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About 2 weeks ago, one of the samples was a lobster dip on crackers.....must've went back about 10 times....it was incredible.....
Yes, thats right, I have no shame.....
Guilty as charged.
When I go to Whole Foods, they have little signs posted that say, "One Sample Per Customer Please," but I always try to squeeze two pieces of cheese on a toothpick.
When I go to Whole Foods, they have little signs posted that say, "One Sample Per Customer Please," but I always try to squeeze two pieces of cheese on a toothpick.
Here's a tip that works. Usually the sample givers are senior citizen females. After you get your first sample, start chatting up about how crowded the store is, or how beutiful the weather is. That will probably get you another 2-3 crackers....
They collect food that people would normally throw out and turn it into meals. I saw them in town a few weeks ago and they gave me some Kale and eggplant and radishes and some old bread from Trader Joes.
A lot of places and farms get rid of food that is still good.
They collect food that people would normally throw out and turn it into meals. I saw them in town a few weeks ago and they gave me some Kale and eggplant and radishes and some old bread from Trader Joes.
A lot of places and farms get rid of food that is still good.
I saw something like this on Dateline a while back. Groups were going through garbage cans collecting items and making gourmet meals out of it.
The meals looked good but I don't know if I would eat them...
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I would eat the food. I think it's a good way to survive on a budget. You do what you have to.
When the perspective is "survival", hell ya I'll eat it. But as long as I can eat for a $1 a day, I won't . Now get down to under a buck a day... Survival mode !
During college we found the Frito Lay dumpster and would check it out on occasion. We found chips (of course) but also jerky, nuts, pretzels, trail mixes all sealed in the packages. The dumpster was at a warehouse so generally the dumpster only had product new in the pkg. or damaged product and boxes. It was always full. Always.
I was doing a practicum at the time working with low income/poverty second language kids in after school programs. One boy in particular loved the spicy Cheetos which must not have been a big seller because there were CASES sealed with new pkg. of Cheetos. We took three CASES and left them on his doorstep at night (knock and run). Yea, we were breaking all kinds of barriers with privacy, etc. but I don't think his parents were citizens? just working fields and they were hungry. We never told them it was us but he talked about the wonderful blessing of Cheetos for months! We started dropping of healthier things after that.
We also frequented the bread stores who also throw out cases of Twinkies, Cupcakes, Bread (wheat and white, sweet rolls, and everything else you can imagine. Bagel stores (Einsteins, etc.) also throw out BAGS of bagels each night.
Unfortunately for us we mostly eat fresh/and cook on our own. We also avoid quite a bit of processed food. We fed many a duck with the bread.
It's amazing how much is thrown away in our country. I understand that for profit, etc. people don't give it away but it's sad when so many are going without (to me) or so many are on government programs that we could possibly cut down on.
We haven't been dumpster diving since college days but if they economy continues we might very well be back to it! LOL. It's fun but I'm sure not fun if you have to be doing it.
We were always hoping for a fruit/veggie dumpster. However I'm sure that wouldn't be safe, clean, or fun.
*A professor I had would attend conferences on a regular basis and would always ask for all of the extra food to be packaged up (he brought his own packages) and before the break out sessions would start he'd run all the extras to the local soup kitchen. I thought that was neat. If it weren't for him it would all be thrown away as well.
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It's not as easy to dumpster dive as it once was. Fast food places and grocery stores are locking up more securely now for the most part, though it depends a lot on municipal codes in a particular area.
Also the younger generation of bums often will make a filthy mess around the dumpsters, causing owners to lock up and ask for more police patrols.
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. Now get down to under a buck a day... Survival mode !
