Boars Head

Did anyone else chuckle when you see Boars Head shops? They had the filthiest plants that shut down permanently for killing people; yet, send us in to scrutinize the cleanliness of a deli counter, and equipment.

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Yes! I signed up for one and then when I read what had to be done, I asked to be taken off it.
@Auditor wrote:

Did anyone else chuckle when you see Boars Head shops? They had the filthiest plants that shut down permanently for killing people; yet, send us in to scrutinize the cleanliness of a deli counter, and equipment.
They had to "compromise elsewhere". We know exactly where elsewhere was in this case.
They were back for a few weeks in May and the first part of June. I have not seen one since.

Do not read so much, look about you and think of what you see there.
Richard Feynman-- letter to Ashok Arora, 4 January 1967, published in Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track (2005) p. 230
they posted them until 6/29. I took several. The same MSC.

Shopping Eastern Pennsylvania since 2009
Not for a lousy 7 bucks they hit well over $30 in my area. They can sit until they hit the $30 mark again. I would not feed the cold cuts to my dog. lol
Someone had to ascertain whether any distribution sites were sueable or not. Right?

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@Auditor wrote:

Not for a lousy 7 bucks they hit well over $30 in my area. They can sit until they hit the $30 mark again. I would not feed the cold cuts to my dog. lol

My dog personally loves that chicken. The chicken was never an issue and I am sure by now every Boar's Head plant on Earth was inspected, or at least I hope. Did a few at $12. I am good for now. They don't last that long around here, too many shoppers. But there are a few areas that will reach $25 if I am lucky.
I would never complain about free food....with pay too! I would just slice them up and do fried rice with the ham or chicken so the so call virus @#$%& never bother me anyways.,.......
Reminds me of the time during the pandemic, when many restaurants and stores made a big deal out
of letting the public know that they cleaned surfaces between customers.

My thoughts always went to "and what exactly were you doing for cleaning BEFORE the pandemic, if you only started cleaning now?"
@kisekinecro wrote:

I would never complain about free food....with pay too! I would just slice them up and do fried rice with the ham or chicken so the so call virus @#$%& never bother me anyways.,.......
Pretty sure listeria was the problem for BH and that bacteria is easily killed by cooking. My immune suppressed transplant recipient relative can still eat deli meat but has to heat it first. ALL deli meat, not just one brand.

BTW, I once asked the person at the meat counter in the local grocery to cut a pork loin into 1" thick slices for me. When I went to prepare it the next evening for the grill, it was gray with a green and shimmery effect like a beetle all over the cut edges. It smelled foul. I took it back to the store and insisted the customer service person look at the date on my receipt, the product label, and the condition of the meat because they had so obviously cut the pork with a filthy blade. They were not nearly concerned enough about what had happened in their meat department and mostly in a HUGE hurry to get me refunded and out of the store. I haven't asked for something to be cut there since and I wouldn't be at all surprised if they also skip cleaning steps in the deli

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/29/2025 05:45PM by Deedeezthoughts.
@Deedeezthoughts wrote:

@kisekinecro wrote:

I would never complain about free food....with pay too! I would just slice them up and do fried rice with the ham or chicken so the so call virus @#$%& never bother me anyways.,.......
Pretty sure listeria was the problem for BH and that bacteria is easily killed by cooking. My immune suppressed transplant recipient relative can still eat deli meat but has to heat it first. ALL deli meat, not just one brand.

BTW, I once asked the person at the meat counter in the local grocery to cut a pork loin into 1" thick slices for me. When I went to prepare it the next evening for the grill, it was gray with a green and shimmery effect like a beetle all over the cut edges. It smelled foul. I took it back to the store and insisted the customer service person look at the date on my receipt, the product label, and the condition of the meat because they had so obviously cut the pork with a filthy blade. They were not nearly concerned enough about what had happened in their meat department and mostly in a HUGE hurry to get me refunded and out of the store. I haven't asked for something to be cut there since and I wouldn't be at all surprised if they also skip cleaning steps in the deli

I am sorry to hear, should have just reported the store to the health department lol
@Deedeezthoughts wrote:

@kisekinecro wrote:

I would never complain about free food....with pay too! I would just slice them up and do fried rice with the ham or chicken so the so call virus @#$%& never bother me anyways.,.......
Pretty sure listeria was the problem for BH and that bacteria is easily killed by cooking. My immune suppressed transplant recipient relative can still eat deli meat but has to heat it first. ALL deli meat, not just one brand.

BTW, I once asked the person at the meat counter in the local grocery to cut a pork loin into 1" thick slices for me. When I went to prepare it the next evening for the grill, it was gray with a green and shimmery effect like a beetle all over the cut edges. It smelled foul. I took it back to the store and insisted the customer service person look at the date on my receipt, the product label, and the condition of the meat because they had so obviously cut the pork with a filthy blade. They were not nearly concerned enough about what had happened in their meat department and mostly in a HUGE hurry to get me refunded and out of the store. I haven't asked for something to be cut there since and I wouldn't be at all surprised if they also skip cleaning steps in the deli

If you could stand behind any deli counter or inside a restaurant kitchen you’d never want to eat there again and would understand why there are drop-in public health audits.

Consistent compliance with even the most basic precautions is actually a rare thing, whether it’s due to ignorance or cost-cutting “efficiency” protocols.

I never buy fish there and rarely buy meat or poultry from a chain supermarket, and if I do, I buy larger (usually fresher) cuts and do as much customization as I can myself at home to minimize exposure to pathogens.
Boar's Head did not kill people. Odd that you would phrase it like that. Like @Deedeezthoughts noted listeria is what killed people.

I didn't chuckle over those deaths, no.
I did two shops at some local stores for $12 each with some reimbursement. I also see some randomly appear on the Presto app as Insta-Shops (where they ask for lots of photos - no purchase) that appear at the weirdest times because they appear after the end-time allotted for the shop and then if you accept it, the time to complete it isn't enough to reach the start time. So I'd see a shop appear with a blue pin around 7:30pm but the shop has to be completed in 12 hours and the time you need to be there is 10am-7pm. Anyone ever get these?

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/08/2025 08:33PM by scottsteg.
@scottsteg wrote:

I did two shops at some local stores for $12 each with some reimbursement. I also see some randomly appear on the Presto app as Insta-Shops (where they ask for lots of photos - no purchase) that appear at the weirdest times because they appear after the end-time allotted for the shop and then if you accept it, the time to complete it isn't enough to reach the start time. So I'd see a shop appear with a blue pin around 7:30pm but the shop has to be completed in 12 hours and the time you need to be there is 10am-7pm. Anyone ever get these?

I have done just one of these but I was able to grab it in the morning and have the whole day to complete it.
So I got an email with some details about a Boar's Head shop. Apparently if the employee doesn't recommend a Boar's Head product, we need to ask "Why not Boar's Head?". It makes me wonder how many employees might respond with "Because they compromised everywhere"!
@jp43209 wrote:

So I got an email with some details about a Boar's Head shop. Apparently if the employee doesn't recommend a Boar's Head product, we need to ask "Why not Boar's Head?". It makes me wonder how many employees might respond with "Because they compromised everywhere"!

99% of the time they will recommend BH because BH is the only thing they sell, and honestly they don't get pay enough to bother with making recommendation for anything else.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/09/2025 04:30PM by kisekinecro.
the majority of associates mentioned BH eigher alone or together with store brand.

Shopping Eastern Pennsylvania since 2009
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