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Chick Fil A stopped selling salads

Reever — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 01:53:45 GMT

Due to a CDC recommendation my local Chick Fil A is not selling salads. Apparently there was another health scare with romaine lettuce and E coli. This is getting ridiculous. Our food supply seems to be getting worse. I was am friightened for our future generations. Although many foods had more preservatives in the 1970s I feel it was safer.

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Kachina624 — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 02:02:08 GMT

It was only for romaine grown in Salinas, Ca. You'd think Chick fil a could come up with other lettuces or romaine grown in other places.

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Reever — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 02:29:10 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
It was only for romaine grown in Salinas, Ca. You'd think Chick fil a could come up with other lettuces or romaine grown in other places.

Apparently Aldis, Target and Wegmans were also impacted by the tainted food supply. I have to wonder if we should all just stop eating Romaine in favor of Iceburg? I never hear anything about good old fashioned Iceburg lettuce that we grew up on.

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elaine nj — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 02:34:53 GMT

Our McDonald's has stopped selling salads too. There was a romaine recall a year ago this week also.

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Lucky Charm — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 02:49:23 GMT

I don't think iceberg lettuce has any nutritional value. At least not as much as a darker or red leaf variety. If it came to it, I would eat a salad without lettuce.

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Jinlei — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 02:53:57 GMT

What do people do cra- on everything that is growing in the ground? I will,never eat salad again. The big e-coli monster.

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sidsmom — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 03:05:26 GMT

@Lucky Charm wrote:
I don't think iceberg lettuce has any nutritional value. At least not as much as a darker or red leaf variety. If it came to it, I would eat a salad without lettuce.

@Lucky Charm

True, darker/more colorful is always better but Iceberg Lettuce

still offers many nutrients & fiber. But I always have to giggle when

someone says 'no nutritional value'....I think, "compared to what??"

🤷‍♀️

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Kachina624 — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 03:09:54 GMT

@Jinlei wrote:
What do people do cra- on everything that is growing in the ground? I will,never eat salad again. The big e-coli monster.

@Jinlei. The contamination is usually caused from run-off from areas where livestock is kept and is absorbed into the plant.

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simplyfriends — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 03:16:03 GMT

I read this explanation about romaine and issues with bagged lettuce on www.mashed.com

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Susan Louise — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 03:19:46 GMT

We grow our own romaine, other lettuces and kale hydrophonically so we don't have to worry about issues such as this.

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Susan Louise — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 07:00:17 GMT

@Reever wrote:
@Kachina624 wrote:
It was only for romaine grown in Salinas, Ca. You'd think Chick fil a could come up with other lettuces or romaine grown in other places.

Apparently Aldis, Target and Wegmans were also impacted by the tainted food supply. I have to wonder if we should all just stop eating Romaine in favor of Iceburg? I never hear anything about good old fashioned Iceburg lettuce that we grew up on.

@Reever As another poster in this thread mentioned, iceberg lettuce has almost no nutritional value whatsoever. One would have to eat about 5+ cups of iceberg lettuce to get anywhere near close to what a single cup of romaine lettuce offers in comparison. Anyone can google the info to find that out.

And besides the stores you mentioned, the 3 grocery stores I was in today had no Romaine lettuce either...Hyvee, Russ's Market and Super Saver. I was grocery shopping each store for other things/sales and saw the CDC signs.

@Kachina624 So it is certainly not just the Chick Fil A restaurant. It seems many stores/restaurants use the CA source and there may not be many other sources to get romaine lettuce during the off season period.

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Sooner — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 03:33:45 GMT

I don't blame businesses at all for not selling salad. I am not affected because I've quit eating it. I really don't miss it either. Plenty of other ways to get plants and greens in my diet.

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Susan Louise — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 03:51:49 GMT

@simplyfriends wrote:
I read this explanation about romaine and issues with bagged lettuce on www.mashed.com

@simplyfriends Well, ALL of the romaine lettuce was removed in our local stores...not just the ones bagged like the ones with 3 romaine hearts or chopped/mixed greens

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sidsmom — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 03:55:56 GMT

@Susan Louise wrote:
@Reever wrote:
@Kachina624 wrote:
It was only for romaine grown in Salinas, Ca. You'd think Chick fil a could come up with other lettuces or romaine grown in other places.

Apparently Aldis, Target and Wegmans were also impacted by the tainted food supply. I have to wonder if we should all just stop eating Romaine in favor of Iceburg? I never hear anything about good old fashioned Iceburg lettuce that we grew up on.

@Reever As another poster in this thread mentioned, iceberg lettuce has almost no nutritional value whatsoever.

