Hefei Expat - China
Old Forums => Shopping and Restaurants => Living Here => Topic started by: Observer on October 17, 2011, 11:49:13 am
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Sales of expired food fined (http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2011-10/15/content_13905120.htm)
Authorities have determined that Wal-Mart and Carrefour stores in Changsha, capital of Hunan province, sold food products bearing altered production dates.
There are a few stores in Hefei which are guilty of this as well, especially the BoAoLi Yuan store.
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WalMart at BoAoLi Yuan sells a lot of stuff with expired dates. >:( They sell several days old baguette rolls with fresh new date on the bag.I have a very bad experience there not only with rolls.That's the only store in Hefei I had an issue with expired food in past 5 years. :)
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That store is so bad, I moved from BoAoLi Yuan. I moved in before the store opened because it was so convenient.
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The last time I visited a Carrefour, was about a month ago or so. It was the one on Chang Jiang Road. Never again.
Before, I used to go to that place a lot, to pick up some "foreign foods", but that changed a long, long time ago. Their selection wasn't great, and there was always too many people there for my liking. So I turned to Taobao, and haven't looked back. Just that one time of relapse. ;) I still can't understand why people keep going to that place, or any place that is considered a hypermarket. I get the stuff I need from the local Joymart, which isn't as big as some of the other Joymarts floating around out there, veggies/meat from the local market, and the rest, from Taobao.
The split among those places is about 30% Joymart, 40% veggie/meat market, and 30% Taobao.
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I am quite happy of Metro..
it might be not only for the choice of stuff but also for the position, extremely convenient for southern hefei as myself!! ;-)
but i must say i usually go there for .. BREAD!!!
or, like this weekend, i buy in Shanghai and freeze it!