the stuffs get poisoned). Alternatively you can try some products that helps to keep flies and insects away from your place (like electronic buzzer/ sounder). Or you can simply watch them flying and sitting here and there all the time but do not get annoyed or take frustration.

Some stores used to have these blue electric bars that flies and insects were attracted to, they would be drawn to the blue light and would be electrocuted, the bodies would collect at the bottom, so it was more hygienic. I know I shouldn't but when flies come into my room I spray them, trouble is I breathe in that horrid spray and it's not healthy! I've tried various bug repellants but none seem to work as well as the aerosol. Mosquitoes always seem to hunt me down, damn things, I've tried candles, everything, but they still find their way in! And that droning noise they make, goes right through me and I cannot rest until I've found it. Trouble is they hide when the light is on, as soon as the light goes out, out they come and feast.... on me :0(

kill the litter buggers, they are just a nuisance.

There must be a reason why one fly (or 2) will just hang around in one area like that. What I hate is when there is a fly in the food cabinet in the deli section. YUCK!!

There is a wonderful little mom and pop fruit and veggie market near us that has a lot of people going in and out and it was very hot weather the other day when we went there and no breeze. Well, quite a few flies were buzzing around in there which was rather gross, but fortunately also unusual. I would rather you swat them if you could. It is grosser to have them walk on the food.

Ewwww ewwww ewwww! In a grocery store? Omg I'd smash that thing as fast as I could! Especially if it's flying around me driving me nuts! Yes it's gross to do that in the store but it's much better than letting it fly around and land on what ever it does all the while spreading what ever it's carrying. YUCK! Btw, Hi GG! Good to see ya!

I never see them in Grocery stores. I think, our stores here are doing some pest control and sanitation practices to prevent them from contaminating food inside the store. Have you not informed the management regarding the matter? They should do something about it.