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Aug 10 2014 11:03pm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11018960/French-MPs-propose-forcing-supermarkets-to-hand-over-all-unsold-food-to-charity.html?fb

Basically any food a supermarket will no longer keep out to sell, must be given to charities if it is still fit for consumption but just not nice enough to sell.

I want to be against it in terms of "freedom" for companies to do what they wish with their own products....but this just makes too much sense....grocery stores throw away so much here in Canada and the us, id like to see a similar piece of legislation
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Aug 10 2014 11:11pm
Quote (bitg_pj @ Aug 10 2014 09:03pm)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11018960/French-MPs-propose-forcing-supermarkets-to-hand-over-all-unsold-food-to-charity.html?fb

Basically any food a supermarket will no longer keep out to sell, must be given to charities if it is still fit for consumption but just not nice enough to sell.

I want to be against it in terms of "freedom" for companies to do what they wish with their own products....but this just makes too much sense....grocery stores throw away so much here in Canada and the us, id like to see a similar piece of legislation


It's a commendable effort, but the logistics of it are concerning. Near spoiled food must be gathered, maintained, transported, distributed and consumed in a day or two. It'll need to be an extravagantly efficient system. I admire the spirit, and I'm cautiously optimistic this will help feed some of the more unfortunate and help try to take advantage of the excesses of Capitalism.
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Aug 10 2014 11:23pm
Rotten food given to Charities?! That logic! Even better, rotten fruit! Yummmmmyyyyyyyyyyyy!

This post was edited by HighschoolTurd on Aug 10 2014 11:24pm
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Aug 10 2014 11:48pm
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Rotten food given to Charities?! That logic! Even better, rotten fruit! Yummmmmyyyyyyyyyyyy!


exaggeration much?

our supermarket here takes bananas away once they start getting brown spots ...thats my favorite time to eat them, extra sweet....now if its completely black and rotting no one is going to eat it.

stick to facts and logic....oh wait...christian....mybad
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Aug 10 2014 11:54pm
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It's a commendable effort, but the logistics of it are concerning. Near spoiled food must be gathered, maintained, transported, distributed and consumed in a day or two. It'll need to be an extravagantly efficient system. I admire the spirit, and I'm cautiously optimistic this will help feed some of the more unfortunate and help try to take advantage of the excesses of Capitalism.


I imagine it will be the duty of the charities to collect the food....

only seems fair....
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Aug 11 2014 01:45am
Won't this create a bunch of people pretending to be poor?
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Aug 11 2014 01:47am
they could send the perishables to Africa, make some good fertilizer to help with land conservation.
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Aug 11 2014 02:11am
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Won't this create a bunch of people pretending to be poor?


much in the same way that food stamps means everyone pretends to be poor?


the conservative mind and it's paranoia never ceases to amaze me....OMG free fruits and vegetables that might last a day, let's pretend to be poor so we can go to the church and get them for free!
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Aug 11 2014 02:12am
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exaggeration much?

our supermarket here takes bananas away once they start getting brown spots ...thats my favorite time to eat them, extra sweet....now if its completely black and rotting no one is going to eat it.

stick to facts and logic....oh wait...christian....mybad


Ad Hom attacks is all you got? And what does Christianity HAVE anything to do with my beliefs about this issue again? Please, explain. I'm waiting.

That's funny, our supermarket STILL SELLS banana's with brown spots and guess who buys em? Everyone.
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Aug 11 2014 02:16am
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Ad Hom attacks is all you got? And what does Christianity HAVE anything to do with my beliefs about this issue again? Please, explain. I'm waiting.

That's funny, our supermarket STILL SELLS banana's with brown spots and guess who buys em? Everyone.


"They cited a World Food Organisation estimate that a third of food products on the planet that are still fit for human consumption are currently “lost or wasted”."


1/3 of all produce wasted

could go to the hungry

no reason to not eat it over > trash

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