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Are supermarkets throwing away edible food?
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Most of the wonky veg is now used to make the pre packed cut veggies on supermarket shelves . The presliced carrots and mash etc. There is more profit for farmers and shops selling them this way .
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I remember watching a 60 minutes on this when in Australia couple years back, and the piles of bananas that were being left to rot was disgusting. All because they weren't the right shape  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Most of the wonky veg is now used to make the pre packed cut veggies on supermarket shelves . The presliced carrots and mash etc. There is more profit for farmers and shops selling them this way .
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That is also a good way to get them on the shelves again  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I remember watching a 60 minutes on this when in Australia couple years back, and the piles of bananas that were being left to rot was disgusting. All because they weren't the right shape "
Yes that are alot of bananas too and I have seen similar programs about it, there really is no reason for them not to sell it. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I buy wonky veg all the time it doesn't taste any different, it's just in a perfect world it ruins someone's clean lines in the kitchen  "
Same here. I also buy wonky veg all the time. I dont mind that some are a different shapes |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I buy wonky veg all the time it doesn't taste any different, it's just in a perfect world it ruins someone's clean lines in the kitchen "
That is good and yes they taste the same as any other shapes  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"we grow our own as much as we can and its always wonky and funny shapes, all tastes the same its they way we are conditioned that something should look a certain way "
That is good you do and yes there could be some funny shapes too |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Use by dates are bollocks generally. Storage is key....."
That is right, you can use veg longer than the dates are published, they are there just for guidance as they cant sell a product without the dates on.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Yes, they do. Always have. You know this Shag dont you work for one?"
Yes I know about it as well, they could do more and there is no reason to not sell it either |
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By *arkus1812Man
over a year ago
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Try to buy wonky fruit and veg but my local Morrisons rarely has anything to offer. I did however get 4kg of wonky strawberries a couple of weeks ago which I duly turned into Strawberry jam. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Most of the wonky veg is now used to make the pre packed cut veggies on supermarket shelves . The presliced carrots and mash etc. There is more profit for farmers and shops selling them this way .
That is also a good way to get them on the shelves again "
Terrible for the environment tho...all that plastic...  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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They have done for ages. It’s all about insurance purposes nowadays.
I worked on a job in Leeds years ago,
When a ground worker struck an electric cable and cut off the power to a main store. Their fridges and freezers were off an hour max. And they threw everything away. There was skips full of ready meals absolutely nothing wrong with them and none of the lads were allowed to touch them. |
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By *9alMan
over a year ago
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I work at an anaerobic digestion plant processing food waste a lot of the waste we get from shops looks edible but they prefer to pay to get rid of it than reduce the price to the customer |
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"I would say they do especially vegetables as they are not looking a certain way, could you you eat a wonky cucucumber? I could "
Believe most vegetables achieved equality in the eyes of shops but customers are selected and leave the misshapen ones not believing they are equal...
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"There's an app you can get that lots of places have signed up to in order to cut down on food waste, it all gets sold off really cheap "
That is good there are an app for that too |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"There's an app you can get that lots of places have signed up to in order to cut down on food waste, it all gets sold off really cheap "
Do you know the name? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I work at an anaerobic digestion plant processing food waste a lot of the waste we get from shops looks edible but they prefer to pay to get rid of it than reduce the price to the customer "
Yes, it seems that they want to make a profit by doing it that way too there.
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There are subscription boxes like this, two I know are the won key veg box and I think the other is called the oddball box or the odd box. They specialise in taking veg that the farmers don’t sell or are surplus and sending them to you. My description isn’t doing it justice but if you look it up they explain it better.
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"There's an app you can get that lots of places have signed up to in order to cut down on food waste, it all gets sold off really cheap
Do you know the name?"
I can't pm you it, not sure if we can name it in here |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"There are subscription boxes like this, two I know are the won key veg box and I think the other is called the oddball box or the odd box. They specialise in taking veg that the farmers don’t sell or are surplus and sending them to you. My description isn’t doing it justice but if you look it up they explain it better.
- Lily "
That is good that there are thqt too. I will look it up too |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I would say they do especially vegetables as they are not looking a certain way, could you you eat a wonky cucucumber? I could
Believe most vegetables achieved equality in the eyes of shops but customers are selected and leave the misshapen ones not believing they are equal...
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That is right as well they dont. I pick the wonky ones as well. I dont mind it. I have a fun saying too about it "All veg matters" |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Oh I thought this thread was going someehere else. Like short dated and damaged food.
We have different charities logged to collect such foods daily and many never turn up wasting the food  |
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By *htcMan
over a year ago
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yes they do, alot of it is actually at cost of manufacture not the store, its exactly the same with electronic goods at cost of manufacture not the store, hence why they do not care about throwing out anything.
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