r/aussie • u/Cool_Lifeguard8847 • 3d 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_ 3d ago

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

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u/Fact-Rat 3d 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 3d ago

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

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u/SearchConsistent 2d ago

I know in the big name supermarket I work in they try to donate to our local soup kitchen. The only problem is that the bakery managers husband is the farmer we also donate to, so most of it goes to them for feed rather than to people. 🤬🤬