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Did you know Supermarkets throw away an estimated 400,000 Tons Of Food that could be reclaimed a year?

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ninat

Joined: 01 Feb 2009
Posts: 606
Location: Scotland

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 12 10:52 pm Post subject:

Rob R wrote:

Sometimes I don't bother with a shopping list when going to the coop, just look for the orange stickers. They seem to be better than most supermarkets for reducing shortdated stuff.

I agree- head to ours 1hr before closing and all the nice bread is massivley reduced. I buy it & pop it in the freezer.

Aeolienne

Joined: 03 Apr 2008
Posts: 1498
Location: Leamington Spa, Warks

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 12 5:35 pm Post subject:
I'm intrigued by Julian Watts's comment at the end of this link: Calls grow for ban on sending food waste to landfill. Has anyone here bought from Approved Food?

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Joined: 30 Dec 2006
Posts: 11622
Location: truro

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 12 5:41 pm Post subject:

Aeolienne wrote:

Has anyone here bought from Approved Food?

yep, anything that's an awesome bargain tends to sell out pretty fast, but i've picked up loads of stuff cheaper. careful through, some isn't cheaper than it would be on a supermarket offer, and there really is only so much couscous that anyone can eat.

Aeolienne

Joined: 03 Apr 2008
Posts: 1498
Location: Leamington Spa, Warks

Posted: Thu Nov 22, 12 12:26 pm Post subject:
Reducing food waste? There's an app for that... Linky

oldish chris

Joined: 14 Jun 2006
Posts: 4148
Location: Comfortably Wet Southport

Posted: Thu Nov 22, 12 2:13 pm Post subject:

wildfoodie wrote:

oldish chris wrote:

basically, if food (we're including raw chicken in this) has not been correctly stored, by the "use by" date, its still OK (e.g. the journey from refrigerated lorry to cold store might take a while).

what? are you saying its legally ok for a food seller to mess around with storage and still sell the food?

The "fresh" food will have travelled many miles, maybe halfway round the globe, it will have been moved from storage depot to storage depot, through packers, warehouses, distributors etc. When the vendor works out a "use-by" date he has factored in the probability that the food will have spent part of that time in less than perfect conditions and then added on a bit for contingency.

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