free food out of supermarket bins ?????

thenthornthing

Queen_of_NO_MATTER_WHAT wrote: »

ROFL that's so funny, fair play to your dad though

Indeedo. Was nothing wrong with it after all

Welshwoofs

It is indeed illegal to take food out of supermarket bins....just as it's illegal to take things out of skips.

Having said that I did it all the time in my younger days in London. One boyfriend and I were so skint when we lived in Tooting that we regularly used to nab stuff from the M&S bins. They used to push the trolleys with food bound for the bins out of doors in a side-street and once they had them all out, push them round the back to the bins. We used to sneak out and raid the trolleys left outside unattended whilst the M&S bod went back for the next set of trolleys.

Also got a georgous 1920s sofa from a skip in Belgravia and most of our applicances back then came from late night skip raids.

Lemony

Slightly different, but I once returned a makeup set to Boots the chemist because when I opened it the mirror inside was cracked. As I had paid quite a lot for it I took it back and asked them to exchange it, and I was shocked when the SA threw the damaged set in the bin! I know the mirror was cracked, but all the makeup inside was in perfect condition and could have at least been offered to someone at a reduced price (or given to me free for my trouble). I thought it was a terrible waste.

welly_59

i'm a manager of a food store and i've had trouble with people going through the bins. I've got no problem with people going through the bins as long as they dont make a mess, but i have had trouble rom the local council for letting people do it. I was approached by the environmental health department stating that i could be prosecuted unless i secured our waste to stop people rummaging.

So we were forced to place locks and chains on our bins to stop people having a look through

fishingcinema

thenthornthing wrote: »

Lol, earlier this year my step-dad was in a shop buying a pasty and the woman dropped it on the perfectly "clean" floor.
She went to throw it away when, to me and my mums embarrassment, he asked for it for 50p... she said, I can't accept money for it so just take it.

So for £2.50 we had 2 big pasties... lol

fair play to your dad if it was a perfectly clean floor then in my opinion the 3 second rule applys lol

RockGypsy

Lemony wrote: »

Slightly different, but I once returned a makeup set to Boots the chemist because when I opened it the mirror inside was cracked. As I had paid quite a lot for it I took it back and asked them to exchange it, and I was shocked when the SA threw the damaged set in the bin! I know the mirror was cracked, but all the makeup inside was in perfect condition and could have at least been offered to someone at a reduced price (or given to me free for my trouble). I thought it was a terrible waste.

Ive been behind Boots in the bins and had some great finds a whole tray of Soft n Gentle deodorants that were slightly dinted,they used to throw the perfume testers out too and most of them were half full
I found some electric mosquito repellants with receipts wrapped around them,they must have been brought back for refunds,I took them to another branch of Boots with the receipts and got £16 refund:D (naughty I know but I was bit of a "rum un" then wouldn`t do it now)

jenniewb

Lemony wrote: »

Slightly different, but I once returned a makeup set to Boots the chemist because when I opened it the mirror inside was cracked. As I had paid quite a lot for it I took it back and asked them to exchange it, and I was shocked when the SA threw the damaged set in the bin! I know the mirror was cracked, but all the makeup inside was in perfect condition and could have at least been offered to someone at a reduced price (or given to me free for my trouble). I thought it was a terrible waste.

I saw similar happen at a Bobbi Brown counter- the girl opened a new box of the eye shadow for my make-over- the really scrummy colour new one thats out. It had one of the panes fallen out and it fell onto the table top, a little of the powder fell out too. She huffed, apologised for it and chucked it straight into the little bin! My mind for the rest of the make-over was, could I take this out of the bin without her seeing me....unfortunetly on my first attempt she asked me if I had lost something (I was fishing my hand around on her return to me after walking away to get a blusher) I was too embarrassed to admit what I was trying to do!

greenpixie_2

Two years ago some of my housemates did this at uni, they went to the local supermarket and found tons of stuff. They found 4 crates of beer, loads of crisps and chocolate and loads of fruit and veg that was still fine and some other stuff. I was amazed to see what had been thrown out. They took their own bags and filled up a whole car boot with the stuff. it was the end of term and we were all skint. We were all really happy to see some fruit and veg after living on supermarket brand 9p super noodles for so long!

Intastella

I used to do it regularly when i lived down south. M&S used to give their leftovers to the Sally Army, which was highly commendable. And very tasty too! In fact, i made a recipe that i was given then for some friends 2 weeks ago...went down a treat!

The amount of good food just thrown away is shameful.

mumof2nanof2

When my son left home and rented a flat, I was envious that he always had fresh fruit and veg and good cuts of meat in his fridge and often wondered how he could afford to shop at M & S. He did confess in the end, and yes it is illegal but also a crime what they throw away.