u/LumpyPhilosopher8

Is anyone else noticing that expiration dates seem to be shorter? After a short break I got back to my prepping and purchased a bunch of canned items. When I was putting stuff up and trying to rotate my stock I realized that things I just purchased are expiring sooner than things I purchased 6 months ago. That makes no sense to me. So now instead of automatically rotating things, I'm having to organize by date of expiration.

And to clarify, these products were all purchased at Kroger or Walmart - not at the Dollar Store which I know often has things with a shorter expiration window.

Is this some sign of impending doom I missed? Are they digging stuff out of the bottom of the barrel to stock the shelves? Is anyone else experiencing this?