Why not donate it all to a shelter? Incomprehensible waste to me. (Freeze! Pass along…someone knows how to use that to feed those in need.)
Where (generally) is this? We never did this with untouched leftovers (catering or restaurant).
AKA-Doom
Yeah you need to give this away to a food bank or a shelter, and whoever is talking to the customer about how much food they should bring, kinda sucks at their job, they should at least have a basic feel for how much they’ll need. This to me looks like whoever runs the show is bad at their job, what a tragic waste. Bagging all that up and donating it would be incredible for your social media presence and reputation.
CartiganSleeves
“The works of the roots of the vines, of the trees, must be destroyed to keep up the price, and this is the saddest, bitterest thing of all. Carloads of oranges dumped on the ground. The people came for miles to take the fruit, but this could not be. How would they buy oranges at twenty cents a dozen if they could drive out and pick them up? And men with hoses squirt kerosene on the oranges, and they are angry at the crime, angry at the people who have come to take the fruit. A million people hungry, needing the fruit- and kerosene sprayed over the golden mountains. And the smell of rot fills the country. Burn coffee for fuel in the ships. Burn corn to keep warm, it makes a hot fire. Dump potatoes in the rivers and place guards along the banks to keep the hungry people from fishing them out. Slaughter the pigs and bury them, and let the putrescence drip down into the earth.
There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that topples all our success. The fertile earth, the straight tree rows, the sturdy trunks, and the ripe fruit. And children dying of pellagra must die because a profit cannot be taken from an orange. And coroners must fill in the certificate- died of malnutrition- because the food must rot, must be forced to rot. The people come with nets to fish for potatoes in the river, and the guards hold them back; they come in rattling cars to get the dumped oranges, but the kerosene is sprayed. And they stand still and watch the potatoes float by, listen to the screaming pigs being killed in a ditch and covered with quick-lime, watch the mountains of oranges slop down to a putrefying ooze; and in the eyes of the people there is the failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.”
I get that you don’t call the shots, etc. but this is gross. Regardless of whether it’s headed to compost or landfill, this is a massive waste & could have fed people.
Rando--Randerson
We have similar issues at our dining hall. I do the math on 2400-2700 covers and if the students have no interest no interest; it could have the same fate.
BusinessCry8591
This should be incredibly illegal
EggnogThot
If you have to compost it at least hit up your local Food Not Bombs so they can dumpster dive for it later. You said it was a college dining hall so I’m sure there’s a chapter near you or some sort of equivalent
Live_Health_8394
Would definitely make a controversial r/bagels post too
Consistent_Ad_4828
When I was in college, a bagel place in town would fill empty flour bags full of the unsold bagels at close and put them conveniently by the dumpster. We’d go down there once a week in our shitty van. I ate so much shitty bagel bread pudding, bagel croutons, bagel bagels. There was also a pizza place that would put their mistake pizzas on top of a dumpster for people to take.
Legitimate_Cloud2215
Horrible. I have no words. Just horrible.
Ok-City-4107
Find a shelter and donate. Do it yourself. If management doesn’t agree then take it to the local media outlets. People need to eat. Donating eliminates the dumpster diving aesthetic businesses and their neighbors do not like. And you get a tax write off.
Vandal_A
Looking at those bagels: 🫡🫡🫡 goodnight, sweet princes 😭
MuchMoreMunchtime
My best was a bin full of expensive French washed-rind cheese that the women’s club refused to eat because it smelled too strong.
MisChef
You’re throwing away money. Can you at least make the food costs back by selling packages on Too Good To Go?
Jlombard911
You don’t end hunger by not having waste. Waste will happen but good for composting.
MustacheBananaPants
This is really fucked up.
I have a buddy who was in a similar situation but built up a social media following after he was reported to city for giving out “expired” two day old bread to the homeless. Apparently got big enough they received a pass for it.
