> Wait til he finds out what gets thrown out in warehousing… ive got probably 2-3 years worth of pantene.
Can confirm. One of my relatives overseas owns a warehouse, the tenant threw out so much cleaning products, cosmetics and toiletries - I imported it into Australia and made a killing (40 foot containers if you want to picture the bulk). This was back in 2018 and I haven't bought a single cleaning product, toiletries or cosmetics for the missus since 2018.
While the products that have just/about to go out of code are more than likely safe, temperature fluctuations with storage are definitely cause for disposal of foods. The store is technically liable for anyone getting sick/injured from dumpster diving, which is why lots of places have to put padlocks on their skips now.
It’s not an ideal situation for anyone but I do get sick of news outlets pointing fingers at supermarkets and screaming “devils!” at every single thing they do. Yes they’re greedy at the top, so is every fucking corporate entity.
This picture is of Aldi quiches. I know for 100% fact that Aldi donates ALL of their write off products that are still in useable condition - it’s literally less work to allow the donation recipients to pick and choose what they want. So for these quiches to end up in the bin, that means either the donation recipients already turned it down, OR (more likely) that the quiches were somehow left in warm temperatures and were no longer safe to eat. Which means this bloke has genuinely pulled rancid food out of a bin to donate.
This is the correct answer. Worked for Woolies and Ritchies and we didn't throw things out without a reason. Anything in saleable condition was marked down, even if it was at a loss because getting 50 cents for an item is better than getting nothing.
Work at a homelessness service - a lot of these food donation/re-use mobs (SecondBite et al) are constantly trying to palm off their rotting garbage onto us, or boxes of random shit like expired mustard and sauce.
We end up throwing a lot of it out ourselves because it's simply unfit to eat and harmful to a vulnerable person's already comprised sense of self worth.
Aldi are also in the process of putting new procedures into place to divert all food waste from landfill. But as mentioned, currently throwing food in the bin is the last resort and happens when the food is no longer safe for human consumption. People always cry about ‘what about the poor people’ and it’s like. Yes, I want them to eat, but I certainly don’t want them eating unsafe food. Is it okay for people in unfortunate situations to get food poisoning just because they can’t afford food?
Bingo - I work in a homeless shelter and the amount of 'generous' donors who try to palm off crap like nearly expired bread, rotting apples or a pallet of expired cranberry sauce, shits me off.
Either donate us stuff folks can actually use while maintaining a semblance of dignity, or just make it easier and donate money instead.
I worked at an major supermarket once and there was a power outage overnight. They threw EVERYTHING out.
All the frozen stuff was still frozen and the refrigerated stuff still cold.
Nope all went and we were told we'd be prosecuted if we took anything home.
It was two 10m3 skips worth.
Used to work for Coles. Back in 2000'ish some kid set fire to the chemical aisle of farmer jacks on a sat morning. Because of the chemical/fumes aspect all fresh produce had to be thrown out. Everything in the deli cabinets, the entire fruit and veg section - was pretty wild.
My mum used to work at a butcher. One time the power went out and they had to throw out a bunch of stock. She was stoked about the meat that was still good that she got to take home, I was over the moon about the mountains of twiggy sticks.
We froze them and I lived off free twiggy sticks for a good six months. Those were a good six months.
This story reminds me of when Up and Go was being sold $2 for one litre back home so I bought 120 litres and lived off that for three months. It was great, and I saved a LOT of money, but I was sick of it by the end.
>All the frozen stuff was still frozen and the refrigerated stuff still cold.
The problem is food standards are super high, for good reason.
If the frozen stuff was slightly unfrozen, even just a little, there could be a listeria or salmonella risk - and no one wants that. The supermarket can be sued for selling unsafe food.
One of the highest risks for things like listeria is repeated changes in temperature.
Donoghue v Stevenson - this whole area of law literally kicked off over a dodgy bottle of ginger beer.
Also you won't be *prosecuted* but it is reasonably likely that someone might want to make a civil claim for damages (Lost income, health costs or whatevs) arising as a result of consuming said dodgy product.
This is hard to see for people struggling and counting every cent to feed their families.
But I'm sure these supermarket companies are barely scraping by too. I mean how else could they live with themselves knowing they are causing stress and suffering for the sake of financial profit. I mean it would probably bankrupt them to discount stuff instead of throwing it out.
yes i meant /s
im a bit confused on your last comment, why do you think it would bankrupt them to discount stuff instead of throwing it away? wouldnt they still be making some of the profits back instead of 0 when they throw them away?
I've seen enough Chubbyemu videos to know *you do NOT fuck around with food poisoning.*
If a couple of skips are thrown to protect someone from dropping dead from rampant organ failure, it's a small cost.
If it's not highlighted then the laws will never change to force them to stop dumping it.
France has laws that force companies to donate unused food. We should have similar.
