Thread: My anger at supermarket chains
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Old 30-05-2008, 19:21   #6
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Re: My anger at supermarket chains
I can't speak for all chains, but when I worked at Tesco for a while during my uni days, any leftover fresh products were offered for pennies to staff to buy, eg pack of 10 jam doughnuts for 10p. I have no idea how much was leftover or what was done with it, but they can't afford to have piles of out of date goods hanging around attracting vermin and rotting. Also, we had many customers who would come specifically near closing time in order to get the marked down goods from the bakery etc.

I'm sure if local charities asked, they would be able to collect some of the food, but as there is no guarantee of any being left over, or what kind of food is going to be left over, what are they supposed to do? They can't plan their food delivery around the off chance that the local supermarket will always have x amount of y product left over. Also, don't you think that people who are being fed by charities deserve good fresh food, not just the stuff not good enough for sale any more.
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