A Common Sense Initiative..

[piggynose]

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p06bt5b2/the-man-using-junk-food-to-stop-food-waste
well what do you think?

[dannyk13]

A good idea as long as the food that is past its use by date is thoroughly checked that it is edible.

[Old_Geezer]

Fine.

But I'm perplexed by the statement that older produce is so expensive to dispose of that companies pay for warehouses to store it. If true, what do the companies think they have to do with it when the warehouses become full ?

[dannyk13]

Og, judging by the amount of food that supermarkets dump in waste bins there is not much stored.

[Old_Geezer]

Must be difficult to judge how much will be purchased in the set time, but if it goes to the compost bin maybe less of an environmental concern. Pity the system can't be more effecient. It's not really in retailers' interest to cannibalise their own sales with free food they've given away so it isn't wasted.

[hereIam]

I think it's a good idea, so much food IS wasted by supermarkets which, in my opinion, is criminal ..

[ummmm]

I typed out a long reply and whatever thing I hit by accident deleted it...grrrr

We have a couple of cafes here that make food completely from supermarket waste. They make a 3 course meal everyday. If you're homeless or on the breadline it's completely free if not then there's a donation pot if you want to donate.

Tesco, Asda and Morrisons all donate their food. Other supermarkets do as well but they are smaller so it's not on a daily basis.

It used to be a crime to go through the food bins! Now they are boxing it up for them to feed the homeless and people who are on the breadline.

They had a gofundme page and made enough money to buy a van so they could drive round all the supermarkets.

They still go out and feed the homeless in the evenings.

[ummmm]

All volunteers!!!

[pastafreak]

Here in Plymouth we benefit from supermarkets overstock, past sell by, and damaged goods. I think most supermarket chains are taking part in such initiatives as it's become more common over the past few years. Chain restaurants also donate extensively. It's shocking there is so much, but charities like ours would struggle to feed our clients well without this .

[10ClarionSt]

Many years ago, I worked for a well known food manufacturer. They would sell out of date food products to the staff for half price, not give it away. Some of the food items were 8 years out of date, but the company still offered them for sale to staff only. Plenty of people bought them and as fart as I know, nobody was ever ill.

[ummmm]

It's really heartbreaking, isn't it?

Career beggars have made it so hard for the genuine.

[10ClarionSt]

Ha! Ha! ^^^^^. Great typo!!!!!

[ummmm]

Clarion...this isn't even out of date food. It's food that has a very short shelf life. It's easier for the supermarkets to dump it.

[ummmm]

I did laugh at that :-)

[Old_Geezer]

Probably the out of date veg.

[ummmm]

You can see that. Greengrocers don't put a date on their veg.