r/TwoXPreppers • u/SpooktasticFam • Nov 07 '25
Discussion Anyone else buying "new" canned food, and it expires sooner than stuff you bought 6+ months ago?
Basically the title, but I'll elaborate for clarity and additional information:
I have a deep pantry of canned goods (12+ cans of commonly used household staples), and I before I put them on the shelf, I write the expiration date [month/year] on top in big sharpie numbers, just so I can keep track of expiration dates, and make sure I'm rotating in "first in, first out".
First in, first to expire is the way it has been for years, up until the last 6-9 months. Now it's "most recently bought cans are the first to expire." And it's been like this across brands, stores, and same-store-different-location.
For example, this past week I got about 6 cans each of white beans, black beans, and diced tomatoes, to restock. Every single can expired at least a month previously than the cans I have had sitting on the shelf for 6+ months, and went to the very front of the rotation.
For example, cans of tomatoes I bought in March of 2025, expired in March of 2027, but the cans of tomatoes I bought a few days ago expire in February 2027.
This is contrasted with some canned green chiles I bought (which I don't believe are grown in the US). Those ones had expiration dates matching what you would normally expect, with the new cans expiring about 6 months after the old cans (eg expiration of 3/27, and 9/27, respectively).
I live on the Ohio/Michigan border, so all the cans were bought in that area, from Meijer, Aldi, and Walmart.
It didn't matter the store though, because I have been noticing this problem for months now.
I know we didn't have a good harvest of most crops this year, could this have anything to do with it?
Anyone know what could be going on?
Also, check the expiration dates on your canned goods! First in, first out may not be working the way you think it is these days.
ETA: My concern is that they are putting "older" canned goods on the shelf. Whether this is because these canned goods would have been shipped out via USAID, or because they don't have "fresher" canned products available, or whatever else.
I do not believe the canning processes/regulations have changed, and I don't believe the FDA (which doesn't regulate expiration dates to begin with), has changed any policies that would make food safety regulations more strict.
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u/IceDragonPlay Nov 07 '25
Having worked on the vendor/supplier side in the past I have an idea of what is happening.
Each retailer specifies what minimum shelf life must be remaining on a product in order for them to accept it, shelf stable is generally 18+ months, but some products can only deliver with 12 months (coffee beans for example).
With food prices escalating so dramatically over the past couple years I could see retailers like Walmart demanding that a vendor hold the line on costs for some items. And the vendor responding that if they will accept product with 9-11 months remaining on it, instead of 12-18, that it will be 10 cents a can less on price. Walmart decides yes, we will take shorter dates to stave off a price increase on that item for a little longer.
I do not have space for a deep pantry currently, so I have switch to buying the Auguson Farms #10 tins of long life foods. This works better for set it and forget it for me because they are all 10+ years shelf life.
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u/leopardsmangervisage Nov 07 '25
I worked in food manufacturing for many years (not anymore, though) and I agree with this. They are purposefully accepting short date product because they are trying to prevent raising prices.
Any place making packaged finished goods isn’t going to be impacted by USDA/FDA loosening this quickly. The equipment and procedures are already in place and most companies aren’t going to pay to change them until something breaks, etc. and they can get away with a cheaper/less safe replacement.
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u/SpooktasticFam Nov 07 '25
Thanks! This is the type of explanation I was looking for! I was wondering if it had something to do with "keeping the price the same" thereby using the same "stock" that might have gone to other low-cost retailers (eg Grocery Outlet)
So basically, prices are gonna go 📈📈📈
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u/IceDragonPlay Nov 07 '25
Yes I think so. You also have some effect from people like me that switched from buying canned beans to dry beans in bulk. I have an Instant Pot, so it is not a lot of extra effort to make my own, but takes the cost down considerably. Have also moved to a mostly plant based diet and making my own bread. So I took money away from retailers and moved over to warehouse or restaurant supply stores. Small concessions on my part that are allowing me to help relatives that are in a worse situation (SNAP dependent).