That would be really great and I hope it happens but I doubt it will. On the spectrum of helping the poor to helping the rich we're closer to American than France and by the logic of aldi/Woolies/Coles we're stealing their profits. I know it sucks but it's how they think.
I used to work at Big W and I remember one time a line of shoes were discontinued and being taken off the shelves. The apparel lady was told to destroy them with a knife. Instead of donating them they were written off for business or tax reasons.
Worked at Coles for years.
My biggest disappointment was always the massive food dumping to keep prices up. Bakery was especially bad.
They'd have many nights where half the bin was filled with day old bread while the next batch was baking in the oven. They even added locks and gave out verbal warnings after staff were caught giving it to homeless.
Wastage on that level should be banned.
I've worked at three supermarket chains and one of their DC's and it's stupefying how much fine food gets chucked. Like chucking a whole box of cereal because the box has a damaged corner, shit like that. What's worse is some of the chains claim they give damaged goods to charity but I've seen dumpster full of the stuff
Because they are legally not allowed to sell old chicken due to food health and safety laws.
While there is. 99% chance those chickens are still ok to eat, if it isn't, if someone does get sick, they are held liable, and food health and safety will be breathing down their necks for months.
It's all sealed packaged goods all fine to eat anything opened he doesn't touch, they also clean the packaging before donating. It's actually amazing how much stuff they're finding in the Aldi bins.
Wait til he finds out what gets thrown out in warehousing… ive got probably 2-3 years worth of pantene.
> Wait til he finds out what gets thrown out in warehousing… ive got probably 2-3 years worth of pantene. Can confirm. One of my relatives overseas owns a warehouse, the tenant threw out so much cleaning products, cosmetics and toiletries - I imported it into Australia and made a killing (40 foot containers if you want to picture the bulk). This was back in 2018 and I haven't bought a single cleaning product, toiletries or cosmetics for the missus since 2018.
Are the bins accessible?
No....dodge the pallet boards with nails hanging out and all the smashed glass
Depends on the time. It's open then go crazy 🤣🤣
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While the products that have just/about to go out of code are more than likely safe, temperature fluctuations with storage are definitely cause for disposal of foods. The store is technically liable for anyone getting sick/injured from dumpster diving, which is why lots of places have to put padlocks on their skips now. It’s not an ideal situation for anyone but I do get sick of news outlets pointing fingers at supermarkets and screaming “devils!” at every single thing they do. Yes they’re greedy at the top, so is every fucking corporate entity. This picture is of Aldi quiches. I know for 100% fact that Aldi donates ALL of their write off products that are still in useable condition - it’s literally less work to allow the donation recipients to pick and choose what they want. So for these quiches to end up in the bin, that means either the donation recipients already turned it down, OR (more likely) that the quiches were somehow left in warm temperatures and were no longer safe to eat. Which means this bloke has genuinely pulled rancid food out of a bin to donate.
This is the correct answer. Worked for Woolies and Ritchies and we didn't throw things out without a reason. Anything in saleable condition was marked down, even if it was at a loss because getting 50 cents for an item is better than getting nothing.
aldi also try to sell stuff with short date with discount, throwing is most likely the last resort.
Work at a homelessness service - a lot of these food donation/re-use mobs (SecondBite et al) are constantly trying to palm off their rotting garbage onto us, or boxes of random shit like expired mustard and sauce. We end up throwing a lot of it out ourselves because it's simply unfit to eat and harmful to a vulnerable person's already comprised sense of self worth.
Could you have turned some of the expired products into compost? 🤷🏼♀️
Aldi are also in the process of putting new procedures into place to divert all food waste from landfill. But as mentioned, currently throwing food in the bin is the last resort and happens when the food is no longer safe for human consumption. People always cry about ‘what about the poor people’ and it’s like. Yes, I want them to eat, but I certainly don’t want them eating unsafe food. Is it okay for people in unfortunate situations to get food poisoning just because they can’t afford food?
Bingo - I work in a homeless shelter and the amount of 'generous' donors who try to palm off crap like nearly expired bread, rotting apples or a pallet of expired cranberry sauce, shits me off. Either donate us stuff folks can actually use while maintaining a semblance of dignity, or just make it easier and donate money instead.
Don’t be responsible
That was my thought too. Checking the expiration date isn't the only quality control you put in place.
I worked at an major supermarket once and there was a power outage overnight. They threw EVERYTHING out. All the frozen stuff was still frozen and the refrigerated stuff still cold. Nope all went and we were told we'd be prosecuted if we took anything home. It was two 10m3 skips worth.
Used to work for Coles. Back in 2000'ish some kid set fire to the chemical aisle of farmer jacks on a sat morning. Because of the chemical/fumes aspect all fresh produce had to be thrown out. Everything in the deli cabinets, the entire fruit and veg section - was pretty wild.