Stunning how nutritional myth perpetuates.

No wonder people are so sick believing that God's food 'has no nutritional value.' 🤦‍♀️

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colliemom4 — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 03:56:47 GMT

It seems they could use another type of lettuce.

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Susan Louise — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 04:08:06 GMT

@sidsmom wrote:
@Susan Louise wrote:
@Reever wrote:
@Kachina624 wrote:
It was only for romaine grown in Salinas, Ca. You'd think Chick fil a could come up with other lettuces or romaine grown in other places.

Apparently Aldis, Target and Wegmans were also impacted by the tainted food supply. I have to wonder if we should all just stop eating Romaine in favor of Iceburg? I never hear anything about good old fashioned Iceburg lettuce that we grew up on.

@Reever As another poster in this thread mentioned, iceberg lettuce has almost no nutritional value whatsoever.
Stunning how nutritional myth perpetuates.
No wonder people are so sick believing that God's food 'has no nutritional value.' 🤦‍♀️

Stunning how some folks choose not to actually see the facts of the VERY LOW nutritional value of iceberg lettuce...or many other of GOD's foods...sugar comes to mind off the top of my head. As the saying goes...'You can lead a horse to water...'

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sidsmom — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 04:12:12 GMT

@Susan Louise wrote:
@sidsmom wrote:
@Susan Louise wrote:
@Reever wrote:
@Kachina624 wrote:
It was only for romaine grown in Salinas, Ca. You'd think Chick fil a could come up with other lettuces or romaine grown in other places.

Apparently Aldis, Target and Wegmans were also impacted by the tainted food supply. I have to wonder if we should all just stop eating Romaine in favor of Iceburg? I never hear anything about good old fashioned Iceburg lettuce that we grew up on.

@Reever As another poster in this thread mentioned, iceberg lettuce has almost no nutritional value whatsoever.
Stunning how nutritional myth perpetuates.
No wonder people are so sick believing that God's food 'has no nutritional value.' 🤦‍♀️

Stunning how some folks choose not to actually see the facts of nutritional value of iceberg lettuce...or many other of GOD's foods...sugar cane comes to mind off the top of my head. As the saying goes...'You can lead a horse to water...'

Absolutely nothing wrong with sugar cane.

Small amounts of sugar added to the top of food is not a worry for healthy people. I'm sorry you can't enjoy the sweet sensation our taste buds were designed to give us.

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Susan Louise — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 04:14:02 GMT

@colliemom4 wrote:
It seems they could use another type of lettuce.

@colliemom4 For restaurants it is a bit more involved than just changing the lettuce. It would mean in many cases changing the wording on the menu, signs etc. Many folks come to expect certain salads to have certain lettuce...like most cesaer salads in restaurants has just romaine.

As for Chick Fil A, I don't know what type of salad they serve because I have never been to that restaurant.

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tansy — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 04:49:50 GMT

@sidsmom wrote:
@Susan Louise wrote:
@sidsmom wrote:
@Susan Louise wrote:
@Reever wrote:
@Kachina624 wrote:
It was only for romaine grown in Salinas, Ca. You'd think Chick fil a could come up with other lettuces or romaine grown in other places.

Apparently Aldis, Target and Wegmans were also impacted by the tainted food supply. I have to wonder if we should all just stop eating Romaine in favor of Iceburg? I never hear anything about good old fashioned Iceburg lettuce that we grew up on.

@Reever As another poster in this thread mentioned, iceberg lettuce has almost no nutritional value whatsoever.
Stunning how nutritional myth perpetuates.
No wonder people are so sick believing that God's food 'has no nutritional value.' 🤦‍♀️

Stunning how some folks choose not to actually see the facts of nutritional value of iceberg lettuce...or many other of GOD's foods...sugar cane comes to mind off the top of my head. As the saying goes...'You can lead a horse to water...'
Absolutely nothing wrong with sugar cane.
Small amounts of sugar added to the top of food is not a worry for healthy people. I'm sorry you can't enjoy the sweet sensation our taste buds were designed to give us.

Save your pity, @sidsmom, for something worth it:/

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Carmie — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 04:52:51 GMT

@Reever wrote:
@Kachina624 wrote:
It was only for romaine grown in Salinas, Ca. You'd think Chick fil a could come up with other lettuces or romaine grown in other places.

Apparently Aldis, Target and Wegmans were also impacted by the tainted food supply. I have to wonder if we should all just stop eating Romaine in favor of Iceburg? I never hear anything about good old fashioned Iceburg lettuce that we grew up on.

I bought lettuce from Costco and it was from Salinas, CA too. Seems that is the lettuce capital of the USA.