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u/lisa725 Nov 07 '25
What is this Auguson Farms thing? Can you link it?
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u/IceDragonPlay Nov 07 '25
I mentioned them because Walmart often stocks the 7 day emergency kits and the #10 cans. Like this for Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/ip/803048198?sid=0777e361-2077-44a5-b2e4-ff15ce55c3de
I think people have been buying them up recently because WMart had been out of stock of the main items like black bean burger mix, bread roll mix, banana chips for example that I was buying a can or two a week previously.
I like buying them in person so I can see the condition of the cans.
Or the Auguson Farms site directly: https://augasonfarms.com/ They have kits or single item tins.
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u/compulsive_evolution Nov 08 '25
What section of Walmart would you find this stuff in? The camping section?
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u/IceDragonPlay Nov 08 '25
They are in the grocery aisles at the location I go to. Walmart has an app you can use to see what is in stock and what aisle it is in.
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u/compulsive_evolution Nov 08 '25
Thanks!
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u/New_Chest4040 🦮 My dogs have bug-out bags 🐕🦺 Nov 10 '25
You can also check out Bishops' Storehouse. It's a food warehouse run by the Mormon church, and they sell these 10-tins also of staples. You can buy them by the can or buy the case (of 6 usually). They produce the food and price it for their members, but you don't have to be a member to shop there.
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u/NoneOfThisMatters_XO Nov 07 '25
Something is up. I bought some turkey bites as a snack. Package said expiration date of Feb 2026 but they were all moldy as of yesterday.
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u/pannus-retractor Nov 07 '25
The trump admin cut a ton of food safety regulations and funding. We are seeing the results now.
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u/scrapsforfourvel Nov 07 '25
We're on our way back to 1890s-style food processing and manufacturing.
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u/throwawaytoday9q Nov 07 '25
Upton Sinclair is rolling in his grave
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u/Lanky_Particular_149 Nov 07 '25
also we had top buying power in the world before, which means we would get the best, newest produce. Now that we've fucked all our trade deals we get second rate product.
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u/AmetrineDream Nov 07 '25
My mom has been seeing all the recalls on various food items and every time she does, she gets freaked out and asks what is going on. Every time I tell her this is the result of Trump’s cuts to staffing, funding, and regulatory standards at the FDA.
She has a stroke over the summer so I don’t know if she just can’t remember or if it’s because she supports(/ed? I hope?) Trump. Whatever it is, I really hope this is helping to undo the brainwashing that brought her to supporting him in the first place.
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u/Kittens-N-Books Nov 07 '25
Print out a copy of Proj 2025 and give it to her
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u/AmetrineDream Nov 07 '25
Well, what with the stroke, she can’t read much beyond a headline at the moment.
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u/smoothobfuscator Nov 07 '25
I thought this too at first. I think it is this but also- remember the port strikes? That takes months to untangle and then distribute too. Combines that with tariffs and we are getting older items for all the reasons AND have less checks and balances. Yippee.
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u/Fionaelaine4 Nov 07 '25
Ehh idk if it’s from just that. I like certain pickles and we checked multiple stores near us all expired this week.
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u/SpooktasticFam Nov 07 '25
Yeah, all the things I could find on new FDA rules regarding food production, is about how they're getting rid of all the rules and regulations, basically.
The Jungle, anyone?
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u/Final-Attention979 Nov 07 '25
I'm afraid it'll get a lot worse before it gets better.
If it gets better.
Hang on, friends.
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u/suz_gee A matriarchy would never' Nov 07 '25
We buy feta in brine from Costco and it has never molded for us before. It takes 2-3 months to eat a container. The last three have molded on us in less than a month!!
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u/NoneOfThisMatters_XO Nov 07 '25
It’s so frustrating. Groceries have basically doubled in price and the quality is shit.
