UK Food Waste Supermarket Opens

[Sid James]

The UK’s first food waste supermarket has opened in Pudsey, near Leeds.

Food waste campaigners from the Real Junk Food Project have opened "the warehouse", a store on the Grangefield Industrial Estate. Customers are invited to shop for food thrown out by supermarkets and other businesses.

The food is priced on a "pay as you feel" basis and has already helped desperate families struggling to feed their children.

Kirsty was recently diagnosed with a chronic pain condition, leaving her husband with no choice but to leave work to take over most of the care of the couple’s three children. Overnight the couple’s household income was reduced to almost nothing.

“With three young children and two adults to feed we started to struggle straight away. Luckily we took the plunge to go to the warehouse and it was amazing!" Kirsty said.

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What do you think, a good idea long overdue or open to abuse to those who can more than well afford to shop for essentials ?

 

[Ashtonian]

great idea, but bound to be abused.

 

[Sid James]

great idea, but bound to be abused.

Not sure how it would work but some kind of eligibility card permitting you to shop might work

 

[SimonB]

Should give Tory MPs food vouchers for here instead of paying expenses.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Knowing GOT.......

 

[Sid James]

Knowing GOT.......

Could well degenerate into that but I have faith in the GOT multitude

 

[orchard]

I do wonder why it went to landfill in the first place.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Could well degenerate into that but I have faith in the GOT multitude

It's a great idea by the way, hopefully it can be sorted to make sure the people who need it are the the one's who get it.

 

[heatmeiser]

No idea why Pudsey of all places. It's not exactly the poorest area.

 

[Woolly Blue]

It's hard to believe anyone from Yorkshire is letting food go to waste, presumably they're trucking it in from elsewhere ?

I'm broadly in favour, it's better than chucking stuff away and if a few people who don't need to use it, abuse the idea a bit then that's a price worth paying.

 

[Sid James]

It's hard to believe anyone from Yorkshire is letting food go to waste, presumably they're trucking it in from elsewhere ?

I'm broadly in favour, it's better than chucking stuff away and if a few people who don't need to use it, abuse the idea a bit then that's a price worth paying.

Owing to a generally misinformed population, the only pizzas available are Hawaiian, want me to pick you up a batch?

 

[Woolly Blue]

Owing to a generally misinformed population, the only pizzas available are Hawaiian, want me to pick you up a batch?

Aye, why not.
I can scrape the pineapples off and then use them as a pizza base !

 

[jaycee]

Think its a great idea,shame that one of the richest countries in the world needs something like this and food/clothes banks,as with anything some people will abuse it,but thats a price worth paying

 

[Sid James]

Think its a great idea,shame that one of the richest countries in the world needs something like this and food/clothes banks,as with anything some people will abuse it,but thats a price worth paying

Agree, it's a shame that something like this is needed, interesting that Denmark was fist to do this

 

[jaycee]

Agree, it's a shame that something like this is needed, interesting that Denmark was fist to do this

I worked in a well known supermarket for a short while and the amount of wastage was shocking including none food items and virtually no recycling