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Cirsium

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11. Disgusting

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:03 PM

Friday

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 Friday OP

Criminal SuzyandPuffpuff Friday #1

Look in the trash after school lunch exboyfil Friday #4

A PTA group of members popsdenver Friday #12

Likely illegal Boo1 Yesterday #19

That is sad popsdenver 23 hrs ago #21

Food banks would be a better option bucolic_frolic Friday #2

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

At Kwik Star exboyfil Friday #3

Gotta keep that profit margin up. orthoclad Friday #5

Kick. BlueWaveNeverEnd Friday #6

Some donate lame54 Friday #7

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

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

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

The twin horrors of deep pockets and liability are to blame dickthegrouch Yesterday #15

Disgusting Cirsium Friday #11

Dumpsters are locked where I live. hunter Friday #13

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

Costco got it right manicdem Yesterday #17

My grocery store donates everything they can to our food bank. redwitch Yesterday #18

At my grocery store, unsold roasted chickens are marked down considerably harumph Yesterday #20

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