Food waste doesn’t make any sense. Even selling it to clients for extreme discount is at least some level of beneficial and you can still claim operating losses.
HeightExtra320
This was the shatter of reality for me when I first join the industry 😔
ooooooootreyngers
The squirrel with parpadelle is gonna be amazing
hollyrose_baker
A lot of people are giving you advice that will lead to this food not being produced at all, which is it’s own sort of waste. I recommend finding the most chill local anarchist or homeless person and letting them pick it up, as long as they are tight lipped. Let them distro it. Contact ur local Food Not Bombs chapter
asdfmovie2008
You could still sell them
ToastROvenFire
Good for you calling this out. The university in my town avoids public gaze for its insane waste by using industrial food disposals. The waste then gets composted. God only knows how much there is with 10s of thousands living in the dorms and still more students living in apartments and using dining hall passes.
I manage the kitchen of a community feeding program. We frequently have donations from managers of coffee shops, Panera, and doughnut shops. Our volunteers use a sign up genius to take turns collecting the food. The bakery I used to work at called a cab to deliver its day old baked goods to the largest soup kitchen in town. We have a local food not bombs as well. And our local food bank serves 18 counties and has ginormous freezers and walk ins that comprise entire buildings. Last year it distributed 3.4 million pounds of produce alone. Even with this there is still a crazy amount of shrink that goes bad before it can get distributed.
Ruckus292
Hey so where I live we have an app called “Too Good To Go”, and it basically gives consumers a chance to purchase your “day-olds” at a discounted cost (think $10 for a $30 value, etc)…
Several of the local bakeries have signed up for it and it really helps to divert food waste into profits, and nothing goes to waste.
It’s all randomized so you never really know what you’re getting exactly, but each business will list their general offerings of what you can expect to see.
EFTucker
Who tf ordered and prepped this much? Whoever you work for is for sure not making it more than a year before shutting down if this is normal
dronegeeks1
I can’t comprehend this level of waste tbh. Most covers I’ve ever done in a day is around 350 tho. I’m assuming this is catering for a mass
catwooo
This is why I like bakeries, bagels shops and pizza places that use Too Good to Go, the waste is insane. I would get a dozen bagels or pastries for like $5.
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Why not donate it all to a shelter? Incomprehensible waste to me. (Freeze! Pass along…someone knows how to use that to feed those in need.)
Where (generally) is this? We never did this with untouched leftovers (catering or restaurant).
Yeah you need to give this away to a food bank or a shelter, and whoever is talking to the customer about how much food they should bring, kinda sucks at their job, they should at least have a basic feel for how much they’ll need. This to me looks like whoever runs the show is bad at their job, what a tragic waste. Bagging all that up and donating it would be incredible for your social media presence and reputation.
“The works of the roots of the vines, of the trees, must be destroyed to keep up the price, and this is the saddest, bitterest thing of all. Carloads of oranges dumped on the ground. The people came for miles to take the fruit, but this could not be. How would they buy oranges at twenty cents a dozen if they could drive out and pick them up? And men with hoses squirt kerosene on the oranges, and they are angry at the crime, angry at the people who have come to take the fruit. A million people hungry, needing the fruit- and kerosene sprayed over the golden mountains. And the smell of rot fills the country. Burn coffee for fuel in the ships. Burn corn to keep warm, it makes a hot fire. Dump potatoes in the rivers and place guards along the banks to keep the hungry people from fishing them out. Slaughter the pigs and bury them, and let the putrescence drip down into the earth.
There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that topples all our success. The fertile earth, the straight tree rows, the sturdy trunks, and the ripe fruit. And children dying of pellagra must die because a profit cannot be taken from an orange. And coroners must fill in the certificate- died of malnutrition- because the food must rot, must be forced to rot. The people come with nets to fish for potatoes in the river, and the guards hold them back; they come in rattling cars to get the dumped oranges, but the kerosene is sprayed. And they stand still and watch the potatoes float by, listen to the screaming pigs being killed in a ditch and covered with quick-lime, watch the mountains of oranges slop down to a putrefying ooze; and in the eyes of the people there is the failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.”
