Expirations

One could trace this down to culture and ethics or just strike it off as sleazy business sense but the fact is that this particular problem remains consistent across continents. Case in point Indian supermarkets or Indian speciality stores especially oversees keeping products close to or past expiration dates.
I won't mind naming names because I've had it up to the gills to the point of having boycotted a store called 'Bhumi' which does the name gross injustice because most of their products are past expiration and not only do they don't mind selling them but in fact they put a strong tape above and write some other date that is still a few months away.
It's only after you've bought the grocery back home and opened it do you realize that its contents are way off, and no point fighting with the store keep because they'd say that you're being too finicky and specifically as a person living offshore who wouldn't have otherwise found such basic items in another shop.
Apparently I'd bought whole wheat atta from that store a few times and each time it smelled a bit off, and one day when I scratched off the tape that nearly tore off the packaging that I saw that packet of atta had expired almost three months ago and the fake date imprinted made it look good for another few.
To say it boiled my blood would be an understatement because I seethed and wrote that freaking shop off my list of shops I'd ever shop from, and this isn't even a problem particular to this store here. I have friends and acquaintances from different countries complaining of similar problems as to how their local Indian stores sell expired products.
It's amazing how shamelessly they sell such things to the point that I have a friend who once bought packaged paneer from 'Bhumi' only to find it fungified. Needless to say she ranted about this for an hour and never went back to the store.
I have since begun buying things online after speaking to the particular vendor and getting all details, and in fact found a vendor who delivers fresh wheat atta to Indian restaurants here. My life has since been sorted, not least because most of the other things like paneer or ground masalas and pickles I make at home.
So yes, these are issues about ethics and honour, something these businesses and business owner severely lack and don't intend on improving on.