Originally Posted by
raedar63
. . . I can never take the first item on the shelf at the store I have to take the second or third etc. \. . .
Oh, my goodness! I do that, too! I figure the first one is more likely to have been opened or in the case of refrigerated food, left out and then put back onto the shelf.
I also search the back of the shelf, for the freshest date. The stock clerks probably hate me.