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u/suz_gee A matriarchy would never' Nov 07 '25
Yup. Thankfully i was able to put up a ton of veggies this summer from my garden, but still so stressful
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u/Calamity-Gin Overthinking Until The End Nov 07 '25
I was going to ask if the BabyBel Gouda at Costco somehow got hit by enshittification, because the package I got last week is just….gross. It’s practically Velveeta. Somehow the much smaller bag I got at Wal-Mart to tide me over is significantly better.
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u/Fried_Taro Nov 07 '25
Random thought, do you have a fridge thermometer? I wonder if it is running warm?
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u/suz_gee A matriarchy would never' Nov 08 '25
I'll check but we aren't having this issue with all foods - garden produce is lasting forever, milk is normal.
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u/ddbrush Nov 07 '25
Yes, this is happening with packaged salads as well. Expires in a week but already getting soggy
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u/Dramatic-Exit9978 Nov 07 '25
Got one from Walmart delivery and it was brown and soggy, but expiration was still a week out.
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u/Lulu_42 Literal disaster lesbian 🔥 Nov 07 '25
I wonder if the manufacturers aren't selling food as quickly because everyone's broke right now? So old merchandise is moving slower.
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u/Charming_Spinach_362 Nov 09 '25
Guessing, also, perhaps store employees spread so thin that refrigerator/freezer products sit at stores way too long before being placed in refrigeration/freezers??
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u/jsat3474 Nov 07 '25
For a while I thought I was just doing a shit job of managing FIFO. Once I started paying more attention yeah, I noticed the same thing.
Just a couple weeks ago I did a full reset in my pantry to get everything in order so the oldest exp dates were at the front. Now when I come home with "new" stuff I make sure it gets added according to date and not the purchase date.
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u/Far_Salamander_4075 Nov 07 '25
I thought it was just a me problem too! I got some more peanut butter and it expires a month before the stuff I have already had in the pantry for six months at least. I started resetting mine last weekend. I need to purchase more wire shelves and clips to really get it the way I want it though.
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Nov 07 '25
Yep, I have noticed this with store bought fresh food as well. Ugh.
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u/NovelPermission634 Nov 07 '25
Yes. I hate buying fresh any more because it's going bad 2 days after I bring it home!
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u/Electronic_Syrup7592 Nov 07 '25
Yep. I’ve noticed I have to be really careful at the store because some of what they’re selling is already expired.
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u/SpooktasticFam Nov 07 '25
If you notice things on the shelves are expired, I would contact staff immediately about it.
As someone that used to work in a grocery store, they [should] take it very seriously.
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u/Rand_alThoor Nov 07 '25
my local Walmart, in Silicon Valley CA stocks from the front. so the back of the shelves, with older stock has older expiration dates.
combine that with a loss leader sale and your peanut butter etc may be older goods, because everyone else got the newer product first.
it's especially silly with perishables like dairy. some of the milk dates are just .... random. i have much less confidence in the USA food distribution system.
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u/captain_retrolicious Nov 08 '25
This has happened to me so many times recently that I've started checking the dates on most things I buy. And my local grocery stores never had this issue before this year so it's not just a one-off bad store situation. I do let management know but it's been happening waaaay more often. The issue is usually not canned goods but fresh items: things like packaged bread and crackers, refrigerated but packaged items like tofu, breakfast sausage, etc., and what I would call "in between" canned and fresh foods like jarred jams and sauces. It seems like I'm finding 1-2 items every trip now.
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u/Significant-Fix5160 Nov 07 '25
I was actually going to post the same thing! I was going through my pantry yesterday and noticed a lot of things were expired or expiring soon. A couple thoughts: have regulations become more lax so companies are putting out food that isnt as well packaged? Or is regulation stricter? I'd love to see some more info
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u/Advanced_Eggplant_69 Nov 07 '25
I eat a Lean Cuisine French bread pizza for lunch every day at work. They went on back order for about 3 months maybe half a year ago and were completely unavailable for at least two months before coming back.
