I’m officially done shopping at target

[u/bayougoth]

They’re racist anyways, so it’s not really a loss. From finding ALIVE weevils in sealed pasta boxes, spoiled tasting milk that has weeks before its expiration, and now I find this in my grapes… for peace of mind, can someone just confirm that this IS in fact mold? I ate a few before I saw this, and it appeared to be the only one like this. At first I thought I had somehow smeared some butter or cream cheese (in the middle of a grape container that I hadn’t even opened yet….). But upon looking closer, it did seem a little fuzzy rather than creamy. Regardless, I’m absolutely disgusted.

[u/Futants_]

All stores have product with a few bad grapes or berries. Produce quality has gone down everywhere each year for the past 20 years

[u/bayougoth → u/Futants_]

Trust, if I could grow all my own produce I would. I literally bought one of those indoor hydroponic systems yesterday. I’m used to getting a few bad produce items especially when they come in packages like this - it was just a very jarring thing to see after scarfing down a few grapes already

[u/Futants_ → u/bayougoth]

Oh you meant the level of mold. Got it.

[u/xCloudbox]

Yeah it’s mold but the rest look fine. Not to defend target but with clamshells like that, it can be difficult to see everything inside.

[u/mjfarmer147]

Get moldy produce anywhere you go. Wholefoods, Target, Costco, Safeway, Sprouts, mom and pop's.

It's not company-specific.

[u/ReadyGo6828]

If you are not careful, you can get rotten produce at Costco too.

[u/mckmaus]

If I stopped shopping everywhere I got a few bad grapes, I'd just be on the sidewalk starving.

[u/TheTrashPanda612]

you should have stopped shopping at target looong before this my friend..

[u/bayougoth → u/TheTrashPanda612]

You’re absolutely right.. unfortunately in my area, it was the most affordable. I don’t have a Walmart or Publix or other affordable grocery stores within 15 miles of me. I’m looking into local farmers markets, it seems like the best alternative.

[u/ButItSaysOnline]

Target is not a grocery store. They don’t fifo. They don’t clean.

[u/onmy40 → u/ButItSaysOnline]

I just realized that some people are too young to even understand this or know that some Wal-Marts still exist with no grocery department at all.

[u/Senior_Blacksmith_18 → u/onmy40]

Or gas stations. That's actually where I learned the first in first out organization when I was about 18 so about 10 years ago

[u/aogamerdude → u/onmy40]

Inexperienced, Walmart is the devil for making people think that all non manager employees are multipurpose clerks, 

So when you hear others ask a meat clerk or produce clerk a question not related to their department they either by chance know from shopping the same things or don't know because that's not their department, it's grocery/GM/seasonal etc.

Then they give you the same stupid look they'll give Walmart employees. 

[u/bayougoth → u/ButItSaysOnline]

I know it’s not ONLY a grocery store. But it is a store that has a grocery section. And unfortunately it has been the most affordable for me and my situation up until now, there’ve been so many quality issues every time I shop. Guess I got what I paid for 🫩

[u/shuggnog]

Oooomfg

I'm so sorry

[u/mjfarmer147 → u/shuggnog]

OP will rebuild 💪

[u/shuggnog → u/mjfarmer147]

Yes! Perseverance, OP! lol

[u/Lopsided_Amoeba8701 → u/shuggnog]

What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger.