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In reply to the discussion: Starbucks Fires Employee on Food Stamps for Eating a Sandwich from the Garbage [View all]freeplessinseattle
(3,508 posts)but people know it going in and the risk is theirs. There's quite a few products that are past the sell by/use by/best by exp. date up to a month, and I have got some fantastic deals (though personally only buy things no further than a few days after the sell date, for taste sake).
The get new things in all the time, from all over the country, and when they say "when it's gone it's gone", they mean it, so I've learned to snag multiples of exceptional deals on favorite things.
Sometimes there must be only a few of something left and not enough to use up precious shelf space, when new product is waiting in the back, so I've wondered if the employees are given the chance to take the random short-dated leftovers, or if they would throw those away even though they aren't technically expired according to that store's standards, and philosophy?