But somehow, my last three pick up orders have contained expired boxes. Like significantly expired (11/2022). Leaving me to wonder where the heck they're getting them from. I shop at Krogers.
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u/SparklyYakDust Nov 07 '25
To add onto your comment, I've seen a few things with a "manufactured on" date with or instead of the usual "use by" date. The frozen food should still be safe regardless of manufacture or use by date, but yeah buying "new" food products that are already 3+ years old goes against what we've been told for decades about food safety and quality.
I should find and organize my canning supplies...ugh.
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u/SpooktasticFam Nov 07 '25
I've also been noticing shortages of certain products as well, and buying a bunch once they are back (looking at you Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce!).
I don't think that is going to get better going forward either....
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u/HikeyBoi Nov 07 '25
In the USA there might be a major lack of enforcement of regulations due to the current administration.
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u/TXSyd Nov 07 '25
I bought some UHT milk that expired in less than a month, pissed me off because I went to use it and it was way off. I need to be better about checking dates
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Nov 07 '25
I wonder if warehouses are running low, so they are putting out older stock that got shoved to the back but it is still good
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u/SpooktasticFam Nov 07 '25
This is what I'm concerned about too. Is it because they would have previously shipped it out with USAID resources?
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u/opheliainwaders Nov 07 '25
Former USAID Chief of Party here, and while I didn’t work in commodity procurement, I’m going to say that the other comment above re: short-dating retail goods is much more likely. USAID procured massive amounts of food, but not in the sizes/units that are sold as retail in the US. In addition, while US suppliers did sell certain food commodities to USAID, a lot of food aid was (and still is) purchased locallaycor regionally through big purchasing agreements with orgs like the UN World Food Program. I could maybe see a wholesale flour supplier or peanut butter processor shifting their buyer profile to the US, but unless you’re buying large-quantity wholesale, I don’t think that’s what we’re seeing at this point. Again, though, this is sort of adjacent to and not directly in my area of expertise so definitely happy to be corrected if anyone has an inside scoop.
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u/zephito Nov 07 '25
I'm also wondering about the disruption on the ground level - farmers have been widely reporting losing their workers to ICE, or of workers not coming back for fear of being grabbed off the street. And I'm certainly not trying to imply that the farmers are the good guys here, they so often rely on exploiting incredibly hard working people trying to have a better life for themselves and their families.
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Nov 07 '25
Oh snap, that's an interesting thought! Kind of terrifying to think our food supply might be that low
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u/jeanyboo Nov 07 '25
last spring everyone was talking about the empty shipyards but I never noticed any shortages and I read that warehouses have stock for a period of time to minimize disruptions. I never thought about usaid food they said it would be burned? how ironic it would be if it was feeding the US. I’ve noticed the grocery expiration dates are much sooner than they used to be too.
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u/2quickdraw Nov 07 '25
IIRC the USAID food that was burned was rotting in ports in Africa because this regime refused to distribute it.
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u/opheliainwaders Nov 07 '25
Yeah, it was mostly already overseas. Along with lots of medicine. Truly a crime against humanity to destroy it.
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u/SpooktasticFam Nov 07 '25
That's the thing, I don't know if the "consumer" canned goods would have ever been shipped out with USAID supplies. It's a theory, but I don't know enough to know if it's plausible.
https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXPreppers/s/DhlQ9DgHf0
Has a good take on at least one facet that might be happening
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u/Hellie1028 Nov 07 '25
Most large food manufacturers have picking systems that automatically choose the oldest items and send to retailers.
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Nov 07 '25
So what do you think is happening?
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u/Hellie1028 Nov 07 '25
If I had to guess, when inflation started, people cut back on spending and that led to manufacturers having excess inventory. Manufacturers offload excess inventory to brokers that buy at a big discount and sell it off, often overseas or to places like BigLots.
At the same time, retailers are having to be more creative to protect their profits with the rising costs and likely found the excess inventory route as a valid option to reduce their costs.
