Last Week Tonight: Food Waste

[sammichoffate]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8xwLWb0lLY
Jesus Christ :biggums:

[Akrazotile]

Definitely an issue and glad its being brought up.

Dont wanna use phone data watching the video tho - can you tell me which corporation and/or large traditional establishment he uniformly blames for the problem?

[sweggeh]

"This video has not been made available in your country".

Thanks.

[sammichoffate]

Definitely an issue and glad its being brought up.

Dont wanna use phone data watching the video tho - can you tell me which corporation and/or large traditional establishment he uniformly blames for the problem?No one in particular, it's a shared problem by both government and the public, also small/large businesses. Government doesn't make incentives to donate food properly while the public isn't even aware/throws away food because of misconceptions like expiry dates and aesthetics of food. Markets also toss out food for no good reason instead of donating because lack of financial incentives and misconception of possible lawsuits. We throw out over 700 football stadiums worth of food a year, which is ****ing insane

[navy]

Definitely an issue and glad its being brought up.

Dont wanna use phone data watching the video tho - can you tell me which corporation and/or large traditional establishment he uniformly blames for the problem?
Republicans.

[sammichoffate]

Republicans.Definitely false, but okay.

[navy]

Definitely false, but okay.
I know but you should know how Akrazotile operates.:lol

[sammichoffate]

I know but you should know how Akrazotile operates.:lolDon't remind me :lol

[Bosnian Sajo]

The part about H.R. 644 really ticked me off, how tf can a bill that has been passed by the house be completely COMPLETELY taken apart and add all new legislations in that bill? Does it get to go back to the house or are they abstained from it because they already "passed" the bill? ****ing politics, man.

My family owns a fresh market here in Florida so I can tell you for a fact this stuff is true af, although we do sometimes give food to people who we know are struggling, but we don't go out of our way to drive the stuff we were gonna throw away to a homeless shelter because it is not economically viable. If they do give tax incentives towards donation of food, this would no longer be a problem for us or any other grocery store/market in the area, and the hunger problem would significantly be reduced.

@2:45 in the video, that is something I've never seen before, though. Throwing away a fresh box of broccoli ($20) and kale ($25), completely unharmed and eye appealing too...you could legit take those boxs and sell it at a produce stand, no one would ever guess you got it from the dump. Crazy.

[Akrazotile]

I know but you should know how Akrazotile operates.:lol


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[Akrazotile]

Don't remind me :lol


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REAL FUNNY, GUYS

[sammichoffate]

The part about H.R. 644 really ticked me off, how tf can a bill that has been passed by the house be completely COMPLETELY taken apart and add all new legislations in that bill? Does it get to go back to the house or are they abstained from it because they already "passed" the bill? ****ing politics, man.

My family owns a fresh market here in Florida so I can tell you for a fact this stuff is true af, although we do sometimes give food to people who we know are struggling, but we don't go out of our way to drive the stuff we were gonna throw away to a homeless shelter because it is not economically viable. If they do give tax incentives towards donation of food, this would no longer be a problem for us or any other grocery store/market in the area, and the hunger problem would significantly be reduced.

@2:45 in the video, that is something I've never seen before, though. Throwing away a fresh box of broccoli ($20) and kale ($25), completely unharmed and eye appealing too...you could legit take those boxs and sell it at a produce stand, no one would ever guess you got it from the dump. Crazy.Yeah, the tax code we currently have is ****ing awful for some people atm. Yeah, it's insane how people care about the appearance of food that much there was literally nothing wrong with it :(

[navy]

Yeah, the tax code we currently have is ****ing awful for some people atm. Yeah, it's insane how people care about the appearance of food that much there was literally nothing wrong with it :(
We all do it though. I'll be damned if i take misshapen produce that's the last one there.

[Type 2]

Makes me sad that so much food gets wasted.

[TheMan]

PBS and NPR did a story on this last month.

I couldn't believe ugly fruits and vegetables get thrown out.

Also, good to know you can't get sued for donating food. Though Ive read that you can get arrested or fined donating food to homeless in some states.
I used to work at place that supplied salsas, fruit and vegetable salads, etc for a major grocery store chain in Texas and it was depressing to see all the good food that was thrown out because it didn't look "nice", pine apple slice not crisp looking enough, strawberry too big :wtf: , jalapeno pepper not big enough, etc.:(

Shit would legit piss me off, all these people starving and these fvcks throwing perfectly good food away :banghead: :mad: :mad:

Worst of all, they wouldn't even offer them to their employees

[knickballer]

US is an economic machine.. All the laws and practices that are in place is to maximize potential earnings.


I used to work at place that supplied salsas, fruit and vegetable salads, etc for a major grocery store chain in Texas and it was depressing to see all the good food that was thrown out because it didn't look "nice", pine apple slice not crisp looking enough, strawberry too big , jalapeno pepper not big enough, etc.

Shit would legit piss me off, all these people starving and these fvcks throwing perfectly good food away

Worst of all, they wouldn't even offer them to their employees

Same thing when I used to work in retail. Instead of donating the damaged/unsellable merchandise to charities we would have to literally tear the clothes up with knives and then throw it out in the dumpster in the back to make sure no one would try to take it. The companies reasoning was that they were afraid the people would try to return the merchandise but that's BS they just don't want to give out free merchandise. They'd rather try to have that poor soul waste $15 on a shirt instead of having a free shirt with a missing button. So stupid too as we'd always have boxes in the front that would be sent to charities and here's a retail store with an abundance of unsellable clothes that can be donated but instead we throw it out..

