Basically, supermarkets and cafes throw out loads of goods because they're "damaged".
A supermarket will throw out perfectly edible kit kats because they've fallen out of their multipack bag and can't be sold seperately. They're not out of date, they're not dodgy, they're utterly edible.
Starbucks will throw out a perfectly edible cookie simply because it's broken in two and "no customer would want to buy it", and they don't even let staff then take this waste.

Wouldn't it be an idea for the supermarkets and cafes of the world (or at least the UK, to start) could just make up a bag of their edible but damaged goods and take it to the local homeless shelter?
It is such a waste!!!

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A lot of places do donate those goods to a food bank, food not bombs program, or even as food for local livestock. You should try to network something if you feel strongly about this. Try to find the local Food Not Bombs or a food bank and talk to Starbucks about it. If they resist, get people to write in.

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Excellent, thank you. I assume these organisations will operate in the UK too?
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Food banks do get damaged items for grocery stores, but not from too many other sources.

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give the food to a homeless shelter and if someone was to get ill, the company gets sued!!! companies cant risk getting sued when they make no original money fro teh item!!

Its all about money, with staff, staff will damage the goods, with shelters, they coudl get sued!!!

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Quote: from snowfish at 7:29 am on Sep. 21, 2008

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A lot of places do donate those goods to a food bank, food not bombs program, or even as food for local livestock. You should try to network something if you feel strongly about this. Try to find the local Food Not Bombs or a food bank and talk to Starbucks about it. If they resist, get people to write in.

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Excellent, thank you. I assume these organisations will operate in the UK too?
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yep, I know that they exist in the UK, I'm not sur ehow widely spread though.

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Let staff take the food and suddenly food staff like will get 'accidentally' damaged and thus be taken by staff.

give the food to a homeless shelter and if someone was to get ill, the company gets sued!!! companies cant risk getting sued when they make no original money fro teh item!!

 
Its all about money, with staff, staff will damage the goods, with shelters, they coudl get sued!!!

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the food bank I go to always has products that are damaged/past their date. folk going to food banks don't usually have the agency to sue I guess, because we def. get products that are iffy, but I'm glad to take the risk and eat them.

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I don't know about the UK, because the company is very different over there, but in North America, the sweeping majority donate the pastries. And going by the company policy, it'd be a safe bet that they do in the UK as well.

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Well as far as i'm aware, many companies don't. Hence the birth of 'Freegans' who root around in supermarket bins for their free dinner (don't know if they originated here or in the USA).
I certainly haven't been told that Starbucks do, since we just throw the food in the bin (unless I can convince them to give me the food!).


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Quote: from FurryPanther at 7:38 am on Sep. 21, 2008

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I don't know about the UK, because the company is very different over there, but in North America, the sweeping majority donate the pastries. And going by the company policy, it'd be a safe bet that they do in the UK as well.  

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Well as far as i'm aware, many companies don't. Hence the birth of 'Freegans' who root around in supermarket bins for their free dinner (don't know if they originated here or in the USA).
I certainly haven't been told that Starbucks do, since we just throw the food in the bin (unless I can convince them to give me the food!).  

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Ask, because I know it's company policy that they make an effort to find a donation spot.

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Quote: from ManicD at 10:40 am on Sep. 21, 2008

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Let staff take the food and suddenly food staff like will get 'accidentally' damaged and thus be taken by staff.  

 give the food to a homeless shelter and if someone was to get ill, the company gets sued!!! companies cant risk getting sued when they make no original money fro teh item!!  

 
 Its all about money, with staff, staff will damage the goods, with shelters, they coudl get sued!!!

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the food bank I go to always has products that are damaged/past their date. folk going to food banks don't usually have the agency to sue I guess, because we def. get products that are iffy, but I'm glad to take the risk and eat them.

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no win no fee solicitors..... you dont need money to sue someone, just a solicitor who wants to take the case

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