At the Market Garden the first day we shopped, on September 12, there were about a dozen double crusted banana pies with "use by" dates of September 15. The last day we shopped there was September 24 and those same pies were still there....

Perhaps because it was slow season, or whatever, stocks of assorted items were still being sold well past their dates. That doesn't mean there weren't also fresh items available.

We shopped at all the stores I listed. We did not find any to be in such a state that we wouldn't shop there, but that doesn't change the lighting, or the perception that dim lighting imbues