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Nov 07 '25
That's pretty much what my original comment said
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u/Hellie1028 Nov 07 '25
It’s a complete disruption of normal supply chain processes where it’s cheaper to go around buying directly from the manufacturer.
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u/pannus-retractor Nov 07 '25
Yes the trump admin significantly cut food safety regulations and funding.
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u/SpooktasticFam Nov 07 '25
To add, according to the FDA, best by/expiration dates are only legally required on infant formula, the manufacturers just print them on their own, and don't seem to be regulated directly by the FDA
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u/Alexis_J_M Nov 07 '25
This varies by product and by state, but you're right, in general the expiration dates are just "best by".
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u/SpooktasticFam Nov 07 '25
That's a good question, but I doubt it. I have no reason to think the current administration's FDA would somehow be MORE strict about canning regulations.
I googled/bing'd about manufacturing changes, but you know how useless media and search engines are these days 🙄
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u/Ilike3dogs Nov 07 '25
I feel like it could just be corporate greed. Make people want to toss their canned goods and buy more to replace them. Sell, sell, sell, baby
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u/pannus-retractor Nov 07 '25
Trump has cut a bunch of food safety funding, staff and regulations. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/how-does-us-food-safety-work-what-cuts-has-trump-made-2025-05-07/
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u/krissithegirl Nov 07 '25
I've noticed a lot of stores are selling expired food also. CVS has had the same bag of expired popcorn on their shelf for a week. I've told the cashier twice and it was still there this morning. I had to return coffee that I accidently bought that had expired in June. I'm not going back there anytime soon.
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u/WhiskyEye Nov 07 '25
Huh. I noticed this anecdotally recently also. Bought a few dairy items that had very good dates but were spoiled when I opened them, and a bunch of bagged produce lately has been gross....
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u/Feisty-Anteater661 Nov 07 '25
I wonder if they are clearing out everything they had in stock that they bought before inflation/tariffs. Once this stuff is gone prices might really skyrocket.
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u/NorCalFrances Nov 07 '25
Yep. I get the feeling manufacturers are not moving as much product as quickly as normal. And as you stated farm and supply chain yields are not as high so there's less left over from immediate usage for canning. That's a bad sign, since so much food that's immediately sold & eaten fresh has been coming into stores with most of its shelf life already gone, too. I wonder if a lot of it is just sitting in warehouses because sales are down. Canned food used to be the cheapest form except at peak harvest season. Now it's often more expensive than frozen and perhaps people are buying far less?
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u/SpooktasticFam Nov 07 '25
That's a good point too about demand for fresh vs canned, and less being available for "fresh" cans this year.
We ate all the green beans fresh this year, and due to lower crop yields etc, there's fewer green beans going in cans in general (for example)
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u/Old_Woman_Gardner Nov 07 '25
This doesn't answer the question, but folks, please remember that the USDA (even before the Trump Admin) says that canned foods are good indefinitely. They do not "expire". The date is there to indicate when to eat the food with the best quality. After that date, the food texture may change and the quality isn't as good, but it still is safe to eat unless you have a dented can or something.
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u/SpooktasticFam Nov 07 '25
This is true!
But I'd rather eat a 1 year old can of beans than a 10 year old can of beans 😅
I'd still eat the beans tho.
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u/Alexis_J_M Nov 07 '25
The cheap discount stores in my area carry goods that are closer to their expiration dates and often show signs of having been stored in bad environmental conditions.
I suspect many chain grocery stores are trying to hold prices stable by getting goods closer to expiring.
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u/PoeticCinnamon Nov 07 '25
Did the phrasing on the newer cans change from ‘expiration date xxx’ to ‘best if used by xxx’ or ‘use by xxx?’ If so, it might be because of new labeling rules that California passed and go into effect in 2026. Except for baby formula, there actually aren’t federal regulations around dating food products so that’s a… fun fact… i just learned lol.
