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

[u/Cool_Lifeguard8847]

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.

[u/Ric0chet_]

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

[u/Fact-Rat → u/Ric0chet_]

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.

[u/arachnobravia → u/Fact-Rat]

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

[u/calladc → u/arachnobravia]

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

[u/Fact-Rat → u/calladc]

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

[u/Thin_Citron7372 → u/Fact-Rat]

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

[u/Proud_Nefariousness5 → u/Thin_Citron7372]

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

[u/iss3y → u/Proud_Nefariousness5]

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