Daughter: Can we get some canned food for our school food drive?
Me: YES! I think it's probably time to refresh our emergency stock of canned goods anyway. Let's see what we have to get rid of...
[Reading cans] best before Jul 2021, May 2021, Jan 2022, Feb 2021...
Me: Ummm. YES! Let's go shopping for canned goods for your food drive!
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@chadgoode Yes, exactly this happens. Fortunately, canned foods are good far past their "best by" dates, as in years and years past.
I do volunteer work at a homeless mission here and sometimes they are inundated with far more donated canned food than they can get rid of, often out of date. So I snatch it up and take home as much as I can manage.