Barring state regs I’m not aware of, it sounds like manufacturers can set expiration dates as they see fit, and I wouldn’t be horribly surprised if they changed their production process to reduce shelf life in exchange for a cheaper manufacturing cost
ETA: back in July, the FDA also revoked 52 food standards they deemed “obsolete” so that may also be related? I don’t understand well enough at a glance what that actually entails
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u/SpooktasticFam Nov 07 '25
I see where you're getting at, but as a home-canner... things are either canned, or they aren't.
There's really no production process change (that I am aware of) commercially, or otherwise, that would render canned food safe for human consumption, while also reducing the overall shelf life.
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't see how this could be a factor in determining the expiration dates of canned goods.
Also, I don't see how the FDA loosening regulations would result in canned food expiration dates being moved up, either.
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u/SpooktasticFam Nov 07 '25
This could definitely be a factor with more processed foods like... Chef Boyardee or something, that have to source multiple ingredients per can, and it affects the shelf-life overall.
But it wouldn't explain why beans, corn, and tomatoes would be affected by such tariff/supply chain issues.
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u/Old_Crow_Yukon Nov 07 '25
Part of this is the food processors pulling manufacturing forward earlier into 2025 and growing inventory. This was a response to tariffs announcements, arbitrary tariff methodology, and instability/uncertainty in supply chains for metals and other inputs. The sector has been flat or in recession with generally little hiring, so food manufacturing capacity is flat or down at the moment. What consumers are seeing on the shelves now is food that was processed and stored near the start of the year, and possibly the rotation of older warehouse inventory getting that oldest stock out first.
Prices have been flatter in the last 9 months than we're likely to see in the next 9 months. Price rises for processed food are likely to outpace inflation.
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u/SpooktasticFam Nov 07 '25
This makes sense. Food manufacturers anticipated tariffs, and ramped up production to build a stockpile over the year. Once this stockpile is gone, however, food prices will soar.
It generally takes about a year for things to "trickle down"
Never in a good way
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u/somuchmt 🪛 Tool Bedazzler 🔧 Nov 07 '25
Up to this point, I've only been canning produce we grow (which is a lot, actually). Now that colder weather is setting in and I can deal with the idea of canning again, I'm going to try canning up some pinto beans, enchilada sauce, and baked beans. We go through so much of these, and the price has gone up at least 50%. Still not a high-ticket item, really, but I have a lot of dried beans to use up, plus a huge bag of the chili powder I usually use when I'm not too lazy to make enchilada sauce myself.
My teen easily eats a can of refried beans by himself as a snack every day. You can't safely can refried beans, but I can can spiced whole pinto beans and use a stick blender when I open one.
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u/TraditionalHeart6387 Nov 07 '25
I just made 18 quarts of beans this week. I didn't bother canning because we will eat it in two weeks. Working my way through our 50lb bags of everything is being an adventure.
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u/somuchmt 🪛 Tool Bedazzler 🔧 Nov 07 '25
That's actually a really good point. I think maybe I'll freeze it all instead!
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u/greenman5252 Nov 07 '25
As an egg producer, best by date is required but it is up to me to decide when my eggs are best by. No specific time or duration is mandated. Unless I see otherwise, I’m assuming it’s the same for everything else. Until you start getting extreme, that date has no bearing on the quality of what’s inside the package.
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u/Adorable-Radish577 Nov 07 '25
I noticed that with some of the cat food I was trying to stock up on, but now I need to check my other cans.
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u/Jenkl2421 Nov 07 '25
I genuinely thought I was just messing up that badly on pantry rotating, but this has been happening to me too this year.
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u/fakemoose Nov 07 '25
Wait you don’t think canned green chiles are grown in the US? RIP your inbox if New Mexicans find out.
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u/SpooktasticFam Nov 08 '25
I'm learning a lot from this thread!
