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When I worked at corporate, after lunch the chefs would walk out with big foil covered trays. They spent all day cooking for us, why they would throw away their own work?
Take it home to share or toss in the dumpster. Tough call.
Why would they get sick though? The cake wasn't bad, the people just never picked it up. Every nursing home I've worked they give us some type of food, they have staff appreciation parties with food, put out donuts, things like that. What would the difference be?
It’s dollars to doughnuts that no one would get sick, it’s just the store covering their rear end.
Years and years back, when I was maybe 18, I drove a truck for a bakery factory in East London, delivering bread, rolls, cakes, buns, you name it, to the factory’s stores all over London.
One day I took a three tiered wedding cake into a store in NE London, and the manageress told me that it had been cancelled, and to take it back to the factory.
It somehow found its way to my mother’s place, where it lasted all week.
No one got sick, but my folks were very happy.
It’s dollars to doughnuts that no one would get sick, it’s just the store covering their rear end.
Years and years back, when I was maybe 18, I drove a truck for a bakery factory in East London, delivering bread, rolls, cakes, buns, you name it, to the factory’s stores all over London.
One day I took a three tiered wedding cake into a store in NE London, and the manageress told me that it had been cancelled, and to take it back to the factory.
It somehow found its way to my mother’s place, where it lasted all week.
No one got sick, but my folks were very happy.
its comical how throwing out food gets a weird emotional response as if it is more morally problematic than throwing out anything else. its just a product, we are short of food in the US. its not offensive to throw out food. is it offensive for them to keep people from taking their garbage? no, its their food and this is what they want done with it.
its even funny that people act like this is sad. no, its not sad. there is no food shortage.
Some of us were brought up with "waste not want not" and were not allowed to waste food. We were required to eat everything on our plate and my parents keep every left over even if was just a spoonful. Things like that stick with you almost unconsciously into adulthood.
I dont think people realize grocery and retail stores have thrown out stuff, even buried it in landfills for, forever. Its only been fairly recently that businesses have given outdated stuff to food banks for distribution, in my state anyway.
That's about 2015 levels of rent in some parts of NJ.
I knew a girl who lived in a shared 2 bed/1 bath. $500/month including utilities. 1 bus stop/1 NJ Transit stop form Manhattan.
When, and where? I've lived in NJ all my life, and there's no way a 2 BR with one stop to the city in the recent past has gone for $1K, even in the worst parts of JC or Newark.
Earl Butz came up with the economics that makes that work out. I saw an interview where he explained how it works. Pretty fascinating actually.
America has exported that system to many other nations, so they can all enjoy lower priced foods.
Unfortunately Earl was mostly concerned with corporate profit and cared only about quantity, nothing about quality or nutrition. Nutrition tables for the industrial varieties were still piggybacked from pre-industrial ag back in 40s and 50s, probably still are.
He did get rid of lot smaller farmers with his "get big or get out" BS. Meaning instead of frugally putting kids through college farming an 80A or 160A, you had to farm half a dang county to make a living.
It is interesting that those clamoring against socialism have no problem with govt subsidies for Earl Butz agriculture????
Unfortunately Earl was mostly concerned with corporate profit and cared only about quantity, nothing about quality or nutrition.
What I am hearing is that you have never actually read any of his speeches.
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... Nutrition tables for the industrial varieties were still piggybacked from pre-industrial ag back in 40s and 50s, probably still are.
This is related to the OP in some manner?
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... He did get rid of lot smaller farmers with his "get big or get out" BS.
You are thinking of someone else.
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... It is interesting that those clamoring against socialism have no problem with govt subsidies for Earl Butz agriculture????
I am not in favor of subsidies.
However you must admit that what he did has worked to keep the average American household food budget low. [which is part of what is being discussed here btw].
When, and where? I've lived in NJ all my life, and there's no way a 2 BR with one stop to the city in the recent past has gone for $1K, even in the worst parts of JC or Newark.
Secaucus Junction around 5 years ago(?). The entire 2BR wasn't $500, one room was.
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