Jill Cataldo

So... Dominick's has a huge "Buy 4, get a FREE box of Nature Valley granola bars" sale this past week in which not only is Nature Valley involved in the Buy 4, it's also the bonus free item. Wouldn't you think the stores would have made sure their Nature Valley displays would be well-stocked for what the store should know will be a hot sale on these bars?

I went into the Carpentersville Dominick's to do the Nature Valley deal on Wednesday, and before I headed to the store, my husband requested the Roasted Peanut Crunch variety. They had plenty of boxes on the shelf, but...

Every single box was expired. Every. Single. Box. Look at the next picture -- a December 2009 expiration date. NINETEEN boxes. There was not a single box of Roasted Peanut Crunch that wasn't expired, and the majority of the boxes expired almost EIGHT months ago.

A few of the boxes expired in April of this year. Most expired in December 2009. One box expired July 12, 2010. I'm almost embarrassed to admit this, but I did buy that July box because they're my husband's favorite, and it was only nine days' expired at this point - and it was free as part of the sale and he'll eat them this week.

But COME ON, Dominick's.