Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Waitrose food waste
At Waitrose in Crouch End today, they was a trolley containing at least a dozen packs of pears that were "past date", although clearly not even ripe yet. They were marked down but because of the law on sell-by dates, I was not allowed to buy them; I asked if at least they would be given to one of the food recycling groups or charities. But they said no, they would be thrown away. When I pursued the question they claimed it was "too difficult" to keep track of all the food that is about to go out of date - however, I notice they have no problem when it comes to reducing it for quick sale. I told them I thought wasting food in this manner was shameful, and received a shrug in response.
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Permalink Reply by Helen1 on
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Check out the words 'freegan' and 'freeganism', also this article on the (il)legalities of taking food from supermarket bins
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/feb/15/bins-freegans-l...
It's a ridiculous situation when The Tressell Trust is opening up new foodbanks every week http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/19412001
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Permalink Reply by Maddy on
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Some of it is down to the laws on food safety, which depart from common sense in cases like this.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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@The Azzo tweeted about your post to Waitrose and this morning had the following replies from them:
- Where food waste occurs, we want it to be disposed of in a way that is beneficial to the environment and the local community...
- We are working up a system which will allow our managers to use discretion to distribute to local charities.
- It's essential that the correct safeguards are put in place to ensure that unsafe food is never consumed.
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