Episode 13: Abandoned Supermarkets

About this episode

The episode discusses the cleanup of abandoned supermarkets and the public health issues that arise from them.

A Fort Worth grocery store closed in 1999, and the food inside was left behind. What followed was a public-health cleanup involving odor complaints, disputed timelines, and a biohazard response. Then CC and Kitty trace two similar cases: a University City Seafood City cleanup in 2023 and a North Bay butcher-shop cleanup that hauled away more than eight tonnes of spoiled meat. Sources:https://lostmediawiki.com/Mexia_Supermarket_(partially_lost_footage_of_abandoned_Texas_grocery_store;_1999) https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2023/09/20/u-city-cleans-up-rotten-fish-abandoned-market.html https://www.reddit.com/r/FortWorth/comments/1iphqn3/in_the_summer_of_1999_the_mexia_supermarket_in/ https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2023/09/20/u-city-cleans-up-rotten-fish-abandoned-market.html https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/lawsuits-smells-flies-seafood-supermarket-university-city/63-96188034-bf1c-4f10-a211-775355db8f4f https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/seafood-city-supermarket-cleanup-expected-completed-today/63-6105f675-ecfe-47a3-aab5-03cc5543ec3d https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/bavarian-meat-products-cleanup-1.6527477…

Topics covered

• abandoned supermarkets
• public health
• cleanup
• food safety

Keywords

• Fort Worth
• University City
• biohazard
• spoiled meat

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Fort Worth, University City, North Bay

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