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1. Will Murphy 🌹 (datatitian@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2017 21:16:34 EST Will Murphy 🌹

   I've found myself with a different attitude towards expiration dates since becoming a food #coop owner. Whereas in an extractive store I'd always look for the freshest of any perishable food, now I find myself picking the oldest one that I'll be able to consume in time in an effort to prevent waste.
   Today there was quite a bit of milk on its last day (and also at 1/2 price), so I decided it was a good day to make some fresh mozzarella

   1. Mark Shane Hayden (msh@coales.co)'s status on Sunday, 03-Dec-2017 12:01:05 EST Mark Shane Hayden

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      @datatitian My motivation is simply practical...such food is generally "priced for quick sale" so it is a good way to save money.

      Plus you grab it before the store sends it to the deli department to make into overpriced "convenience items", where they take expired fruit and make fruit salads, or cook up the chickens that are about to expire and make ready to eat dinners or chicken salads etc, at a significant markup.