Dang Straub’s
Posted Dec 23, 2021, 2:09 AM UTC
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If the fresh ones don’t sell they throw them in the freezer and extend the sell by date. Just saw a bunch today at the town and country Straubs.
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I ordered a fresh turkey(as in straight from a local farm and not frozen) from the CWE Straub's for thanksgiving got it home an opened it and it was from out of state and frozen in the middle. I was not happy.
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I've had that happen, which really sucks when you weren't budgeting time to thaw the turkey.
If you want the fresh, never-frozen turkey you need to ask for Buttonwood Farms brand by name.
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That's exactly what I was trying to get.
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I am a store manager for a competitor and that is a huge no no. People get fired for that and the health department could levy huge fines🙄
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You know I think they may be allowed to put on a new label if they freeze it, but it’s still really insulting at the prices they charge. The CWE location is so convenient for me, I literally set money on fire in the place in the name of that ease, but this put an end to all that, never more!
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They aren't allowed to do that. If it comes in predated then it can't be changed. If it comes in not dated, then there is a certain shelf life it gets once it is unfrozen
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Wow, pretty blatant then
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I get their chicken salad and I leave. That’s the best thing they sell.
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I was literally about to comment this HAHA
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Oh it’s the best. $10 for a small container of it, but they really pack it in there. Delicious!
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Looks like it’s gone, how’d it taste?
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Not good, 85% of it went in the trash
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Is this right? I’m not for wasting but really…..
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No, this would not pass a health inspection. Proper labeling is very important in food safety.
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bro you got bamboozled
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Worked lol
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Nine times out of ten I leave Straub's disappointed. Honestly they've been superfluous since Fresh Thyme rolled into town.
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Not just Fresh Thyme but a whole host of other grocers in town -- both the big players and many smaller specialty places. Not to mention online sites from which you can order gourmet food products. Maybe they were the only game in town for a lot of such items about 20-25 years ago, but these days they've got plenty of competition.
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Fresh Thyme had some kind of organic dolphin-free free range bullshit canned tuna for $8 a can a few years ago. Haven't been motivated to go back.
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You should send this to the county health department.
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Especially with how expensive those stores are. You’d expect better
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Hey now. They may be low quality, but at least they’re expensive.
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Retail worker here. What likely happened is that whoever made the labels saw that it was already set up for that item and started labeling before realizing that they forgot to update the date and repriced on top of the old one.
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That would be more viable if the dates where even remotely close.
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Chicken Salad is good and that's pretty much the only thing I would go in for. Don't know how good their angel cake is but can't imagine it's 13 bucks good! The one in Clayton had a really great steak sandwich that was a good price too! Sadly that's gone..
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Its straubs... not Aldis lol.
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Unless you are making the real thing, the 2 part mix is impossible to find, only that one part waste of space. Hospitality made a great angel food cake mix, at schnucks or shop n save.
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I do like some of their prepared foods, like everyone mentioned the chicken salad but also other stuff, but yeah the prices on standard items can be eyepopping.
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I went to straubs the first time two years ago, everything standard fair was overpriced and low quality. Their meat counter smelled bad. The only thing I enjoy about straubs is the non-standard things they had it stock, like a smokey honey whiskey sour mixer.... Not worth going back for.
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I'm not 100% sure, but I believe this is done because the original sell by dates are actually very conservative and set like that to sell the product. If an item goes past the date it's probably fine so they just push it back.
That aside tho, I feel like the bakery items have really fallen off at straub's. Even if they're safe to eat they don't taste great 😭 I don't go there much because of that.
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This one tasted unbelievably heavy of cherry too, that’s why I checked the label, I don’t get it.
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I'm poor enough to use my local food pantry and most of what I get is "expired". Grocery stores get rid of "expired" foods. Have been using them for four years and not dead yet?
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yeah the expiration dates are mostly bullshit. i mean, i don't doubt this tasted like shit but mostly bc it's a grocery store angel food cake
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The difference is a food pantry is not the same as a retail grocery store where you're spending your money at. Those two aren't even governed nor licensed the same. We all are aware food pantry's reuse expired(but still safe) food to simply help feed those without much. Yet, retail grocery stores are in the business of selling goods to you. Comparing retail to charity is apples to oranges. Neither is licensed the same either.
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Working at a food pantry, if a pantry gets supplies from Operation Foodsearch you are required to dispose of anything expired. So even charities should follow the labels.
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This is a difference of 3 months. It's not gonna still be good that long.
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Tasty? Maybe not. But you live in a world that also contains Twinkies.
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Pretty sure the biggest crime is still charging $12.99 for an angel food cake.
So on brand for Straub’s tho.
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