Well, that explains it. You shopped at Dollar General, so what do you expect?

I don't know what DG is like anywhere else, but around here, it's horrible.

I wonder whatever happened to the Reese's brownie with the maggots.

I never understand why the food companies give out free coupons for the stuff you just bought and were grossed out by. "Worms in your goobers? Here, have some more goobers, on us! Just try and forget about the worm incident...."

@downwithmonstercable: "We burned the fries, so we gave ya' a little extra. You're welcome."

@xAnarChisTx: Since candy like Goobers does not have a sealed bag around the candy (just a glued together box), How do they know the worms were there when the left the factory or whether they were introduced somewhere along the way (including sitting on the shelf at the store)? Not that Nestle should respond like it isn't their fault. Being their product they were found in, no matter where the worms were introduced it looks bad for them.

@xAnarChisTx: Here it depends on the neighborhood and the age of the store. Many of them are fairly clean, excellent/friendly staff. Usually in proportion with the niceness of the area. Rural ones tend to be pretty decent too (where people depend on them more, rather than Walmart).

And based on this response, seems like corporate is on top of it. I guess you have to be a pretty decent operator just to run 8,000 stores.

@Laines: LOL, exactly

@downwithmonstercable: It's not too different than Comcast trying to sell you sh!t with pre-recorded messages while you're waiting for eternity on hold for their tech support line. Even better is when they're trying to sell you their phone service after telling you they won't be out for a few days to fix your cable/internet.

Poll, how many people always look at their food before putting it in their mouth? Someone posted a comment on the news link that he should've looked.

I know personally, if there were worms in my Nutty Bars, I probably wouldn't notice right away. I still think I prefer worms over salmonella. Unless worms carry salmonella, well then we're just screwed.

Looks like those new 'Tequila-flavored' Goobers weren't such a good idea after all...

It's extra protein!

Removing all Goobers from their stores?
Now that's what I call "taking it seriously".

@techstar25:

Ha!!

@calquist:

I thought those were seasonal only at Halloween?

Ugh. I never buy food from discount stores like Dollar General. I won't buy food items from places like TJ Maxx either. I figure the Easter candy in TJ Maxx is guaranteed to be from last year. That's why it it there!

@FLConsumer:
How many thousands of boxes of goobers are sold a day?

These incidents are rare, and if it happened to me, it wouldn't turn me off of goobers for life. I'd be happy with some free product.

It's cheaper for the manufacturer, and it prompts the consumer to get back on the horse.

I had a bad can of Campbell's soup once. Sent them a nice note, and got a coupon for a free can. No harm, no foul.

@xAnarChisTx: We don't have Dollar General around here (that I know of) but I tend to be wary of anything at a dollar store that's intended to be consumed.

Goobers are terrible anyways. Big League Chew FTW!

Worms? In my Goobers?

It's more likely than you think.

@Murph1908: I know they're rare. I'm just saying the last thing I'd want after a nasty experience like that is to get some more.

Nice gesture, yes. Well thought out? Probably not. Coupons for free Nestle products maybe would be better. Or be like Old Spice, they could buy you your favorite competitor candy or something.

Blah now we're reading too far into this.

@ajlei:

Every once in awhile I have a craving for pickled sausages, even though they are some of the most terribad things in the world, and I almost bought some at a Dollar General once. They were in my basket for about a minute until I convinced myself that they would probably be a mistake to eat...

@Ash78: Peanuts often contain eggs which can't be killed by the cooking process apparently. Stuff like this used to be much more common. The nuts themselves are a natural product and as such are subject to some differences and "bonuses" that are beyond any control. Short of irradiating the nuts, I don't see completely eliminating the risk of this, and that would probably be too expensive.

Now you know why one peanut M&M in every bag tastes very different.

@suburbancowboy: "Consult your physician if you experience worms in your goobers"

@alexburrito: Food at T.J. Maxx? Strange.

Also, it's probably just the stuff that the grocers couldn't sell after a few months of marking it down.... which really doesn't make it that much more appealing.

Speaking of, I went to a Petsmart the other day, and they had "Remaining Christmas items, 95% off!!!" painted on the windows like it was the best dang sale ever. There were a few treats that had fallen out of their boxes and a a toy or two (that weren't all that Christmas-y) sitting forlornly in a cart by the door.

@IT-Chick: Sometimes when I feel especially gluttonous, I unload a whole bag of M&M's at once and see if I can chew it all.

