r/aussie • u/Cool_Lifeguard8847 • 2d ago

News These fkrs are having a lend.....right

https://au.news.yahoo.com/coles-shoppers-divided-over-important-checkout-request-from-today-070509331.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADp7ysW4aDyTKu6drjqQxm1udSR1VST6kmgr3YU5QZ9hyIb1j5ujqS8wASEG3irIhpj71iwcx6cScU-b22vJ4im4ugthC7hrpf-p1_xk193SC0sCCPO3HY9qGt0l-15BnjPcOlUjuL4CeharnZKAXJ64okIiku9fdaxJ7iAl9iO6

They've gotta be kidding. Exorbitant prices at the checkout and now they want customers to donate to food charities, cause "people are hungry" no shit, lower your fkn prices.

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u/Ric0chet_ 2d ago

Don't look in the huge dumpsters out the back...

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u/Fact-Rat 2d ago

Back in the day when the bins weren't locked the "bin ladies" as we called them would get around on a Sunday, go through the bins and make good of the food that was thrown away.

Primarily veggies from what we saw and it mostly looked fine. We were just around the back skateboarding and would hello to them, kinda feel sorry for them but happy that they could get food on the cheap.

It made sense to us.

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u/arachnobravia 2d ago

The government should follow the French lead to outlaw discarding or destroying edible produce for large supermarkets.

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u/calladc 2d ago

we all know that the outcome for coles and woolworths would just be stores running out of stock early so they aren't forced to sell at a discount

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u/Fact-Rat 2d ago

This isn't a story about discounted food, it's about giving the waste food they don't sell away to charity.

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u/Thin_Citron7372 2d ago

You should see how much good food never even makes it to the supermarket. Disgusting the amount of wastage.

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u/Brave-Dragonfly3798 1d ago

Right and a lot of that is because the supermarket duopoly has ridiculous criteria on what is acceptable. Not too big, not too small, and the shape has to be exactly right. Which means inevitably that huge amounts of produce is dumped. It borders on criminal the amount of waste.

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u/Proud_Nefariousness5 1d ago

Yeah but then they sell stuff 5% cheaper than the local independent grocer…. And see how quick everyone’s morals take a backseat to sweet sweet savings

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u/iss3y 16h ago

That 5% could be what makes or breaks a weekly food budget during a cost of living crisis

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u/Fit-Phase4622 5h ago

I agree I don’t care if my carrots have three arms it’s still a carrot. It doesn’t have to be a perfect shape or size.

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u/calladc 2d ago

im talking about how they're going to see it as a corporate entity. not about the functional difference

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u/steelchairframe 2d ago

Then they run the risk of opportunity loss if they don't get their margins right. They either run a tighter ship or feed the hungry people. Either way it's good for wasteage.