― John Steinbeck, [The Grapes of Wrath](https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/2931549)
Sorry, I just like literature.
I get that you don’t call the shots, etc. but this is gross. Regardless of whether it’s headed to compost or landfill, this is a massive waste & could have fed people.
We have similar issues at our dining hall. I do the math on 2400-2700 covers and if the students have no interest no interest; it could have the same fate.
This should be incredibly illegal
If you have to compost it at least hit up your local Food Not Bombs so they can dumpster dive for it later. You said it was a college dining hall so I’m sure there’s a chapter near you or some sort of equivalent
Would definitely make a controversial r/bagels post too
When I was in college, a bagel place in town would fill empty flour bags full of the unsold bagels at close and put them conveniently by the dumpster. We’d go down there once a week in our shitty van. I ate so much shitty bagel bread pudding, bagel croutons, bagel bagels. There was also a pizza place that would put their mistake pizzas on top of a dumpster for people to take.
Horrible. I have no words. Just horrible.
Find a shelter and donate. Do it yourself. If management doesn’t agree then take it to the local media outlets. People need to eat. Donating eliminates the dumpster diving aesthetic businesses and their neighbors do not like. And you get a tax write off.
Looking at those bagels: 🫡🫡🫡 goodnight, sweet princes 😭
My best was a bin full of expensive French washed-rind cheese that the women’s club refused to eat because it smelled too strong.
You’re throwing away money. Can you at least make the food costs back by selling packages on Too Good To Go?
You don’t end hunger by not having waste. Waste will happen but good for composting.
This is really fucked up.
I have a buddy who was in a similar situation but built up a social media following after he was reported to city for giving out “expired” two day old bread to the homeless. Apparently got big enough they received a pass for it.
Food waste doesn’t make any sense. Even selling it to clients for extreme discount is at least some level of beneficial and you can still claim operating losses.
This was the shatter of reality for me when I first join the industry 😔
The squirrel with parpadelle is gonna be amazing
A lot of people are giving you advice that will lead to this food not being produced at all, which is it’s own sort of waste. I recommend finding the most chill local anarchist or homeless person and letting them pick it up, as long as they are tight lipped. Let them distro it. Contact ur local Food Not Bombs chapter
You could still sell them
Good for you calling this out. The university in my town avoids public gaze for its insane waste by using industrial food disposals. The waste then gets composted. God only knows how much there is with 10s of thousands living in the dorms and still more students living in apartments and using dining hall passes.
I manage the kitchen of a community feeding program. We frequently have donations from managers of coffee shops, Panera, and doughnut shops. Our volunteers use a sign up genius to take turns collecting the food. The bakery I used to work at called a cab to deliver its day old baked goods to the largest soup kitchen in town. We have a local food not bombs as well. And our local food bank serves 18 counties and has ginormous freezers and walk ins that comprise entire buildings. Last year it distributed 3.4 million pounds of produce alone. Even with this there is still a crazy amount of shrink that goes bad before it can get distributed.
Hey so where I live we have an app called “Too Good To Go”, and it basically gives consumers a chance to purchase your “day-olds” at a discounted cost (think $10 for a $30 value, etc)…
Several of the local bakeries have signed up for it and it really helps to divert food waste into profits, and nothing goes to waste.
It’s all randomized so you never really know what you’re getting exactly, but each business will list their general offerings of what you can expect to see.
Who tf ordered and prepped this much? Whoever you work for is for sure not making it more than a year before shutting down if this is normal
I can’t comprehend this level of waste tbh. Most covers I’ve ever done in a day is around 350 tho. I’m assuming this is catering for a mass
This is why I like bakeries, bagels shops and pizza places that use Too Good to Go, the waste is insane. I would get a dozen bagels or pastries for like $5.