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OT food industry people- Where does all the leftover food go?
Posted on 11/10/15 at 7:12 am
Posted on 11/10/15 at 7:12 am
ive often wondered this while in Vegas eating at a buffet or just last week when i got my kids donuts on saturday. the donut place closed at 11am and i picked up a few at 10:30 and the place still had TONs of donuts up front plus trays and trays of them in the back
where does all that food go once a place closes? i know the obvious answer is they save it, but some of that stuff isnt worth shite the next day.
just curious. a place like Harrahs buffet or piccadilly, thats a ton of food at the end of each night. i wouldnt imagine the fried fish and meats would keep to the next day
TIA
where does all that food go once a place closes? i know the obvious answer is they save it, but some of that stuff isnt worth shite the next day.
just curious. a place like Harrahs buffet or piccadilly, thats a ton of food at the end of each night. i wouldnt imagine the fried fish and meats would keep to the next day
TIA
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Posted on 11/10/15 at 7:14 am to dallastiger55
quote:Rule # 1 - Never be the first person at the buffet the next day.
ust curious. a place like Harrahs buffet or piccadilly, thats a ton of food at the end of each night. i wouldnt imagine the fried fish and meats would keep to the next day
Posted on 11/10/15 at 7:14 am to dallastiger55
I saw a Dirty Jobs episode where the left over food was sent to a pig farm outside of Vegas
Posted on 11/10/15 at 7:15 am to dallastiger55
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This post was edited on 11/10/15 at 7:22 am
Posted on 11/10/15 at 7:15 am to dallastiger55
Trash
Posted on 11/10/15 at 7:22 am to wickowick
That Dirty Jobs was one of the best ones.
Posted on 11/10/15 at 7:23 am to dallastiger55
Dumpster. Then the homeless people have to fight the cats and the coons for it
Posted on 11/10/15 at 7:29 am to dallastiger55
Posted on 11/10/15 at 7:50 am to dallastiger55
The donuts usually get donated to the service industries (police stations, fire stations, schools)
Posted on 11/10/15 at 7:55 am to LSUsmartass
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The donuts usually get donated to the service industries (police stations, fire stations, schools)
I donut think this is true everywhere because I once saw a Krispy Kreme truck back up to a dumpster and unload before.
Posted on 11/10/15 at 7:57 am to LSUsmartass
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The donuts usually get donated to the service industries (police stations, fire stations, schools)
There are a couple of the locally owned donut shops around here that sell for half off the last hour they are open. One of them told me once that what doesn't sell, they have someone take them to a mission.
Posted on 11/10/15 at 8:01 am to TU Rob
Back in the day the food bank would come to canes and pick up the ends from the toast. We kept them in a separate bag. They said they used it for bread pudding or would sell them for pig feed or something.
Posted on 11/10/15 at 8:03 am to dallastiger55
About a third of our food production goes uneaten and tossed. But that includes everything from restaurants, home, unsold spoilage at stores etc.
It's estimated that 1/2 of landfills at any given time are composed of organic, largely food, waste which accounts for large methane production - a powerful greenhouse gas in the view of non-poli board types.
I'm surprised the green movement hasn't latched on to the issue more. Probably a hotter topic in coming years.
It's estimated that 1/2 of landfills at any given time are composed of organic, largely food, waste which accounts for large methane production - a powerful greenhouse gas in the view of non-poli board types.
I'm surprised the green movement hasn't latched on to the issue more. Probably a hotter topic in coming years.
Posted on 11/10/15 at 8:05 am to TejasHorn
I'm sure there would be some way we could convert that to energy
Posted on 11/10/15 at 8:05 am to dallastiger55
The garbage.
Posted on 11/10/15 at 8:12 am to TejasHorn
quote:Seems like we'd be better off just feeding the homeless with it all, but with our sue happy society, the risk of someone getting sick and suing may not be worth it.
About a third of our food production goes uneaten and tossed. But that includes everything from restaurants, home, unsold spoilage at stores etc.
It's estimated that 1/2 of landfills at any given time are composed of organic, largely food, waste which accounts for large methane production - a powerful greenhouse gas in the view of non-poli board types.
I'm surprised the green movement hasn't latched on to the issue more. Probably a hotter topic in coming years.
Posted on 11/10/15 at 8:28 am to dallastiger55
I remember when I was growing up, there was a family in our neighborhood that owned a donut shop. We knew exactly what time to pass by their house on our bicycles, they would pop open the trunk of their van with all the left over donuts from that day and we would load up!
Posted on 11/10/15 at 8:32 am to dallastiger55
I know a few people that work at places like walmart, pizza places, other food joints.
They used to donate stuff to a food bank and some companies still do (winn dixie is one) but other huge ones (walmart) used to donate all the stuff about to expire but now they want to avoid lawsuits from people getting sick from their food (they had people do this) so they trash them (gattis, pizza hut do this as well)
They used to donate stuff to a food bank and some companies still do (winn dixie is one) but other huge ones (walmart) used to donate all the stuff about to expire but now they want to avoid lawsuits from people getting sick from their food (they had people do this) so they trash them (gattis, pizza hut do this as well)
Posted on 11/10/15 at 8:54 am to dallastiger55
I think a lot unfortunately ends up in the trash. I know one of the local grocery stores which sells plate lunch stuff in their deli dumps it all in the garbage when the deli closes, 'cause I've walked by while they were throwing the food in the garbage can.
I seem to recall some story in our town a few years ago about how "unregulated" leftovers can't just be given to a homeless shelter for some stupid legal reason. Seems like such a waste.
I seem to recall some story in our town a few years ago about how "unregulated" leftovers can't just be given to a homeless shelter for some stupid legal reason. Seems like such a waste.
This post was edited on 11/10/15 at 8:56 am
Posted on 11/10/15 at 9:04 am to TejasHorn
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It's estimated that 1/2 of landfills at any given time are composed of organic, largely food, waste which accounts for large methane production - a powerful greenhouse gas in the view of non-poli board types.
Anyone interested should watch Cowspiracy on Netflix. According to the documentary, methane is the real issue when it comes to greenhouse gasses.
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