The left brain never knows what the right brain is doing.

[elfs]

The other day, Lisakit noticed that the case of lime juice I'd bought from Cash & Carry had an expiration date of November 11th, 2009.

So I took it back to Cash & Carry. The assistant manager (according to his badge) was very understanding, and when I asked how something like this could happen he said, "We don't sell a lot of lime juice. You can see how hard it is to see the date through the shrinkwrap, and if the box was turned away we could easily miss it during inventory."

"So it just sat there for a year and a half?"

"It's possible."

It was a terrible excuse. After the transaction was over, I asked him about one of Omaha's favorite substances: Mexican Pepsi, made with real sugar. She'd asked a few weeks prior about when they were getting some, and another "assistant manager" had said he'd look into it. C&C was having trouble getting the stuff: the plant in Mexico was having quality control issues with rust on the caps. But he was trying to get more.

This manager told me, "It doesn't sell well, it stayed on the shelves too long. Almost six months. So we're not going to carry it."

I kinda paused at that, staring. I shook it off and said nothing. It wasn't worth pointing out that he'd just excused his staff for leaving something on the shelf for 18 months, and then told me that 6 months was too long for something to stay on the shelves, in the same conversation.

Comments

[bldrnrpdx.livejournal.com]

I'm curious - why didn't you point it out?

[elfs.livejournal.com]

Because I understood that it wouldn't have accomplished anything. Where was the utility?

[pakraticus.livejournal.com]

Pepsi co does occasionally offer Pepsi and Mountain Dew throwback.
And as the local gas station usually has the best soda prices, we'll occasionally buy a 12 pack.
And of all things, ask the local Jewish community. Sucrose based soda is kosher for passover, high fructose corn syrup based soda is considered to not be kosher for passover by many. You could also make some inquiries to your neighbors to the north, I've seen sucrose based coke on the shelves in Canada.

[elfs.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we're getting Throwback now. The local supermarket is now carrying it, I noticed last weekend. So it's coming in now. I've never seen a difference at kosher stores, though. Maybe I'll give it a closer look.

[pakraticus.livejournal.com]

It depends more on when you look. Most kosher for passover products only appear in stores a little before passover. Even then it depends on someone having a contact with a distributor for a kosher certified bottler and the local distributor that's willing to look the other way.