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| - While I must recognize that when I buy produce in a discount store, I must be extra vigilant, I have been bitten twice even after rooting through each choice in the bin.
When I come to this store, I am looking for 3 things...garlic, onions and spices.
I have yet to be disappointed by any spices I have purchased in this store, but I have been burned buying garlic and onions on the last occasion.
The garlic bulbs in their 5 for 99 cents sleeve are generally good. They are more expensive than the same offering at any respectable oriental grocery, but the location is closer. The last occasion, I found that all 5 bulbs had begun to rot, to turn from the nice cream color to an opaque tan that tells me these apparently reached a temperature of over 90 degrees while in storage.
The onions I purchased on the same trip appeared to suffer the same fate. The outer skin looked good, but on cutting in, I found translucent layers. Peeling through the layers, the heat apparently permeated more than half-way through the onions.
I get that shopping for discount produce is a risk. I do not respect the company that promises low prices and respectable items. The company needs to regard minimum standards for their products.
You have lost my business. I can only wonder about other items that came in on the same shipment, be they produce, candy or other consumables.
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