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Cirsium

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11. Disgusting

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:03 PM

20 hrs ago

Somehow on the small family farm where I worked, handing fresh produce, we managed to never waste any food and no one in the county went hungry if we could help it. How come we could afford to do things right and these obscenely profitable corporations cannot?

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Rotisserie chickens in the trash: I worked in a supermarket and saw shocking food waste every day [View all] erronis 23 hrs ago OP

Criminal SuzyandPuffpuff 23 hrs ago #1

Look in the trash after school lunch exboyfil 23 hrs ago #4

A PTA group of members popsdenver 20 hrs ago #12

Likely illegal Boo1 5 hrs ago #19

That is sad popsdenver 30 min ago #21

Food banks would be a better option bucolic_frolic 23 hrs ago #2

The supermarket near me takes the unsold "prepared food" to the homeless shelter. Midnight Writer 20 hrs ago #10

At Kwik Star exboyfil 23 hrs ago #3

Gotta keep that profit margin up. orthoclad 23 hrs ago #5

Kick. BlueWaveNeverEnd 21 hrs ago #6

Some donate lame54 21 hrs ago #7

I think about this while grocery shopping all the time, unfortunately. Karasu 20 hrs ago #8

There are corporate, municipal, state and federal rules on food handling 31j20b3 20 hrs ago #9

Great response - and a sad comment on the way our society works. erronis 20 hrs ago #14

The twin horrors of deep pockets and liability are to blame dickthegrouch 13 hrs ago #15

Disgusting Cirsium 20 hrs ago #11

Dumpsters are locked where I live. hunter 20 hrs ago #13

Poor chickens, their lives taken just to end up in piles & piles garbage. 🤢🤮 nt Raine 10 hrs ago #16

Costco got it right manicdem 7 hrs ago #17

My grocery store donates everything they can to our food bank. redwitch 6 hrs ago #18

At my grocery store, unsold roasted chickens are marked down considerably harumph 4 hrs ago #20

Costco won't waste like that Wednesdays 23 min ago #22