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Food goes to waste amid coronavirus crisis
Posted on 4/5/20 at 2:11 pm
Posted on 4/5/20 at 2:11 pm
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The coronavirus pandemic is leading the food industry and regulators to change policies as they grapple with empty shelves, a glut of fresh produce and milk, and sudden shifts in consumer buying habits.
The problem isn’t a shortage of food and commodities. If anything, food waste is becoming a bigger issue as traditionally big, bulk buyers — like college dorms and restaurant chains — suddenly stop receiving deliveries. As a result, millions of gallons of milk are being dumped, and farmers have no alternative but to turn fresh vegetables into mulch.
Federal agencies are scrambling to keep up with the altering landscape by easing rules governing trucking, imports, agricultural visas and labeling requirements for restaurants and manufacturers.
“The way a client described it is they’re seeing a tsunami of demand shift from foodservice to food retail,” said Bahige El-Rayes, a partner who co-leads the consumer and retail practice at Kearney, a consulting firm. “If you’re a manufacturer today of food, it’s basically how do you adapt? How do you actually take what you sent to restaurants then sell it now to retail?”
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Posted on 4/5/20 at 2:22 pm to John88
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like college dorms and restaurant chains — suddenly stop receiving deliveries. As a result, millions of gallons of milk are being dumped
My dorm had vending machines. Not enough to cause a global food oversupply.
It's not like all the people who ate at dorms and restaurant chains all of a sudden don't drink milk or eat anymore. People are gaining weight not losing from starvation.
Posted on 4/5/20 at 2:52 pm to Tiger Ree
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It's not like all the people who ate at dorms and restaurant chains all of a sudden don't drink milk
Millions of kids drink the free milk everyday at school. Most aren't drinking milk at home.
Posted on 4/5/20 at 2:58 pm to Tiger Ree
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It's not like all the people who ate at dorms and restaurant chains all of a sudden don't drink milk or eat anymore. People are gaining weight not losing from starvation.
The supply chains and, more importantly, the packaging requirements are different between a grocery store and a restaurant.
Posted on 4/5/20 at 3:06 pm to John88
One thing this has shown is that our preparedness for something like this is extremely "make it up as you go along".
My brother has a refrigerator trucking company in Alabama that has lost about 50% of regular loads. He's been trying to get more loads for over 2 weeks running through many areas (FL,GA,AL) I see these stories coming from.
My brother has a refrigerator trucking company in Alabama that has lost about 50% of regular loads. He's been trying to get more loads for over 2 weeks running through many areas (FL,GA,AL) I see these stories coming from.
Posted on 4/5/20 at 3:09 pm to wm72
I can’t find Bertollis Four Cheese Rosa anywhere and it is driving me insane!!
Posted on 4/5/20 at 3:21 pm to John88
I guess I'm very naive in thinking that part of the massive amount of money our government spends on National Defense and Homeland Security would have gone to having more immediate plans of action in place for crucial medical supplies and food transport.
I mean just a regular person can read/watch hundreds of books/movies where stuff like this plays out and think about those type supply chains.
I mean just a regular person can read/watch hundreds of books/movies where stuff like this plays out and think about those type supply chains.
This post was edited on 4/5/20 at 3:24 pm
Posted on 4/5/20 at 3:32 pm to wm72
Posted on 4/5/20 at 3:44 pm to John88
Yep and Sysco has laid off most of the commercial restaurant account managers.
Posted on 4/5/20 at 4:14 pm to wm72
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guess I'm very naive in thinking that part of the massive amount of money our government spends on National Defense and Homeland Security would have gone to having more immediate plans of action in place for crucial medical supplies and food transport.
There isn't a food shortage. We have too much. It's funny you mention government spending when it's the schools being shut down that has seen this surplus of milk. You know, something else the government spends a lot money on.
Posted on 4/5/20 at 5:03 pm to dgnx6
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There isn't a food shortage. We have too much. It's funny you mention government spending when it's the schools being shut down that has seen this surplus of milk. You know, something else the government spends a lot money on.
I really have little idea exactly what you're talking about.
I was criticizing the government's lack of preparedness to facilitate basics like the diversion of food and medical supplies in a scenario such as this. Something we supposedly pay to have them doing.
The article is about food going to waste not food shortage. Not sure where you got that from.
I'm also not sure about you but I would be fueling the economy with a lot more purchases if supermarkets near me didn't have 75% empty produce sections and only Vanilla flavored Almond milk many days.
So, when I also have a brother with a refrigerated trucking company running into total chaos trying to find work transporting food right now and then read multiple articles about all kinds of perishable food going to waste, it makes me think that something isn't quite as organized as it should be.
So, one more time, I would have expected better for all the billions we pour into Homeland Security and Defense when this has turned into the largest disruption to secure life in our homeland that most of us will probably, hopefully ever see.
This post was edited on 4/5/20 at 5:13 pm
Posted on 4/5/20 at 5:08 pm to wm72
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This post was edited on 4/5/20 at 5:09 pm
Posted on 4/5/20 at 5:09 pm to BuckyCheese
Pffft. Canadians sell milk in bags.
Posted on 4/5/20 at 5:10 pm to Unknown_Poster
I love bagged milk
Posted on 4/5/20 at 5:12 pm to wm72
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I was criticizing the government's lack of preparedness to facilitate basics like the diversion of food and medical supplies in a scenario such as this.
The gov't can't facilitate basics after a hurricane in limited geographic area. You expected the gov't to do better for the entire country
Posted on 4/5/20 at 5:24 pm to weadjust
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The gov't can't facilitate basics after a hurricane in limited geographic area. You expected the gov't to do better for the entire country
I guess that's the naive part.
For the trillions we spend on National Defense / Homeland Security though this is arguably the biggest threat to our everyday lives we've encountered for nearly a century (virus + economic impact it's causing).
And, it seems like we're just figuring it as we go without clear contingency plans already in place. Federal agencies running around like headless chickens saying one thing one day, another thing the next.
Posted on 4/5/20 at 6:23 pm to Tiger Ree
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My dorm had vending machines. Not enough to cause a global food oversupply.
It's not like all the people who ate at dorms and restaurant chains all of a sudden don't drink milk or eat anymore. People are gaining weight not losing from starvation.
Something tells me you didn’t excel in said college.
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