got tests to pass. good output.

src/main/java/io/zipcoder/ItemParser.java

@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ public class ItemParser {
     }
 
     public ArrayList<String> parseRawDataIntoStringArray(String rawData) {
+        String rawDataFix = rawData.substring(0, rawData.length()-2);
         String stringPattern = "##";
-        ArrayList<String> response = splitStringWithRegexPattern(stringPattern, rawData);
+        ArrayList<String> response = splitStringWithRegexPattern(stringPattern, rawDataFix);
         return response;
     }
 
@@ -39,14 +40,20 @@ public class ItemParser {
         return matcher.replaceAll("o");
     }
 
+    public String fixLeftOverHashes(String s){
+        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("[##]");
+        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(s);
+        return matcher.replaceAll("");
+    }
+
     public LinkedHashMap<String, String> getKeyValueEntries(String valuePair) {
         ArrayList<String> keyValuePairs = findKeyValuePairsInRawItemData(valuePair);
         LinkedHashMap<String, String> itemDescription = new LinkedHashMap<String, String>();
         for (String keyValues : keyValuePairs) {
             ArrayList<String> keyAndValue = splitKeysAndValue(keyValues);
-            if(keyAndValue.size() == 2) {
+            if (keyAndValue.size() == 2) {
                 itemDescription.put(keyAndValue.get(0).toLowerCase(), keyAndValue.get(1).toLowerCase());
-            }else{
+            } else {
                 itemDescription.put(keyAndValue.get(0).toLowerCase(), null);
             }
         }

src/test/java/io/zipcoder/ItemParserTest.java

@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 public class ItemParserTest {
 
-    private String rawSingleItem =    "naMe:Milk;price:3.23;type:Food;expiration:1/25/2016##";
+    private String rawSingleItem =    "naMe:Milk;price:3.23;type:Food;expiration:1/25/2016";
 
     private String rawSingleItemIrregularSeperatorSample = "naMe:MiLK;price:3.23;type:Food^expiration:1/11/2016##";
 
-    private String rawBrokenSingleItem =    "naMe:Milk;price:3.23;type:Food;expiration:1/25/2016##";
+    private String rawBrokenSingleItem =    "naMe:;price:3.23;type:Food;expiration:1/25/2016##";
 
     private String rawMultipleItems = "naMe:Milk;price:3.23;type:Food;expiration:1/25/2016##"
                                       +"naME:BreaD;price:1.23;type:Food;expiration:1/02/2016##"