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Proof we're living in a simulation (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/4chan@lemmy.world
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[–] 19 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Have worked in grocery stores, it just gets thrown out. The level of food waste in the United States is legitimately stomach churning.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And not even just thrown out: it’s usually intentionally damaged so it can’t be eaten

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Arizona it's literally considered illegal to dumpster dive anywhere inside of a curb and yet they still also pour bleach on the tossed food at grocery stores to "dissuade" people.

    So you can be arrested if you survive being poisoned.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    HEB is the only native grocery store in Texas that matters, and they make sure they recover 95% of the food that isn't fit for human consumption by getting it to farms and such. They also, separately, are involved in food bank and other human wellness activities, including running logistics for hurricane relief (as an example).

    HEB is too good for Texas.

    https://ourtexasourfuture.com/food-recovery/

    https://newsroom.heb.com/disaster-relief/

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    In France it is illegal to throw food out. It has to go to the homeless or those stores will get fined.

    You do know most people don't live in the US, right?

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