Tonight while grocery shopping at our wonderful local Co op store, I stumbled across a completely flabbergasted woman at the cheese section of the deli department. She looked at me in utter bewilderment while holding a hunk of cheese in her hand. As I was passing by, she waved for me to come over.
Wheeling my cart over, she stuck out the hand holding said hunk of cheese and asked me if she was really seeing what she thought she was. Taking the piece of cheese from her I was not surprised to see dime sized turquoise and white furry mold spots dotting the surface. Smiling knowingly, I turned the hunk over to reveal what I had suspected, this was a store packaged, heat sealed product. Please see this post for more information on this occurrence.
Before I could say anything she pointed to the cooler where more moldy packages of cheese were laying.
Showing her an example of prepackaged cheese versus store packaged cheese I explained to her what the Deli Manager had previously explained to Hubby regarding why their cheese is prone to mold. This woman looked at me absolutely incredulously and I affirmed that yes, I am being serious. She thanked me and we continued on our way.
Now, to me this is absolutely unacceptable. I LOVE the Co op here in town. It is a beautiful, well maintained and clean store. Their employees are well trained in the art of all things grocery related, and for that I am appreciative. Lately I have noticed an influx of specialty, organic items on the shelves and for that I am doubly appreciative.
However, this bizarre cheese situation still mystifies me. To me it seems a simple solution would be to vacuum seal these products as opposed to heat sealing them in plastic wrap which inevitably is causing mold growth on their hunks of cheese.
What are your thoughts on this situation?
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