Those are pantry moth caterpillars. They normally infest dried grain products like flour, rice, cornmeal, crackers, and so on. And they are absolute hell to get rid of once you have an infestation. Took me years, and if you look online, you'll see other people saying the same thing.

Not that it isn't gross and disgusting, but having dealt with the evil critters, I must say it would be awfully easy for this to happen, even in the most meticulously run of candy plants.

I worked for Dollar General for a year.

They are constantly throwing out candy with worms in it. Constantly. There must be some sort of worm infestation at one of their warehouses or something.

@downwithmonstercable: Well, we don't exactly know what free products these coupons are for. Nestle makes a shit load of products, and if I had to take a wild guess, they were not coupons for free goobers.

I mean sure, if I found something totally gross in a candy, I probably wouldn't be eating that particular stuff for a while, but it's not like I'd stop eating that company's product just because one of their hundreds of products was defective in some way.

Plus so many companies own other subsidaries with different names (or even produce some of that store brand stuff people buy), swearing off a whole brand when it's a giant corperation is a lot harder than you might think it is.

It's gross, but when you shop at a dumpster, you shouldn't be shocked when you bring home garbage.

Well, you gotta hand it to Nestle.

Nothing says "NOT taking it seriously" like the response "here are some coupons for more of the stuff you just threw up, LOL."

didnt this happen already to someone else in which the guy recorded the maggots crawling all over the goobers.

the sad thing is that I love those thing, dont eat it often but when I do you'll bet I'll check the items before I start eating them.

@ajlei:
Dollar General is a discount store, not a dollar store. It contains a lot of items made in China. t also has Dollar General brand products. The quality of most products is very poor but they also sell national brands (like the goobers). I think the brand name stuff is usually not a great deal, though. Like someone else mentioned - if you live in a rural area (like I used to), Dollar General can be a great store, especially when compared to the prices at the mom and pop IGA.

@SagarikaLumos:
I'm sorry...that first sentence that "peanuts often contain eggs" made me scratch my head for a minute. What kind of chicken is laying peanuts?

I kept reading and it became clear.

@Kogenta:
I've had coupons sent to me for bad products before and usually it includes a wide array of products by the same company. He'll probaby get a coupon good for "any Nestles candy". I once complained about popsicles (the cheap-o kind you buy your kids) and got a coupon good for ANY size Breyers, Popsicle, or Klondike product. You bet I used it for a jumbo box of Klondike bars!! Yum.

@downwithmonstercable:
You are posting about Nutty Bars again! I love your one track mind.

First rule of thumb: NEVER buy food items at the dollar store. That stuff is either old, or unwanted by other stores for a reason.

When I was 6 or 7, I found a worm inside a peanut. It was in the shell, Hoody's I believe. My mom suggested I write a letter to them, so I did. Their response was an apology letter and a big box of Hoody products, including my favorite: peanuts in the shell. Wouldn't ya know, a few days later that bag of peanuts started sprouting moths? There were dozens inside. Rather than write again I just threw them out. Still ate, and eat, peanuts. I mean, it's just a worm, right?

Dollar Store Shopping Rules:

1. Never buy edibles. Ever. Don't do it.
2. See Rule 1

@IT-Chick: I lol'd heartily

There are lots of beetles and moths that infest stored grains and nuts. I don't think they carry any diseases, but I'd much rather eat the food myself than have it eaten by beetle larvae.

Most of you really have no idea what your talking about. The fact of the matter is that Dollar General does not buy other stores closeouts. Also in most cases the food on the shelf there is fresher than your supermarket because of the limited amount on hand. This product could have been purchased just as easily at the grocery store or your local movie theater as that is what this product is, movie theater candy. If the economy keeps going south the dollar stores will replace your publix.

In my opinion, Goobers itself is an unfortunate name choice for pellets of brown candy.

Yes. I do look at candy before I eat it if it has any ingredient beyond chocolate.

When in middle school, I bought 2 Mr Goodbars (Chocolate and peanuts).

I put one in my shirt pocket and scarfed down the other one. When I opened the second on, it was totally infested. I threw up for hours that night.

I can't even look at those candybars without cringing.

He should have bought some Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, he could have gotten salmonella to go with the worms!

@xAnarChisTx: Agreed! There is something about Dollar General that just makes me feel depressed as soon as I walk in the door. The last time I was in one, I didn't see anything I would agree to take for free, nevermind purchase.

I would never, ever consider eating food from a Dollar General.

@SagarikaLumos: Oh, that may have put me off peanut M&Ms forever.