don't buy yung sa groceries, sm in particular
> yung fruit salad bar nila, wherein, you got to pick your own sliced fruits tapos weigh nila, then add na lang sila ng parang dressing -- ang mga fruits na yun ay malapit na pong for disposal, meaning, either pa-bulok na or may mga sira ... they just cut-off the good part, and discard the ugly part, then cube nila para sa fruit salad bar/fruit salad shake.
> much better to buy [textspeak!] mga fruits na ikaw mismo ang pumili at nag-weigh, because you got to inspect the skin of the fruit, kung lamog or not, avoid or huwag po yung mga naka-pack, because either one or two of the fruits is sira or malapit ng mabulok.
> yung mga breaded pork ng sm, i think not a smart buy, kasi hindi mo makikita kung ok pa ba yung color ng meat.
and as for the buy-1, take-1 ... take note on the EXPIRATION DAY, kasi usually, pag may mga sale silang ganyan, either a month before pa, so ok pa for a 2-week consumption ...
i just want to share, i was doing the grocery at walter mart-muñoz, last May 31, then may section sila na puro "on-sale", may hershey chocolates na on sale, buy-1, take-1, then pagtingin ko sa expiration day "JUNE 2009" ... the thing is, kinabukasan -- june 1, considered not good for consumption na yung chocolates and yet nasa cabinets pa nila, e kung may mga taong hindi particular sa mga expiration dates, e di may nabiktima na ... tsk.