[Smokienorm]

I went to Hannaford's in Gilford last week for groceries- it is our usual first choice. Tried to get something simple to make dip- Breakstone's sour cream + Lipton's soup mix. There were about 12 of the sour creams in the dairy case. One was dated with a January 2016 expiration and the others were all expired on March 1.

I asked for a manager and one (supposedly the dairy manager) finally came after about a 5 minute wait. Explained the situation, asked why no one was checking and removing out of date products, and he said he would check on it- never said he would get me the proper product. Never apologized. Never explained why they have 3 month old product on the dairy shelves.Left and got the product at the Walmart down the street. Called the Hannaford's national customer service line and explained- they apologized. Now, a week later got an insipid email from the store manager.

Have had similar problems (out of date or nearly out of date) packaged lettuce in that store.

Obviously poor management and lack of attention to detail.

The lesson: WATCH OUT for expiration dates at Hannaford's in Gilford if you want reasonably fresh products.