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I have never seen anything reduced for quick sale in an M&S grocery hall, yet this evening I saw so much stuff being taken off the shelves and being graded onto a trolley as 'expired waste' and 'quality waste'. As they don't sell it cheap to customers does anyone know what they do with it? Seems a terrible waste if they just chuck it out.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Why should they exactly? When something in my fridge is going out of date, I chuck it in the bin. I don't rush to give it to the littlest hobo. Why on earth should M&S be any different?
I bet 90% of people who get on their high horse about what M&S or any other corporate conglomerate do "for the community" do ****** all themselves.
rant over :-)
The reason being it's open to abuse, the bakery for example could bake extra bread that they know will go to the homeless, or managers could order lots of extra stock knowing it won't go to waste if it doesn't sell.
I know this because I was a manager at one of the major chains for about 8 years. If it didn't sell it went in the bid (after being offered at a reduced price). But to be honest in the grand scheme of things very little was thrown away.
M&S in Kilburn used to give all the food with only one day left on the sell by date to a convent who fed homeless people. The nuns used to turn up in a battered old mini and fill it up with boxes of food.
Years ago when I was a nurse at St Mary's M&S sent in fruit platters for the patients and staff.
My neighbour is a supervisor at M&S and she gets the opportunity to buy ready meals cheaply at the end of the day. She also says they use up stuff in the staff canteen when it gets near the sell by date.
Noticed your little jibe at sainsbury's staff getting stuff cheap.
My wife used to work for them, and yes, they do get stuff cheap, however, they also work for just just over minimum wage, and had to book christmas day off as holiday even though the store was closed, so a little perk was appreciated once in a while.
And the items sold to staff were either items that the customers didn't want as reduced, or items they couldn't sell to customers such as bread with no date on etc.
Not a complaint, just pointing out that they're not as lucky as you may think they are.