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In reply to the discussion: At WalMart, food safety is their #1 priority. Ha ha ha ha ha! GOT you, sucker. Enjoy your beef. [View all]Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)41. Many of the chains no longer do any of that.
It gets marked down, and is doesn't sell, gets written off as a loss.
Ground beef is no longer all the unsold beef ground up due to the risks of one contaminated piece of meat ruining an entire run of grinds, and exposing the chain to massive liability.
It is purchased in bulk according to graded fat/lean ratio then run through a grinder and re-packaged.
HAACP ceritified, 25 years in the meat business.
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At WalMart, food safety is their #1 priority. Ha ha ha ha ha! GOT you, sucker. Enjoy your beef. [View all]
Miles Archer
Jun 2014
OP
Those pesky employees! Never around when you need one - and then you have to PAY them!
hatrack
Jun 2014
#1
If it's all right with you, I'll send you as many details as I can via DU Mail
Shampoobra
Jun 2014
#24
Which corporate store? You don't need to name the town, but which corporate store?
uppityperson
Jun 2014
#25
"Food is often (meaning, almost daily) purchased from anonymous sellers at the back loading dock"
frankieallen
Jun 2014
#16
I take it you've never been to Luca Brasi Sleeps with the Fishes Grocery before
pinboy3niner
Jun 2014
#21
What store are you talking about? Otherwise I will join the others in calling cool story bro
uppityperson
Jun 2014
#17
Yeah, the last time I got caught shoplifting at Safeway they did that to me.
bluesbassman
Jun 2014
#19