Posted on 10/20/2021 11:50:15 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A self-proclaimed “dumpster diver” has shown off her massive food haul after nabbing $1,000 worth of fancy food for free.
The woman, who goes by the name Dumpster Diving Freegan on TikTok, rummaged through bins at her local Whole Foods store and found a range of bakery items, a case of baby food, and even loo roll which the store was throwing out.
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“And the worst part is, none of this stuff was expired. Everything that I found was at least two days before its ‘best buy’ date and could have easily been donated, frozen, or given to people who needed it.”
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If its past expiry date, its going in the garbage. No questions asked
My daughter worked for a corporate foodservice company a few years ago. They would NOT consider donating unused or past due food even to food banks. They certainly didn’t allow employees to take it home. It ALL went in the dumpster.
They didn’t want legal hassle, they didn’t want added liability, they didn’t want to create incentives to over-produce, and they didn’t want any management time spent on managing another “channel.”
Uh….yeah….that’s my point. I expected “Daily Mail” but no.
When I worked at a grocery store we were supposed to make absolute sure that nobody got their hands on the (perfectly good) produce and bakery items we threw away every night. I don’t know if it was true, but the manager told us that our grocery chain used to donate it all to a homeless shelter and then they got sued by someone who claimed they got sick from expired produce.
I’ve been to Whole Foods once. Once was enough. I’m going to guess $1000 worth of food at Whole Foods could be purchased for about $150 at most other grocery stores.
IIRC NYC health dept has made it illegal for food service places to give or donate leftover food
to homeless....mind you not throw away food, but surplus cooked food.
Was a big stink about it a few years back. All goodness comes only from Big Brother.
I got through one year college by dumpster diving at mcdonalds..end of shift 11pm they threw everything in the dumpster..i had a friend, shift manager who made sure the food was well bagged..lol..i learned how to be on time and also make all kinds of things with all beef patties.
Ewww?
By Carly Bass, The Sun
[ IIRC NYC health dept has made it illegal for food service places to give or donate leftover food
to homeless....mind you not throw away food, but surplus cooked food.
Was a big stink about it a few years back. All goodness comes only from Big Brother. ]
People complain about things needing regulation, but the unintended consequences of over regulation are never explored because so many surface level thinkers.
I worked for an upscale hotel when I was 16.
After banquets all the leftover food went into dumpsters. I remember dumping in huge slabs of roast beef or lamb that was never uncovered or carved right from the oven.
They had those 5 gallon ice crem tubs. If the lid was removed and one scoop taken out into the dumpster it went.
What was screwy is we were allowed to eat as much food for free as we could muster while on the job but if you took it out of the dumpster or tried to take it home you would be fired.
I remember all the cooks, dishwashers wait staff and us busboys eating ice cream out on the loading dock at 1 am just before doing final cleaning and closing up.
It was great times.
Food pantries accept food found in dumpsters? Please don’t say that...
It’s possible these bakery goods were accidentally sprayed with some disinfectant or a bug spray or something and were thrown out on purpose.
a lot of the food though in restaurants has been out past it’s ‘safety guidelines’ for time and temperature- it’s been in the ‘danger zone’ for too long=- so they gotta throw it out- but yeah- most food was fine, and held in warming trays that kept them in the safe zone, and we could eat them too, but nope- couldn’t take them home-
Folks used to be able to get all the waste products from stores to bring home and feed hogs with- but i don’t think they even allow that anymore- The food could at least be thrown out for animals- but nope- they throw it in landfills- (Where soem animals do get soem i guess-)
Leftovers like that from Las Vegas casinos goes to a pig farm where they separate it and pressure cook the edibles as pig food. A few months later that ham they threw away is back on the table:)
I worked at the SU Carrier Dome in my junior & senior year of college in events production.
They would put on dinners inside the dome. One was 2200 people who all got prime rib. For the next week I ate left over prime rib. A heck of a lot better than 5 for $1 generic mac & cheese. Best $5/hr job I ever had.
Your son is smart. I would prefer to do that...take old furniture or clothes and reuse them. I’m a landscaper, and I like to keep as many shrubs as possible. It’s just sensible. Rather than filling up our landfills. It’s just a personal campaign of mine.
I worked for the Omni corporation, upscale hotel, cottages, restaurants etc- and the amount of waste was staggering- We ate like kings while at work though- Everyone did- Some truly fine foods- I started working the morning shift, but quickly learned the best food was at night, so switched lol
Granted, had I been the original customer and had paid full price for a brand new item, I would have insisted they been in perfect condition, but for the money I saved, I was perfectly happy with the minor flaws.
I’m not sure I’ll ever buy new furniture again. Habitat for Humanity has some really nice furniture, especially if you shop a store in a wealthy area, and the prices are dirt cheap.
The passionate, “give back”, “pay it forward”, “love is the answer”, “recycle” company of the century...Whole Foods! ~sarc
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