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IronSolace t1_j80c90e wrote

The National/STL St. location constantly has expired cheese in their containers. I think recently I saw the specialty cheese fridge was completely empty and they restocked it. Before that every bag of fresh mozzarella was expired there. That place is full of expired food from time to time.

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AmcillaSB t1_j80j8xk wrote

Find me a grocery store that doesn't have some expired/bad cheese, and I'll pay you a million dollars. Price Cutter, Brown Derby, Mama Jeans, are all offenders, and the list goes on.

HyVee is probably the best place to go to get cheese that's not sketchy (at least I don't recall ever seeing dried-out cheese or stuff that has bad mold growing on it.)

That said, at the Brown Derby Wine Center, you can sometimes find 50%-off discounted cheese because it's close to expiration -- it's a roll-of-the-dice gamble sometimes, but it is usually worth the risk.

Source: Me, I love fancy cheese and eat a lot of it.

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IronSolace t1_j80osq4 wrote

Yeah it’s not a huge deal overall but it is frustrating at that location it is more common. I still go there because they are the only grocery store that sells full fat lost moisture mozzarella at the deli and everyone there is very nice to me.

As someone that’s is looking for a specific cheese, other than natural grocers off Glenstone do you know of any place that sells buffalo mozz?

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AmcillaSB t1_j80pwga wrote

Brown Derby has had it on occasion. You can sometimes make a request or a cheese suggestion, and sometimes they follow through if they can get it through their distributor. Mama Jeans also makes a point of having some some interesting/exotic world cheeses, there's probably no harm in asking them, as well. If you can find a state or regional business that makes it from them to order from, even better.

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