Where Food Goes To Die

[Cats Against Frist]

In collab with the "dumpster diving" thread, I wanted to start a thread that showcases any place that people are aware of that is one of those "where food goes to die" places. Sometimes they're associated with Korean/Asian or Mexican groceries -- and, if you're lucky, the co-op in your town will dump off a lot of their organic stuff -- someplace.

Often times they'll put stuff that is near or just over its date -- or sell organic or foreign foods that didn't sell so well in the grocery stores. Sometimes they sell farmers' market fruits and vegetables there, too. If there's NOT a place, maybe those interested could talk to the local grocery stores and start one up.

I know Aldi, which I've posted on here about before, sometimes gets vegetables that aren't pretty enough to put at the regular grocery stores. They're usually not organic, but they're ultra-cheap, and it's better to grab them and wash them good and use them, before they get thrown out in the trash because they have a couple of bad spots, if you eat non-organic vegetables anyway.

Also, in the White Center district of Seattle, WA there is a place called "Len's Veggie Corral" on 15th, by the Transit stop that used to sell this kind of stuff, and they would get the left-overs from the PCC co-op, and you could buy all kinds of organic food there for like 75 percent off. I moved from Seattle in 2003, so I'm not sure what they're doing, now.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/neighbors/whitecenter/hood22c.html

This article just mentions it, and is a colorful article about White Center -- a place I used to live when I was dirt-poor, in a bungalow. It was a crazy place.

Anyway -- if you know of any of these places, or also any organizations that collect food for the homeless/hungry from restaurant leftovers (like bagels, rolls, fruit), maybe we could hook them up with each other, and waste less food, and therefore -- less resources.

[JaneDoughnut]

1. Brand distributors as well

Wonderbread used to have a "bakery" in town (they didn't actually bake anything) where they'd bring the bread that they had picked up from the retail outlets that was going out of date. It worked well for families who would eat it quickly, but not for singles who need it to last a while.

[theoceansnerves]

2. 99 cent stores

and especially for those people in western states the "99 cents only" stores. i always find organic food and juices there. most of it actually isn't even near expired yet, although they do sell a lot of near-date foods.