Comments on A Sketch of Life: Expiration date conspiracy

I agree - and I think there's more to it. As a sma...

2009-11-21T17:31:11.717-08:00

I agree - and I think there's more to it. As a small retailer of foods and dietary supplements, I think the real conspiracy here is to put small businesses at a competitive disadvantage.

A big vitamin store gets a shipment of a supplement that "expires" in 6 months - no big deal. They can sell through that case in a week. Whereas if I take delivery of it, most of that product may go past its date long before I sell through it.

I've been living on past date supplements and foods for as long as I've been in business. The products are fine, and my family and I are fine.

It wasn't very long ago that very few products had expiration dates, and everything was fine. This ubiquitous date coding was a solution in search of a problem - and since to offer my customers a good price I have to buy in some volume,it's putting me at a huge competitive disadvantage.

Good point about the vinegar, but horseradish does...

2008-04-02T02:41:00.000-07:00

Good point about the vinegar, but horseradish does get old-- allyl isothiocyanate (the spicy stuff in horseradish, wasabi, etc.) decomposes, and leaves it bland.

You won't be able to rely on your mother to clean ...

2007-01-06T06:02:00.000-08:00

You won't be able to rely on your mother to clean out the condiments unless there is something green and fuzzy in it. My condiments are probably older than your. I totally agree. Must be in the genes.

You won't be able to rely on your mother to clean ...

2007-01-06T06:01:00.000-08:00

You won't be able to rely on your mother to clean out the condiments unless there is something green and fuzzy on them. Mine are probably older than yours because I totally agree. Must be in the genes!