France: no food wasting, supermarkets obliged to donate to charity unsold food

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  • klinton
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    • Apr 2003
    • 8766

    #1

    France: no food wasting, supermarkets obliged to donate to charity unsold food

    http://rt.com/news/261173-france-foo...-supermarkets/

    interesting....
  • Spunky
    I need a beer
    • Jun 2002
    • 133978

    #2
    Makes perfect sense,why waste it

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    • Captain Kawaii
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      • Oct 2007
      • 6748

      #3
      Nice to see some gov making a sane move these days. You couldn't do it in the US for fear of law suits or "antics" on someone's part etc but viva le france.

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      • TeenCat
        Too lazy to set a koala
        • Jan 2007
        • 16131

        #4
        in swiss it is a standart that the big supermarket networks are giving food outside for poor people, and not the expired, but the tagged as after market sell time, expiration time is depending on the product longer ... but nice that france is doing the same now ... shame that in france it must be a move of the goverment, not move of humanity as in swiss

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        • HowlingWulf
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          • Nov 2001
          • 1662

          #5
          How soon until this turns into a complaint about moochers and freeloaders? How dare they!
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          • klinton
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            • Apr 2003
            • 8766

            #6
            the critics of this bill say that it should be also for smaller shops and markets, and supermarkets already do that (give to charity).
            anyway, now they are obliged by law to do it, and those who will not - they will pay fines 50,000-100,000 euros....
            Originally posted by Captain Kawaii
            Nice to see some gov making a sane move these days. You couldn't do it in the US for fear of law suits or "antics" on someone's part etc but viva le france.

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            • klinton
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              • Apr 2003
              • 8766

              #7
              you say so ? let's go to switzerland then and live like kings of the dump
              Originally posted by TeenCat
              in swiss it is a standart that the big supermarket networks are giving food outside for poor people, and not the expired, but the tagged as after market sell time, expiration time is depending on the product longer ... but nice that france is doing the same now ... shame that in france it must be a move of the goverment, not move of humanity as in swiss

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              • Hentaikid
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                • Nov 2002
                • 1250

                #8
                Food is cheap. A lot of the cost is positional goods. That brand of wine, this brand of whatever. The clearest example is bottled water, which is often taken from the city tap water anyway.

                It's obscene to deny people and throw away perfectly valid food just to preserve appearances in this brand name game, and it won't make any difference. The people buying evian won't start taking the stuff from the discards anymore than they were rifling the dumpsters before.

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                • just a punk
                  So fuckin' bored
                  • Jun 2003
                  • 32385

                  #9
                  Originally posted by klinton
                  France: no food wasting, supermarkets obliged to donate to charity unsold food
                  Originally posted by TeenCat
                  in swiss it is a standart that the big supermarket networks are giving food outside for poor people, and not the expired, but the tagged as after market sell time, expiration time is depending on the product longer
                  Karl Marx has predicted that...

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                  • TeenCat
                    Too lazy to set a koala
                    • Jan 2007
                    • 16131

                    #10
                    Originally posted by klinton
                    you say so ? let's go to switzerland then and live like kings of the dump
                    that is the way they solve the homeless problem, but it is hard to get in there, and once you are there, and you for example hitchhike or squat somewhere, people report you, police get you and say you bye on nearest border with not welcomed stamp in your papers

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                    • BlackCrayon
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                      • Jun 2003
                      • 19634

                      #11
                      i guess the poor are only deserving of garbage food. how insulting.
                      you don't know you're wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day..

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                      • TeenCat
                        Too lazy to set a koala
                        • Jan 2007
                        • 16131

                        #12
                        Originally posted by BlackCrayon
                        i guess the poor are only deserving of garbage food. how insulting.
                        everything good is bad for something

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                        • Captain Kawaii
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                          • Oct 2007
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                          #13
                          Originally posted by klinton
                          the critics of this bill say that it should be also for smaller shops and markets, and supermarkets already do that (give to charity).
                          anyway, now they are obliged by law to do it, and those who will not - they will pay fines 50,000-100,000 euros....
                          Markets should just do it...Law or no law. Cash is nice but Cancer Society of America is a sad case in point of "charities." I think in Los Angeles there are phone numbers for markets to call and all will be taken care of. Its sad they have to make a law to force people to do it but... Stop making people dumpster dive. Its shameful.

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                          • klinton
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                            • Apr 2003
                            • 8766

                            #14
                            you sound like a experienced man
                            Originally posted by TeenCat
                            that is the way they solve the homeless problem, but it is hard to get in there, and once you are there, and you for example hitchhike or squat somewhere, people report you, police get you and say you bye on nearest border with not welcomed stamp in your papers

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                            • klinton
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                              • Apr 2003
                              • 8766

                              #15
                              sure man. Soviet Union, Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea are the best examples how well comunism works
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                              Karl Marx has predicted that...

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                              • TeenCat
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                                • Jan 2007
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                                #16
                                Originally posted by klinton
                                you sound like a experienced man
                                hehe yeah i had few special friends there

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                                • Adult-biz
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                                  • Mar 2003
                                  • 2139

                                  #17
                                  Nice to see common sense being adopted. I have a family member who works on on the rail network and the local sandwich bars/cafes bring in trays of unsold sandwiches and rolls and they ask for them to be distributed to the homeless.

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                                  • just a punk
                                    So fuckin' bored
                                    • Jun 2003
                                    • 32385

                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by klinton
                                    sure man. Soviet Union, Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea are the best examples how well comunism works
                                    Soviet Union (the Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics), Cuba and China are socialism (with national coloring, of course). Venezuela is a presidential democratic republic. North Korea is a sect. As far as I know, the best progress in socialism was achieved by Sweden. There is no real communist country on planet Earth, but according to the news posted in this thread, France is moving towards it faster than others..
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