Teetering on the brink

Cherryfudge

Fantastic! And I love that you got daffs as well!

ellenvan

Well done on the Olio haul.

Also thats great about the Amazon voucher.

dawnybabes

That’s an amazing haul 😍😍

SuzeQStan

Ol!o is amazing isn’t it? You have a fabulous haul there. What’s in the brown parcels at the back? Looks sausage shaped parcels but can’t quite make it out.

I wanted to become a FWH volunteer to do Ol!o collections/ distribution but OH was firmly against it as didn’t want people coming to our address to collect. Which is ironic as I’ve shared over 300 free items with 50+ collectors over the last couple years (and received around 30 myself). 

EatingBeans

SuzeQStan said:

Ol!o is amazing isn’t it? You have a fabulous haul there. What’s in the brown parcels at the back? Looks sausage shaped parcels but can’t quite make it out.

I wanted to become a FWH volunteer to do Ol!o collections/ distribution but OH was firmly against it as didn’t want people coming to our address to collect. Which is ironic as I’ve shared over 300 free items with 50+ collectors over the last couple years (and received around 30 myself). 

Yep, I totally agree about Olio being amazing! I just couldn’t believe how much food would be wasted every day without them. I mean this haul has come from collections from three different FWHs (all within about 1mile of each other) on just one evening - I realised I could be pretty choosy about what I could ask for and arrange to collect at similar times for very little extra petrol money. There was lots I didn’t request and so went to other people. I was talking to my favourite FWH last night and she said it was quite a small amount last night. Apparently the night before she had 19 people come to her house for things! I think they are all amazing for doing it but I do wonder what the neighbours think of it. I mean that is a LOT of people turning up at your house very late at night. And they seem to do it every single night so that is a big commitment. Good on you for wanting to try @SuzeQStan    , I am not sure I would want to. 

Oh and the sausage shaped things are bake at home baguettes - another favourite of dd2’s. I looked back at the picture and realised there is at least a whole head of broccoli that you can’t even see. And it really doesn’t do the 18 hot crossed buns and three packs of mushrooms justice either! 🤣 I obviously didn’t request quite so many but it was give them to me or bin them so I said I would take them. Hot crossed buns for breakfast it is! 

SuzeQStan

Not thought about it like that - good point EB 👍🏻

Hot crossed buns for breakfast indeed! Belly have an appreciative rumble here - Enjoy 😊

themadvix

Ex-FWH here. It doesn’t have to be every night - they should really only be doing two slots a week, but because of the enormous effort required, lack of gratitude from lots (but certainly not all) who collect, and the depressing nature of it (the waste is never less, imo it’s a sticking plaster that allows the supermarkets to get away with not looking more closely at their processes), I think there is a shortage of collectors. Plus there are more stores involved now and of course there’s local politics/bitchiness too 😢
I gave up (after 2 years on my slot) because what was originally a morning collection slot became an evening one and I am not an evening person. It is hard work, but never had any issues with people collecting, except the lack of manners!
 Great haul there though - and it sounds like you have some great local FWH!

SuzeQStan

Sorry to hijack the thread but it’s really interesting to hear the perspective from the other way round re Ol!o. We have a dinky B@@ts with a reg collection slot up for grabs - I’m tempted to go for it as an ‘intro’ to FWH - and the collection is early too as store closes 5:30pm so would suit me I reckon.

themadvix

Definitely go for it @SuzeQStan - B00ts ones are small and the earlier collection time would be much easier. I have considered picking them up, but have other priorities currently. You can always do a one-off collection if it comes up just to see what it’s like, rather than committing to an ongoing slot.

EatingBeans

Ah, thanks for sharing @themadvix . It is really interesting to hear from the other side. I am beginning to think I just live in a hugely wasteful area. Literally as I turned up to collect my very yummy hot crossed buns the guy was actually on his way back out to do another collection. It seems mental the amount of items listed around here. I’ve not come across a Boots collection though so that may indeed be very different. It all sounds a lot more doable. 👍