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UltraSane | on: EU ban on destruction of unsold clothes and shoes enters into application
how does NOT destroying edible food make food more expensive?
groundzeros2015 | parent | next
Because it costs money to store and distribute.
s1artibartfast | parent
They have to deal with less sales and or storing excess inventory.

Let's say you have some bruised bananas. You either have to keep them on the shelf till they rot (less space for sellable product) or donate them and then people won't buy as many bananas, so you need to raise the price.

IneffablePigeon | root | parent | next
People eating donated bananas are not buying bananas if there are none available for free. They are just not eating bananas.
jandrewrogers | root | parent | next
Unfortunately, there is an issue with food pantries where people who are not in need use them because free food. People can be shameless. It is a minority but still too common and doesn't come with the stigma it deserves in some places. In Seattle, I've even heard a few anecdotes of people trying to resell food from the food pantries.

This behavior does impact prices in the normal market at the margin, particularly if it becomes normalized.

charlieyu1 | root | parent
In UK there is an app called Too Good To Go where you can buy food for about one third of normal price when they are near expiry. As the name implies, there is no particular stigma about using it, you are helping to reduce food waste. It’s often some form of advertisement too
s1artibartfast | root | parent
Says who? Would you prefer free bananas or paying?
UltraSane | root | parent | next
Supermarkets and stores throwing away edible food is pure waste and fundamentally immoral when people are going hungry.
s1artibartfast | root | parent
Why? the two are generally unrelated. Lack of food isnt the bottleneck, there is no shortage. It is usually a host of complex problems.

Is throwing away water in a rainforest immoral when there are thristy people in a desert? The problem is connecting the two.

UltraSane | root | parent
"the two are generally unrelated"

This is some truly bizarre logic. The perfectly good food being thrown away can be given to the hungry for free since the company is saying it has no value if they are willing to throw it away. You seem to be intentionally misunderstanding this basic logic.

groundzeros2015 | root | parent | next
> The perfectly good food being thrown away can be given to the hungry

This is incredibly disconnected from the problem. In the US most people in poverty receive food stamps and have preferences about what they like to eat. They want cosmic brownies with their breaded chicken, not your bruised banana.

Total of volume of edible material is a non-issue.

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zb3 | root | parent
Or.. lower the price?
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