I've bought ground beef from this Sprouts 3 times that has spoiled before the sell-by date!!!!!!!!!! The first 3 times I figured were flukes. The 4th time I bought their organic ground beef instead thinking it was their regular ground beef that was bad and it STILL SPOILED 2 DAYS BEFORE THE SELL BY DATE! It turned brown and smelled sour!
They accommodated me by refunding my money the first 3 times but it always was with an air of suspicion as the manager inspected the meat and always checked the receipt. I couldn't get the fourth pack of meat back to the store by the sell by date and didn't want to go through another round of questioning. Instead I just decided I will NEVER buy beef from Sprouts again!
At Trader Joe's they don't care about refunds and they sure as hell don't care if you have your receipt. They'll always refund your money with no questions or suspicious looks. Needless to say, I won't be buying meat from Sprouts EVER AGAIN!
**The only reason they get 2 stars is because I have to shop here for gluten free products because there's no Whole Foods east of Tempe...grrr**