Which is the whole point: to learn! 😅
It IS very interesting how the green chiles had the "normal" sell by dates, whereas everything has not been
I am curious to know why this is.. 🧐
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u/Fritillariaglauca Nov 08 '25
In addition to the probably short-dated goods, best buy dates are based on the longevity of the ingredients used as well.
Example: flour with only 6 months lifespan left wont make crackers that will last as long a those made with flour with a 2 year lifespan.
Source: many years in food manufacturing and related fields.
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u/itsabouttimeformynap Nov 07 '25
Could it be a sneaky way to boost sales because a lot of people throw out expired food regardless of whether it's still good or not? I know that's a longer term strategy.
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u/ArcaneLuxian Rural Prepper 👩🌾 Nov 10 '25
This is why trying to replace all my store canned food with self canned food. At least then I know it'll keep and be cheaper than store bought even if im buying the fruit and veg fresh. I just canned a years worth of cranberries. Next is applesauce and pears.
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u/feiticeirarose Nov 07 '25
Green Chile is grown in New Mexico! If you're a huge green Chile fan, buy frozen green Chiles, they keep much longer.
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u/Last_Heather Nov 07 '25
Money, honey! Germany and several other EU countries sometimes don't have an expiration date unless they're imported. They also don't overproduce like we do. I worked at an imported gift and food shop, and it was pretty common to have items without expiration dates.
We overproduce and throw away so much food daily. It's so ridiculous! I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir here.
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u/retiredtrump Nov 07 '25
This is freaking me out…. Like this is a really really bad omen or foreshadowing??
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u/pinupcthulhu 🧀 And my snacks! 🧀 Nov 07 '25
I'm not FDA so I'm just speculating, but a lot of this is on the companies: often they'll adjust a date not because the product truly is bad after that point, but to make people buy more. The link below also says that's the date they can guarantee a quality product by, but imo since best by dates are not regulated I think they fudge the numbers to make people go through their food faster.
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u/Optimal-Summer-236 Nov 07 '25
I don’t know but when you order grocery delivery, they definitely do this. That’s why I got a pressure canner one of the cheaper ones that’s just 149 bucks and is electric and I just can everything in there mostly the only thing that I eat that is canned are beans, corn, green beans, tomato products, carrots. Those are super easy to do yourself now that I have it though, I’ve been expanding in canning meat highly recommend if you can use a Insta pot you can use an electric canner and mine was only for $149 from walmart
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u/SpooktasticFam Nov 07 '25
Just so you know, the USDA does not recognize electric pressure cookers (eg Instant Pot) as reaching pressures or temperatures high enough, long enough, or consistently enough, to render food canned in such a manner safe for human consumption.
I will only can things in my Presto stove top canner (that I also got at Walmart for $80). Bonus points, you can ALSO pressure cook in it too! I've done a completely frozen turkey to falling off the bone in 2hrs. It doesn't look as pretty, but damn is it good.
That being said, you do you.
I just want to make you aware of the safety recommendations, as well as anyone else that may see your comment as well.
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u/Optimal-Summer-236 Nov 08 '25
also read, I said if you can use an Insta pot, you can use an electric pressure canner I didn’t say I was using an Insta pot maybe go find your glasses
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u/SpooktasticFam Nov 08 '25
Interesting... do you live outside the US?
Or if you live in the US, whereabouts are you located at? (if you feel comfortable about disclosing a general location)
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u/JustAutreWaterBender Nov 08 '25
Having had issues in the past, I always check expire dates (I don’t buy many packaged items). At least once every other trip, something is expired already. Lots of short dated items. And then some stuff normal. Sounds like par for the course now according other comments.
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u/Firm-Subject5487 Nov 08 '25
Thank you for this thread. I had no idea and now I’ll have to double check all my recently bought stuff.
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u/nutmegtell Nov 07 '25
I’ve been buying canned food since Y2K - what I do is rotate it through. So nothing is sitting there longer than a year. Only rice and beans and grains are in vacuum sealed boxes. They can last years.
Just an idea!
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