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.
SNIP
“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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The local food bank gets tons of produce, meats, bread & baked goods each week from Walmart, Kroger, Food Lion etc. No regulation I know of prohibits them from donating it to food bank.
“Here is but one set of guidelines. Link”
Thank you for the link. I’ll read it later.
“you liberal illegitimate offspring of an obese female dog.”
ROFL
How long did it take you to think of that one?
I worked for a five-star resort in Hawaii. Movie stars, princes, etc., were common, along with conventions of the best businesses. There was SO MUCH food thrown out. They had been donating it to the needy, but then lawd were passed that prohibited it. The waste was sinful.
It’s nicknamed Whole Paycheck for a reason.
My daughter helps out at the local food bank. Part of her duties include a run to various stores at closing time to get the unsold baked goods of the day.
Sometimes the food bank already has too much bread or donuts so she has 2 or 3 other places to take it. Sometimes they don’t want it either and she takes it to shelters/encampments that aren’t even on the list.
Read later.
Beat me to it. A point that will be lost on the tiktok generation.
It’s difficult to get rid of old furniture. Everyone wants new. The old is built better (usually). But when Aunt Fanny passes and no heirs has room or need for an entire house full of furniture, trash it or donate it to the thrift store.
That makes sense . I just bought a new mattress and box springs. I wondered why they carried out my old set wrapped in plastic.
And SU sponsored events that were catered had GOOD food at that.
I was at a couple when we lived in CNY.
Towards the end of the night, if you did it right, you could manage to escape with some leftovers if you did it right and nobody was looking. all the kids who worked those events had problems with the amount of food tossed as well, so it was easy to get them to look the other way.
“I’d rather go to a flea market for my furniture than to Ikea...”
10-4. Most of our furniture is “used” from the Victorian era. It’s solid wood - quarter-sawn oak, birdseye maple and southern walnut - not pressed cardboard from commie China.
What oven temperature?
True Fat.
When mom passed a couple years ago.
We ended up giving two couches, a couple chairs, a piano, three bedroom sets and a dining room set all to the new first time home buyer.
Most of it was solid cherry, mahogany and maple from the 1960s.
One of the coolest pieces was the chrome art deco kitchen set from the 1950s. It had vinyl covered chrome metal chairs.
We probably could have sold that to some collector if we got it to NYC
A co-worker n I dumpster dived in the 80s at Builders Square for trees, bushes n perennials. We both had new homes, 14+% mortgages n kids in the oven. We were both resourceful n creative in saving $$$.
‘...It’s solid wood - quarter-sawn oak, birdseye maple and southern walnut -...’
and it will last, too! Good for you. I’ve got prize positions from Mom and Dad worth $ (for me anyway, but they don’t sell well on the market).
I am not suppose to use bad language on FR.
:Grin:
But I think I got my point across.
“I’ve got prize positions from Mom and Dad worth $ (for me anyway, but they don’t sell well on the market).”
Those are your treasures for you from mom and dad. Enjoy them.
Actually lawyers and lawsuits.
‘Those are your treasures for you from mom and dad. Enjoy them.’
Yes, I hold on to them dearly, one day to pass them onward. It’s just sad that the rugs, the fine collectibles, the beautiful furniture isn’t worth much to people these days. Our society has become more interested in Ikea.
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