Co-Op Sells Food After 'best Before' Dates In Waste Crackdown

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42217026

What a wonderful idea ! We waste so much food these days, so anything that can help stop that, and help feed the poor is OK in my book.

[anthro-nerd]

Love this idea, let's hope other supermarkets join them.

[bhg481]

alba - I thought you only needed to be a wife to be right.

[emmie]

ooohh errr missus. ^^

[mikey4444]

In the course of my work, when visiting couples at home, one of the questions I sometimes have to ask is
"who is the head of the household?"

The correct answer, from a Polling point of view is the one with the greater income. Bu I have lost count of how many times that chaps has given a wry smile and said that it must be him, and that he has his wife's permission to say so !

[Captain2]

Something I've been banging on about at our place. Such items as melons, pears, peaches, nectarines, apples, etc are coming into store with a 48 hour 'Use By' date on them. When their 'time is up' we have to go through the reduction then waste procedure and honestly you could play football or cricket with them because they are still underripe or in perfect condition.
Good on the Co-op, but most of the items they refer to have a shelf life of about 6 months, so really there shouldn't be that much that goes past its date, unless the ordering procedure or stock rotation is none too good.

[diddlydo]

I use loads of food that's after its "use by" date, never mind "best before". There's so much leeway built into use-by dates nowadays as the supermarkets want to cover themselves. As long as meat/cheese/milk etc smells OK and isn't growing whiskers I eat it.

[youngmafbog]

And when it is growing whiskers give it the dog or cat.

There is no need for anything like the waste we produce, people are too fussy these days. We were taught to clear the plate and not leave anything. In our house there is virtually no food waste. The council collect it separately but all ours has is bones and peelings

[mikey4444]

YMB....agree 100%...in my youth, empty plates were the order of the day, and anything else just wasn't possible.

I have seen my sister-in-laws put plate of food in front of my nieces and nephews, at least half the plate is then emptied into the bin. I think that is a shocking waste of food !

In addition these fussy, spoiled kids then get offered pudding !

[Jackdaw33]

There is a cake and biscuit shop near me which only sells out-of-date products. He has a thriving business too.

[chrissa1]

How on earth did people of a “certain age” manage to live this long? How on earth did we survive before they brought in “use by” dates?

USE YOUR EYES, NOSE AND MOUTH !!!

[hereIam]

I would NEVER give anything to my dog that's 'growing whiskers'.