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I wonder how much has gone to waste

https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/20 ... groceries/

Judging by what remains on the shelves, that must have been each. Apparently dustbins are overflowing with food that is now past it's sell by date!

There are quite a few pictures in the media though I think some are faked. Who throws out tinned goods, especially if they've just been bought in the last month or so. I do believe that a lot of perishables will be ditched but not all that they are staging in media. Upside is that none of the supermarkets are going out of business and are recruiting more staff, hopefully some that have unfortunately lost their jobs in recent weeks.

Meanwhile, Kantar’s figures showed that Sainsbury’s recorded the biggest jump in sales growth among the Big 4 with its sales up 7.4 per cent in the 12 weeks to March 22, and Tesco was 5.5 per cent higher.

So is the increase reported above the result of a tiny few buying a massive amount more , or is it more down to everyone buying a bit more, 5 - 7% more ?

Images of given idiots buying crate loads of loo roll or anything else in response to this crisis make 'good copy' and 'sell well' for those media outlets showing them but what do they really tell us about statistical averages and 'cause and effect' ? Outrage at others is easy but who of us can say we have not and are not buying '5-7%' more of some items when we shop today compared to two months ago ?

It would be entirely appropriate for the supermarkets to donate some of their profits to good causes.

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Outrage at others is easy but who of us can say we have not and are not buying '5-7%' more of some items when we shop today compared to two months ago ?
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Kanonier wrote: ↑

Tue 31 Mar 2020 11:51 am

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Outrage at others is easy but who of us can say we have not and are not buying '5-7%' more of some items when we shop today compared to two months ago ?

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Ditto
We have not over-shopped and the only thing we doubled up on was cat food that was on special offer, instead of buying 2 cans we got 4 ,that's about our only tinned products.

"With restaurants and cafes now closed, none of us can eat meals on the go any longer and an extra 503 million meals, mainly lunches and snacks, will be prepared and eaten at home every week for the foreseeable future."
Another reason why people brought more

As Tac said, stands to reason. The big supermarkets may have had an increase in sales, however they've also been losing trade to the likes of Aldi and Lidl long before this all kicked off. When it's all over their sales may well be lower than normal if people use what they already have. Our freezer is normally filled up once every 2 or 3 months ad is currently. We've simply been buying and eating fresh on a daily basis until such time comes, if it does, where we do need to start eating out of the freezer.

Kanonier wrote: ↑

Tue 31 Mar 2020 11:47 am

It would be entirely appropriate for the supermarkets to donate some of their profits to good causes.

Morrison’s are donating £10 million worth of food to food banks they are increasing production to do this it isn’t waste food.

Saintsfan wrote: ↑

Tue 31 Mar 2020 2:36 pm

Kanonier wrote: ↑

Tue 31 Mar 2020 11:47 am

It would be entirely appropriate for the supermarkets to donate some of their profits to good causes.

Morrison’s are donating £10 million worth of food to food banks they are increasing production to do this it isn’t waste food.

Good to hear, let's hope that the other supermarkets follow suit.

Other supermarkets are following suit. Lots going on. The government has linked with supermarkets to identify the vulnerable. M&S are making up food parcels, as is the Government also. Lidl and Aldi have donated huge amounts of money to Age UK and it’s distributors, again to identify the vulnerable. Tesco’s Sainsbury’s Iceland and Waitrose and Asda also doing things in their own way to ease panic shopping and a fair way of getting deliveries etc.

Shopping at my Asda is a lot better and only 50 people at a time allowed in store, signs on floor where to go, checkouts now have distance signs. Stock is now on shelves. There are still a few things you cannot get, like pasta, hand sanitiser, but happy for stocks of hand sanitiser to go to NHS etc. Everything has really improved.

There will be winners and losers in this, like those who don’t meet the criteria for getting financial help, but they will get help from somewhere, albeit it may not be enough.

The total increase in sales is less than £29 per person. We will have spent more than that just to be sensibly prepared.

I find this disgusting and obscene, only for most to be thrown out as we see uni. Rubbish bins

rocking wrote: ↑

Tue 31 Mar 2020 9:28 pm

I find this disgusting and obscene, only for most to be thrown out as we see uni. Rubbish bins

But it's not true, some of it maybe but not most, staged photos of tinned foods being dumped are bogus as are the ones of non perishable goods.... It's mostly nonsense and the extra cash flowing is probably helpful rather the filthy rich making sure their money-making income flows remain unaffected.

Think.... UK waste disposal issues re bins overflowing and rubbish not being emptied has been the stuff of news reports for years... most of this is just lazy reporting for sensationalism.... if the stock-piling was of fruit and veg I might believe the reports but the sort of people stock piling don't appear to be fresh fruit and veg aficionados to me.