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23-07-2009, 10:23 PM
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There was a programme on a while back about some people that buy hardly any food at all. They go around the bins of these supermarkets and take what they need. It was shocking what was being discarded and most of it was a few days before the sell by dates. I don't see why they can't vastly reduce the price for the general public.
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23-07-2009, 10:26 PM
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Thats incredible, and so disgusting........ such a waste, and I guess goes on everyday under our noses |
23-07-2009, 10:32 PM
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23-07-2009, 10:37 PM
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You don't often hear stories along the lines of:
"Tescos fined heavily and lose a shed load of customers for selling sub standard food that kills several pensioners"
Maybe this is a clue. |
24-07-2009, 07:25 PM
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There is a campaign going on now i believe to address the problem of "sell by" & best Before dates". I read an interesting article by clarissa Dickson Wright somewhere about it.
Sell by & best before does not mean no good after the stated date. it is there, some think, to protect the shop from the claims culture we have & also to make us buy more regularly ! |
24-07-2009, 07:27 PM
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I ate some chicken yesterday 2 days out of date..
guess what I'm still here lol
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24-07-2009, 07:31 PM
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When I was working for a charity some years ago the local Marks and Spencer used to donate all food that was either just out of date or just about to go out of date every Saturday for us to distribute. We simply turned up at the close of shop to collect. It worked very well and was very much appreciated.
Unfortunately, due to reasons I can't exactly remember (tho I'm guessing they were along the lines of 'Health & Safety  ) it was stopped.
Such as scheme was ideal because shops really do throw away an amazing amount to food.
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24-07-2009, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Stewy  | Intersting article Stewy. Did you click through the photographic link - it's eye opening. M&S Sandwiches - require that the crust and first slice are discarded from every loaf (4 slices per loaf) leading to hundreds of thousands of discarded slices of bread daily. Why do we throw away vast amounts of food? | Environment | guardian.co.uk
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