eg. bread, vegetables, meat, when they have gone past their "sell by " date? For instance, are they really flying Asparagus all the way from Egypt, just to throw it on a compost heap a week later if it doesn't sell?
2006-11-15 21:31:18 · 18 answers · asked by gagagss 1 in Environment
they reduce it, then offer it to the staff and then if it's still left they throw it away. it's really bed, why don't they give it to food charity's?
2006-11-15 21:39:43 · answer #1 · answered by Heather 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well in my recent history I needed work and took a job at A*da. They were skingy beyond belief. On the day of the display until date or sell by date we were allowed to reduce the items by up to 30% and later in the day go as far as 45%. Not that much sold at those piteous reductions so it ended up in the bins.
Disgraceful, they would rather throw stuff in the bins and have the associated disposal costs than reduce the price to a nominal sum of a few pence to clear it out.
2006-11-16 09:29:33 · answer #2 · answered by Hot British Guy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was a manager for the biggest supermarket chain in the country I worked my way up from a general assistant on the fresh food counters to be come a fresh food manager. We reduced any ooc product to pennies if still no one bought it then yes it went in the bin. The amount of fresh bread, cakes, veggies,cold meats, raw meats and other fresh foods that went in the bin was disgusting.
While i was there I asked if we couldnt phone around the homeless units and give it to them free of charge they looked at me in complete horror!!!!!
My mum works at one of these homeless units who on a nightly basis get phone calls from Boots, M&S, and Dunnes to come and collect their out of date products, end of lines and damages. This is all done through the back door away from the public so there is no reason why a lot more companys dont do this, one of the reasons i was told by Tesco why they couldnt do this was because they didnt want homeless down and outs hanging around their stores, i tried to explain this is not the case and its done professionally.
I just think that its a complete waste of resources putting perfectly good produce done the bin!!!
2006-11-15 21:49:35 · answer #3 · answered by kate 0504 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is the crazy way they do things. They put the goods on sale at much too high a price. Few people buy it. Because of this they have to reduce the price, but by this time the product is well past its best, so people still dont buy it for that reason, then they throw it out!
2006-11-15 21:50:36 · answer #4 · answered by David H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they bin it. Terrible waste.
A while back, I saw a television programme, where some people down in London live off the dumped food by getting it from dumpsters. They showed that they got very good, nutritious food for free, just because it was past it's sell by date.
2006-11-15 21:42:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The managers of the supermarket will analyse how much they sell of each fresh item and order only what they think will sell, allowing for seasonal changes. The amount chucked out, or 'wastage', should be quite low if they are doing their job well.
2006-11-15 21:35:18 · answer #6 · answered by Nickname 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the first instance, product is 'price-reduced' - and then , at the very last moments, given away at a next-to-nothing price. Anything still remaining can be shipped off to farms to be used as pigswill and other animal feed.
2006-11-15 21:41:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My uncle used to pass up 2d Harvest with each president's spouse. they might take the foodstuff to distinctive foodstuff distributors. maximum foodstuff can nonetheless be used long after the expiration date. they only won't be able to be offered. My uncle and my aunt did a great form of traveling remote places to distribute the foodstuff. My aunt have been given bored with residing out of a suitcase yet she nonetheless enjoyed the paintings.
2016-10-22 04:38:05 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think so!
I used to work for Marks and Spencer, and I have to say that any food on its sell by date was given to homeless charities.
2006-11-15 21:46:04 · answer #9 · answered by ali 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard, a while ago, that they give it to places like homeless shelters so that people who really have nothing, can get at least something. I don't know if this is still practiced, as health and safety laws may prohibit it now.
2006-11-15 21:40:59 · answer #10 · answered by Roxy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All supermarkets use a system for disposing of all out of date food...fresh food is literally thrown away but it is counted in their losses and therfor costs them nothing...as for out of date food...eg. biscuits etc...market traders sell it for next to nothing
2006-11-15 21:36:21 · answer #11 · answered by ALAN B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