[BurningHammer]

Seeing these opportunities, why don't those large restaurant companies and processed food manufacturers directly get those "unsellable" leftovers for dirt cheap wholesale prices?

[sammichoffate]

US is an economic machine.. All the laws and practices that are in place is to maximize potential earnings.



Same thing when I used to work in retail. Instead of donating the damaged/unsellable merchandise to charities we would have to literally tear the clothes up with knives and then throw it out in the dumpster in the back to make sure no one would try to take it. The companies reasoning was that they were afraid the people would try to return the merchandise but that's BS they just don't want to give out free merchandise. They'd rather try to have that poor soul waste $15 on a shirt instead of having a free shirt with a missing button. So stupid too as we'd always have boxes in the front that would be sent to charities and here's a retail store with an abundance of unsellable clothes that can be donated but instead we throw it out..Here's a thought: If they received a tax incentive for donating to the poor, it would also function as free advertising no? :confusedshrug:

[sammichoffate]

Seeing these opportunities, why don't those large restaurant companies and processed food manufacturers directly get those "unsellable" leftovers for dirt cheap wholesale prices?Too big of a risk because we care about those "unsellable" leftovers based on appearance, would be a massive PR backlash if the public found out even though it's perfectly rational to do this.

[El Kabong]

Seeing these opportunities, why don't those large restaurant companies and processed food manufacturers directly get those "unsellable" leftovers for dirt cheap wholesale prices?
Yea, I was wondering why they don't use them to make canned/frozen fruit/veggies where people don't really care about the appearance as much. Seems like an obvious use to me.

[Cactus-Sack]

Do we have to have a thread about everything this pommy cvnt whines about everyweek?

[Cactus-Sack]

The part about H.R. 644 really ticked me off, how tf can a bill that has been passed by the house be completely COMPLETELY taken apart and add all new legislations in that bill? Does it get to go back to the house or are they abstained from it because they already "passed" the bill? ****ing politics, man.

My family owns a fresh market here in Florida so I can tell you for a fact this stuff is true af, although we do sometimes give food to people who we know are struggling, but we don't go out of our way to drive the stuff we were gonna throw away to a homeless shelter because it is not economically viable. If they do give tax incentives towards donation of food, this would no longer be a problem for us or any other grocery store/market in the area, and the hunger problem would significantly be reduced.

@2:45 in the video, that is something I've never seen before, though. Throwing away a fresh box of broccoli ($20) and kale ($25), completely unharmed and eye appealing too...you could legit take those boxs and sell it at a produce stand, no one would ever guess you got it from the dump. Crazy.
-Needing tax incentives to be a decent human being...

Sounds like you and your family are just pricks bruh

[UK2K]

I used to work at place that supplied salsas, fruit and vegetable salads, etc for a major grocery store chain in Texas and it was depressing to see all the good food that was thrown out because it didn't look "nice", pine apple slice not crisp looking enough, strawberry too big :wtf: , jalapeno pepper not big enough, etc.:(

Shit would legit piss me off, all these people starving and these fvcks throwing perfectly good food away :banghead: :mad: :mad:

Worst of all, they wouldn't even offer them to their employees

That is a health violation.

[Pushxx]

Man that guy is just not funny. He needs different writers.

[RidonKs]

Man that guy is just not funny. He needs different writers.
?

really? i get not liking his style. he's pretty much a mediocre comedian imo. but the writers are good enough. i guess they could be better considering they have a full week to prepare this shit, rather than 24 hours like most similar shows. but at least the monologues are miles ahead of maher's or tbh any of the late night shows, though with a completely different format admittedly

[Lamar Doom]

The shit that got to me was the debunking of the notion that donating food was dangerous litigiously. I worked in restaurants for years and now work with caterers and craft service people and have always bought their "you can't donate perishable foods because you can get sued" excuse for why they aren't giving their (obscenely large quantity of) leftover/throwaway food to shelters (or whoever). It really is ridiculous.

[Bosnian Sajo]

-Needing tax incentives to be a decent human being...

Sounds like you and your family are just pricks bruh

I assume you donate to the unfortunate then? How often?

[Cactus-Sack]

Every single week.

[RidonKs]

The shit that got to me was the debunking of the notion that donating food was dangerous litigiously. I worked in restaurants for years and now work with caterers and craft service people and have always bought their "you can't donate perishable foods because you can get sued" excuse for why they aren't giving their (obscenely large quantity of) leftover/throwaway food to shelters (or whoever). It really is ridiculous.
do u ever ask for it anyway? like to eat? that's what i do. sometimes you get it sometimes you don't, but worth a shot if you're broke and hungry like me, as opposed to hollywood rich and successful like you. i agree though, it is ridiculous.

[Cowboy Thunder]

If you really want to be enlightened into the issues we face as a society; watch "Humanity From Space" on PBS this week. Fantastic documentary that addresses some immediate concerns we'll face in the next 35 years.