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Friday, December 21, 2007
Pork-watergate: More than meets the eye to Kroger’s meat
Posted by The Dean of Cincinnati
Photo courtesy of here.
Recently, The Consumerist posted an item about injected water in the meat at Kroger. And what, you may be wondering, is “injected water”? A sneaky way to make meat weigh more! What better way to jack up profits but to sell consumers water? According to another item posted by The Consumerist, last year families spent, on average, $60 per year on injected chicken water.
(HT, funnelcake)
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21 Dec 2007 at 10:23 pm | #
They also put the rotten, expired, smelly hamburger in the middle surrounded by fresh meat. I’ve taken it back several times and it’s like slamming your head against a brick wall. The meat guys just roll their eyes and hold to the company line. The inside turns dark first (?) and just deny that it stinks. Funny, that the Fresh Market hamburger doesn’t stink and look dark in the middle.
Ah, another reason to go back to being a vegetarian in 2008.
22 Dec 2007 at 01:27 pm | #
I just don’t understand this stuff.
In many Asian countries a person who fails to do their job that impacts others - cheats them, harms them - faces criminal charges.
Here, it’s a surprise if it’s in the newspaper, it’s a miracle
22 Dec 2007 at 03:22 pm | #
Anon it’s spelled d-e-r-e-g-u-l-a-t-i-o-n. This is what you get when you don’t keep a foot on the neck of corporate America.
22 Dec 2007 at 04:42 pm | #
so here is an idea. now that you are armed with information shop somewhere else.
How many times do you have to take back bad meat to krogers before you realize it isnt a good idea to try to buy meat there. Regulations on industry like this are for people that are too stupid to take care of themselves.
22 Dec 2007 at 09:55 pm | #
I haven’t set foot in Krogers for a couple of years. And so smart people like yourself must have elaborate, sophisticated and expensive labs set up at home to test each and every item that comes in. Either that or you ask for a pinky swear that all’s a-ok. You’re so very smart that you must be personally testing the milk, meat, eggs, chicken and even toys that you bring into your home. It must be difficult, expensive and time consuming to do that. Especially for prepared foods and especially restaurant food. And doing all that hepititis testing on the food handlers must be running you a fortune. Of course before you fill up your tank you don’t depend on the government to make sure that the gasoline isn’t watered down. You take a sample home to your personal testing facility. You’re one smart guy to have found a way to make sure that everything you buy is what it’s supposed to be without any government help. But really, just like the rest of us not so smart people, you depend on the government to regulate the food and every other industry on our behalf.
24 Dec 2007 at 06:40 am | #
Suz, wouldn’t all of this government regulation you speak of be encompassed by laws? Over in the thread about illegal immigrants you said you don’t believe in US law, and you are a citizen of the world. How is it; you want a government you don’t recognize, to protect your property rights as they pertain to your food supply; with laws you don’t believe in?
24 Dec 2007 at 12:58 pm | #
JFD - I didn’t say I didn’t recognize the government--you said that. I’m not an anarchist. I wholly believe in tax dollars being collected and then dispersed to take care of the people’s needs and business. As a Citizen of the World I’m opposed to borders which separate people by geography, race, ethnicity, language, etc. What does that have to do with festering meat, or chemical laden produce being foisted off on an unsuspecting public by agri-business? Whatever country citizens freely choose to migrate to, have rules and laws in place and food safety regulations are good ones.
But instead of questioning my beliefs, which I’ve made clear, why don’t you let everyone know how you are the only one of us that DOESN’T benefit from these regulations and what your plan would be should you and other Libertarians become successful in letting the free market regulate itself.
26 Dec 2007 at 06:18 pm | #
Suz: #6 “I didn’t say I didn’t recognize the government”
You said, you don’t believe in the laws I hold so dear. If you don’t believe in the laws the US Government has passed then you don’t recognize the legitimacy of the Government. If you don’t recognize the US Government or it’s borders as a “citizen of the world”; and if that doesn’t qualify you as an anarchist, then please tell me what an anarchist is in your dictionary.
#6: “But instead of questioning my beliefs, which I’ve made clear”
I’m not questioning your beliefs, although I’m highly amused by them as they’ve been stated. So maybe you could answer the question: “How is it; you want a government you don’t recognize, to protect your property rights as they pertain to your food supply; with laws you don’t believe in?” Last time I checked there was no menu of laws you could pick and choose from, if you want the benefit of one you have to sign on for all.
27 Dec 2007 at 12:23 pm | #
ThatDeborahGirl’s rules of Grocery Shopping:
Never buy ANY meat at Kroger or LoBill for exactly the reason Suz states. They put fresh meat on the outside and bad meat on the inside - Also Sam’s does this. When I was shopping for my church youth group, we bought hamburger meat and I was told to shop at Sams otherwise I would have gone elsewhere. Anyway, the meat was pink outside but BROWN inside. Positively disgusting.
Kroger is the best place to get baking items and spices. They always have a wide variety and for some reason the markup on these items isn’t as high as everything else in the store.
Never buy chicken from Biggs but their turkey products are a good substitue. The best two places to get meat in the city are either Jungle Jims and surprisingly Aldi. I’ve been shopping at Aldi for the past 14 years and never once have I gotten bad beef, chicken or pork from them.
Dollar Tree, Big Lots, Dollar General, Family Dollar and Target are the best places to shop for canned goods, juice, snacks and treats. Biggs is the best place to buy any pasta items.
Meijer has extemely low prices on some items but they make up for it by jacking up other things. If peanut butter is .99 cents then Jelly will be a whopping overpriced $3.99. I hate shopping there and I refuse to go to Wal-Mart if I can help it, but there are my last resort if I simply cannot find an item ANYWHERE else. If it’s not at Kroger or Wal-Mart, it simply does not exist or EVERYONE is out of it. Grocery distribution sucks in this city.
Shop the cheaper stores first - dollar stores, Big Lots, then Aldi because you never know when you’ll find a premium item at a bargain in the lesser priced store. Last is the “main” grocery store, Biggs. It makes for about a 3-4 hour shopping trip but planning a route and using coupons saves a bundle.
If you can’t travel to shop or don’t have a car, Aldi is always the best bang for your buck and there’s nearly always a bootleg cab driver or two to take you home for 5 bucks or less.
Kroger is the place to go if you want to spend the most money for the least amount of stuff and get bad meat and dairy to boot.
Caveat emptor.
28 Dec 2007 at 10:28 am | #
Regarding meat, the best place to buy it is at a butcher’s shop; it will be fresher, they get the meat right out of the case so you can see it is fresh, and they likely grind it themselves so you don’t have to worry about E. Coli, mad cow, etc. Plus they are usually cheaper than Krogers too boot.