Have Recent Grocery Reports Changed Your Shopping Habits?

In the past month, a Patch report on recent state health inspections for local Smithtown supermarkets, mini-marts, convenience stores and groceries has shown that, for the most part, the area is served by clean markets. 

Of all the markets in town, Uncle Giuseppe's on Route 111 had by far the worst record for health inspections in 2012, failing inspection twice. In its September 2102 inspection, the grocer was slapped with 7 critical violations, 50 general violations and one seizure, where nearly 5 pounds of baked goods were destroyed by inspectors. Since then, the market has failed again, though for issues related to a broken cooler.

RELATED: Another Failed Health Inspection at Uncle Giuseppe's

But it's the "general deficiencies," issues that won't cause a market to fail but none-the-less deal with dirt, grime and unsafe worker activities that aren't exactly appetizing to think about.

Uncle Giuseppe's has led that field, with more than 30 in its most recent inspection.
Costco in Nesconset was cited for 19 violations, including cracked flooring, overloaded shelves and a dirty chicken rotisserie area. Stop & Shop in Smithtown and King Kullen in St. James both had 18 general violations, though Stop & Shop hasn't had an inspection since November 2011.

FULL MAP OF INSPECTION RESULTS

As local news source, Smithtown Patch takes its role as community watchdog seriously, and only provided this public data to locals because we feel it represented a matter of public interest, even though many of the violations in town were very minor.

So since the reports have come out, we'd like to know how it has affected you in town. Have your shopping habits changed at all? What's your perspective on the data. 

Let us know in the comments.