My war on waste!!!

prosaver

better idea
why dont you go here and dont waste money traveling to the shops.(more green)
http://www.foodweighouse.co.uk/

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Great idea, but a long way from deepest darkest Kent :)

Pollycat

prosaver wrote: »

better idea
why dont you go here and dont waste money traveling to the shops.(more green)
http://www.foodweighouse.co.uk/

We used to have something similar in our town, many years ago.

I hated the idea of food & ingredients being in big barrels so kids could run their fingers through flour (seen it), shoppers cough & sneeze over the cornflakes (seen it) and I was never sure just how fresh the stuff was towards the bottom of the barrel and how well they cleaned out the barrel when it was empty.

There's no information on delivery charges so unless it's on your doorstep I don't think it's a viable suggestion.

I also think that a lot of people would struggle to store stuff bought in large volumes to save money.

prosaver

Pollycat wrote: »

We used to have something similar in our town, many years ago.

I hated the idea of food & ingredients being in big barrels so kids could run their fingers through flour (seen it), shoppers cough & sneeze over the cornflakes (seen it) and I was never sure just how fresh the stuff was towards the bottom of the barrel and how well they cleaned out the barrel when it was empty.



There's no information on delivery charges so unless it's on your doorstep I don't think it's a viable suggestion.

I also think that a lot of people would struggle to store stuff bought in large volumes to save money.

true on all point
.iwas in the butchers and she sneezed and caught it in her arm ..uurgh ,i just walked out...no need for that..dirty girl dirty (harry hill voice)
true
i seen this on a program about victorians.
the rubbish use to be all recycled
the old food use to go to the pig man.
the rag and bones use to go to the rag and bone man:D
paper use to burn it in the fire,,, ash use to be put in the garden
and all that was left was dust from the fireplace or cleaning so thats why they called it a dust bin.
bom bomb:)

greenbee

One of the things you are taught when working with food is that if you DO have to sneeze and can't move away from the food is to sneeze into the crook of your elbow. The germs are contained better than if you hold your hand up to your face, and don't touch your hands which may be coming into contact with food.

GreyQueen

I'm a bit squeamish about loose bulk foods because there are some mucky puppies out there. Was underwhelmed by seeing a display of loose, shelled nuts in Liddly and some unsanitary-looking shopper was rummaging in there, with both hands up to the knuckles, ignoring the scoop provided. Ick.

PasturesNew

GreyQueen wrote: »

Was underwhelmed by seeing a display of loose, shelled nuts in Liddly and some unsanitary-looking shopper was rummaging in there, with both hands up to the knuckles, ignoring the scoop provided. Ick.

I don't like "loose breads etc" - when the above mentioned shop opened up their bakery I gave it a wide berth ... one day I walked in the door and looked to my right (sweeties) and saw out of the corner of my eye on the left (bakery) two teen boys rubbing something from one of the baskets on their faces and lobbing them back.

In High Street bakeries I've seen delivery vans pull up, driver opens the side door, picks up 6 plastic trays of unwrapped bread, rolls, pastries, etc then puts them on the pavement by the door of the shop - or on the floor just inside the shop. Ewwww. People pee on the pavement outside ...and all manner of dirt's floating around on the floor on the inside of the shop.

It's very very very rare that I consider anything that's not been factory wrapped.

Pollycat

greenbee wrote: »

One of the things you are taught when working with food is that if you DO have to sneeze and can't move away from the food is to sneeze into the crook of your elbow. The germs are contained better than if you hold your hand up to your face, and don't touch your hands which may be coming into contact with food.

But it's not about staff - is it?
It's about customers!
And customers are not taught about the way you should behave in shops.
So for me, these shops are a 'no go' place.

Lynplatinum

I dont like the loose goods places either - there was a Christmas market in Northampton today and some yummy looking nuts which were all different flavours but the public were sneezing and coughing all round them. Therefore I did not buy any!!

I do buy from bakers but only where stuff is baked on the premises and the cakes are behind a glass cover.
I do wish that we could use less packaging but as GQ says there are some very unhygenic folks out there.
When I frist started work in a bank as a cashier they wondered why I was not off ill during the first month - apparently it is an acknowledged fact that money is so dirty and full of germs - tucked into pockets with dirty hankies/handled by folks who dont wash their hands after the loo/ folks who do manual jobs on the street etc - that most new staff are ill. Then I told them that I used to be a teacher :-) QED!!!!

Fiftys1

Loose food shops I've seen recently (eg Wholefoods market, Save a packet Kingsbridge Devon ) have their goods stored in covered bins. Also in containers that you release from high level encased storage. I see your point if bins are low down it's easy for people to contaminate. This can be an issue in the supermarkets where you can help yourself to mixed salads. I have seen small children prodding stuff so that has put me off buying these.
However we don't see what goes on in the packing process of wrapped foods either.