In Denmark we have lots of food being thrown out, but I'm not convinced it's because of special offers. Some is because people throw left overs out, as they think it's been hanging about too long. The solution is probably information and education, rather than banning bogoffs!
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Last week they said here that 30% of the food entering the shop system is thrown away. We don't have the BOG system and I hardly ever see stuff reduced to sell it quickly.
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gardener wrote:Last week they said here that 30% of the food entering the shop system is thrown away. We don't have the BOG system and I hardly ever see stuff reduced to sell it quickly.
I always double check to best before date for reduced items, as they are usually close to it. As long as I know I can use it or freeze it it's no problem.
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I think the researches only only went around Kensington, Westminster and Chelsea, looking at the food the toffs throw away, caviar , dregs of £100 bottle of wine, a few scraps of left over meals containing truffles and so on.
I wish I had £60 to spend on food, let alone waste that much!
This government seems to bang another nail in its coffin everyday, they are so out of touch with the population they don't even make the effort anymore to just pretend they are. Blatent lies which everyone can see through are said with such a straight face it seems the only ones who believe them are the Tory ministers and MPs.
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Most of it is Dudley, I had argument with a stupid manager at my local Co-Op a while ago, I negotiated with a manger who left that I would have any previous days Best Before date stuff at 10p per item.
One day I found a bag of perfectly fine apples still on shelf with Best Before date the previous day, I pointed this out and said can I have it for 20p, about 7% of the full price, she said no as it was against the law, I said no its not against the law, she said it was.
I of course was right, its only items with a use by date which can not be sold after the date, but Best Befores can be sold as long as the customer is aware of the date and the condition of the product, which I was.
It is shocking how much food is wasted and still perfectly fine to eat, so yes go and raid the bins, just don't get caught because the government now take a dim view of it and seems to have given the police and CPS go ahead to prosecute people stealing food from bins, mainly because it highlights the problems that benefit reductions have created which result in many people going hungry.
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I do buy them. Anything fresh I cook and freeze. Then ready to use when ever. I do go beyond sell buy dates too. Just smell them first. I think its all too soft things weren't all chilled or frozen... Just trust your senses
One thing that hapens in Danish supermarkets is that a cut of meat that gets to it's best before date, ends up as mince the next day, if it's still not sold it then gets transformed into some form of cooked dish, and is out again for a day or two. The supermarkets don't like to talk about it, but it's a known trick. In some ways it reduces waste, but it does seem dishonest.
I don't mind buying food close to it's best before date, but I'd like to know, and I wouldn't expect to pay full price. With fruit and veg there very often isn't any date to go by, which is understandable with some items - I mean an apple that was picked last autumn, might only be getting tothe shops now - doesn't mean that it's a bad purchase. I'm always amused by mature cheese - it's been matured for months, but as soon as it arrives at the supermarket, the shelf life is then limited drastically! Mostly it's all down to how we store things at home, once we've opened them - I use the best before dates as a guide, rather than a hard and fast rule. My husband has a habit of opening a fresh carton of milk for his breakfast - he wont believe that if I've used some of the old milk in my tea, I'll know if it's gone off, as it'll curdle, not that it's a problem - my use of milk in tea far exceeds his breakfast consuption!
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