I was talking to an employee of Asda the other day.
Apparently food which isn't sold is compacted and recycled.

Why, when there are starving people living on the streets nearby and easily enough gets wasted every day to give them good meals?

If that's not tight, I don't know what is.
(Half of Stephen Fry's right buttock pissed on your dog on, Sun 26 Oct 2008, 8:08, 6 replies)

unfortunately this is true
as a former employee of asda some perfectly good food stock got trashed and its all beceause of health and safety and other such nonsense

if a peice of cheese passes its sell by date, on the stroke of midnight does it mean its ineddible??? according to most supermarkets- yes!!

its a disgrace
(jenko83, Sun 26 Oct 2008, 9:40, closed)

Yes.
Sadly this is the case with a lot of retailers. At some point in time a measure would have been put in place corporately to stop food being given away willy-nilly to anyone who claimed to be in need. Thus those that actually are in dire straights suffer.

A few winters ago I happened upon a few homeless people sheltering in the grounds of a Cathedral. I visited the coffee shop at a nearby train station, and asked what happened to the left over coffee at the end of the day.

"Oh, its tipped down the drain" they said. Oh good, so nobody takes it home or its not given to station staff.

So if I came back at closing with a flask to donate the leftovers to the homeless folk and help keep them warm it would be OK? I would talk to the folks living rough, they wouldn't know where it came from, and staff would not be put in "danger"

No, of course not. It wouldn't be company policy.

I went and bought a flask anyway and returned at closing time. I paid the asking price for the left over coffee and gave it to the folk in the cathedral grounds.
(Captain Skippy pooed in a bag and left it on your doorstep, Sun 26 Oct 2008, 9:53, closed)

Yes
My friend, your a good person
(PassTheKhat, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 1:18, closed)

I used to work at M&S in Guildford
At the end of the day anything which is going out of date is sold to staff for about half price, then once they've had their pick a guy from a homeless charity arrives, picks 4 or 5 trays of food (generally stuff that can be eaten straight out of the packet) and takes it away. I worked there for 3 years and he was there every day. I thought that was bloody marvelous.
(Mr. In-Between has regretted posting this ever since, Sun 26 Oct 2008, 10:34, closed)

I used to work in a cafe where they would give out the remains of the brunch buffets and stuff to the homeless at the end of the day
Unfortunately they had to stop it as they started to turn up earlier and earlier with more and more people until they got aggressive when there wasn't much left over and started hassling and threatening the customers and staff.
( Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Sun 26 Oct 2008, 11:08, closed)

This is the problem companies face...
people are there own worst enemy.
I'm a heartless bastard who believes you get what you work for...
(dampwookie failing to understand everything from birth up to, Sun 26 Oct 2008, 11:49, closed)