I have this app called Too Good To Go and it lets you buy shit from grocery stores that they would otherwise throw away for a cheap price (think like 15 euro worth of stuff for 3-4 euro). Today I went for it and got sort of disappointed, as a got like two cheeses, plant based butter, a box of eclairs, 15 little desserts and a steak. Sort of decent catch, not very nutritious. We gave the steak away as meat is not eaten in our house.
The app is a hit or miss. You can sometimes end up with a big box of veggies you can eat for a whole week. Just not today.
Anyway, it always makes me think how fucking much food is thrown away. Like, the app is so full in just my City. According to the app, 124kg of food is throw out every SECOND in this country. How anyone has to get hungry because they can’t contribute to the profit is just insane. I hope we can one day look back at this time in disgust.
I’ve had 2 brothers and the majority of my friends work in the food business in different aspects, sometimes it was a restaurant, some do food prep for buffets, etc. they all overwhelmingly say that the companies spend way too much on food, quantity over quality, it’s shit food that will give you colon cancer after a decade or 2 and they buy a lot, and inevitably they waste a lot too. It never came into these people’s minds to do employee surveys about serving sizes or food preferences, it would realistically save them money and make people happier, if there’s an explanation for why they don’t I’d be happy to hear it, it sounds extremely short-sighted