Things Grocery Employees Wish You’d Never Find Out

16. When I worked for HEB, the ripped meat packets would go back to meat market and reseal it and put it back on the shelf.

You never know what kind of dirt from the belt that it may have been on.

17. Surprised I haven’t seen this after scrolling a bit so I’ll add it.

This is true for most refridgerated products(yogurt, cheese, lunch meat, raw meat, lunchables, etc.) If the package is expanded its either been left out at some point and put back or is on the verge of going bad. Yogurt tops(the foil) should be slightly indented, not ballooning outwards. Same with lunchmeat packs or lunchable tops.

18. Most grocery stores have bad rodent problems.

And birds. It’s very typical to see nests and birds in the ceiling. The rafters are usually too high for animal control to do anything about them.