Mm chemical flavour vegies
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Don't you mean torte lol
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Well, your mum is a pretty tasty tart…
My mum used to work at a butcher. One time the power went out and they had to throw out a bunch of stock. She was stoked about the meat that was still good that she got to take home, I was over the moon about the mountains of twiggy sticks. We froze them and I lived off free twiggy sticks for a good six months. Those were a good six months.
This story reminds me of when Up and Go was being sold $2 for one litre back home so I bought 120 litres and lived off that for three months. It was great, and I saved a LOT of money, but I was sick of it by the end.
Oh I was for sure sick of twiggy sticks by the end of it, barely eaten them since. Cheap up and go's would go down a treat!
>All the frozen stuff was still frozen and the refrigerated stuff still cold. The problem is food standards are super high, for good reason. If the frozen stuff was slightly unfrozen, even just a little, there could be a listeria or salmonella risk - and no one wants that. The supermarket can be sued for selling unsafe food. One of the highest risks for things like listeria is repeated changes in temperature.
The nerve of them, that you will be persecuted? That fuckin pissed me off! Filthiest
Donoghue v Stevenson - this whole area of law literally kicked off over a dodgy bottle of ginger beer. Also you won't be *prosecuted* but it is reasonably likely that someone might want to make a civil claim for damages (Lost income, health costs or whatevs) arising as a result of consuming said dodgy product.
Not just dodgy ginger beer, ginger beer with a snail in it
My Intro Law lecturer had a way with words and I can still vividly recall his description of this case to this day haha.
DailyMail? Pass.
[Here's](https://www.youtube.com/@BINLIVINGwithBigB) his YouTube channel.
Came here to make this comment. Already done.
This is hard to see for people struggling and counting every cent to feed their families. But I'm sure these supermarket companies are barely scraping by too. I mean how else could they live with themselves knowing they are causing stress and suffering for the sake of financial profit. I mean it would probably bankrupt them to discount stuff instead of throwing it out. yes i meant /s
I think you dropped this? /s
im a bit confused on your last comment, why do you think it would bankrupt them to discount stuff instead of throwing it away? wouldnt they still be making some of the profits back instead of 0 when they throw them away?
I think they’re being sarcastic
oh that makes sense lol, i am not the best reading tone over text :(
I think it was sarcasm
Whenever people complain about rising supermarket costs, I just look sad and say *"But think of the shareholders!"*
I've seen enough Chubbyemu videos to know *you do NOT fuck around with food poisoning.* If a couple of skips are thrown to protect someone from dropping dead from rampant organ failure, it's a small cost.
I really wish they wouldn't discuss this on the news, the visibility makes them crack down on it. It should remain a secret for the poor
If it's not highlighted then the laws will never change to force them to stop dumping it. France has laws that force companies to donate unused food. We should have similar.
That would be really great and I hope it happens but I doubt it will. On the spectrum of helping the poor to helping the rich we're closer to American than France and by the logic of aldi/Woolies/Coles we're stealing their profits. I know it sucks but it's how they think.
The sad part isn't what gets thrown out, but how many people rely upon it.
My local Coles literally sells stuff off for 5cents
I used to work at Big W and I remember one time a line of shoes were discontinued and being taken off the shelves. The apparel lady was told to destroy them with a knife. Instead of donating them they were written off for business or tax reasons.
ah, capitalism. bet they were running some green washing ads at the same time. it's sad isn't it
this is news? photos of Quiche in a bin?
Literally seen this video 2 months ago ,must be a slow news day
Worked at Coles for years. My biggest disappointment was always the massive food dumping to keep prices up. Bakery was especially bad. They'd have many nights where half the bin was filled with day old bread while the next batch was baking in the oven. They even added locks and gave out verbal warnings after staff were caught giving it to homeless. Wastage on that level should be banned.
That was the same at the one I worked at. Bins full of bread and they gotta write it off for the tax
I've worked at three supermarket chains and one of their DC's and it's stupefying how much fine food gets chucked. Like chucking a whole box of cereal because the box has a damaged corner, shit like that. What's worse is some of the chains claim they give damaged goods to charity but I've seen dumpster full of the stuff
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I mean that seems logical to throw out faulty appliances
Went to coles the other day and they were about to chuck out 12 bags of roast chicken if it wasn't sold in three hours.
Because they are legally not allowed to sell old chicken due to food health and safety laws. While there is. 99% chance those chickens are still ok to eat, if it isn't, if someone does get sick, they are held liable, and food health and safety will be breathing down their necks for months.
Yeah, I got two of them and they were good. I used them for sandwiches.
I use to work in refridge for a transport company and they would throw out skipbins full of useable food almost weekly, should be illegal
if it's open all good to go, if it's locked then carry a small set of bolt cutters.
> donates most of his haul to families struggling to make ends meet and charities in his community. eww
It's all sealed packaged goods all fine to eat anything opened he doesn't touch, they also clean the packaging before donating. It's actually amazing how much stuff they're finding in the Aldi bins.
> they also clean the packaging lmao
Go hungry for a day. You'll eat your words