I ran into the Stop & Shop in Baldwin to pick up a few items. The produce section is right at the front entrance so I headed to the strawberries first. I was IMMEDIATELY FLOORED at what I saw. Every single carton of strawberries was filled with severely molded strawberries. White fuzz visibly growing and spreading across the berries. Carton after carton after carton. MOLD. I looked up to see if there was an employee in the department so I could bring this to their attention. I saw a produce employee walking down the isle, passing the other section of berries. I got his attention and showed him the disgusting fruit. He proceeded to explain to me that the other produce employees were at fault and went to the back to bring out fresher strawberries. As he was gone, I decided to check out the other section of strawberries. This section had quite a few more cartons and YET AGAIN...all the cartons had white and green fuzzy mold growing amongst the strawberries. Again, I brought these to his attention and needless to say, I no longer wanted any strawberries. I went to the grapes instead. Yes, as I approached the cartons of grapes...I saw flies. My heart sank as I looked at the cartons of grapes. They looked "murkey". I couldn't believe it. There was even MORE mold on the grapes!!!! I took several pictures and got sick to my stomach. HOW COULD A HIGH TRAFFIC SUPERMARKET ALLOW THIS ON THE SALES FLOOR?! $7.99 for grapes in this economy and they're covered with MOLD that can definitely make someone extremely ILL. My heart breaks for the elderly and people with poor vision that shopped at Stop & Shop in Baldwin and purchased any of these produce items. This is completely unacceptable and disgraceful! I did bring this to the attention of the store manager. He seemed thankful and headed to the produce department to address it. This is why I have 2 stars and not 1. He said that the produce employees are supposed to "rotate the fruit". I did not look at any more produce so I don't know what else was molded and expired but I wanted to share this with anyone looking to purchase produce from Stop & Shop in Baldwin...INSPECT YOUR PRODUCE because they obviously don't! UPDATE: I received a call back from Eileen, the Cust. Service Manager. She was very kind and understanding of the importance of having fresh produce on the sales floor. I appreciate her attentiveness to my concerns. I am hopeful that Stop & Shop in Baldwin will do better! read more