The manager of the landmark dairy store at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been fired for selling outdated ice cream – but she claims her age, not the ice cream’s, is to blame.
Eileen Karre, 61, managed Babcock Dairy Store, which sells milk, cheese and ice cream made at the nation’s first dairy school. The store is a campus institution familiar to generations of dairy lovers in the region.
Her July 1 termination letter accuses her of selling ice cream past its expiration date and jeopardizing product quality and food safety at the $500,000 annual business.