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Business is being FORCED to give away their product to customers for free. Is that a good business model.?
New French law bans grocers from throwing away food.!!
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This is something we need here, not necessary forcing them to give it away, but maybe if they don't set the price right.
What happens here, is a serious manipulation of our market. The bakers make huge excess of bread, for example. Part of the contract for sale however is that the seller cant sell for lower than a bottom price, and must throw it away if it does not sell. This is a basic con by the bakers to keep the price up. It happens in many industries, but its egregious when it comes to food, if people are using food stamps or going hungry. It gives a false price despite competition. I've seen an analysis that indicates staples such as bread, milk and cheese would likely be half the price if it were not for this market manipulation. What happens in the USA is that the taxpayers end up subsidizing the baker and dairy farmer via a manipulated higher price than the market would allow.
If the end used were required to give it away if it did not sell, you would see true market forces keeping the price of staples lower than they are and save the tax payer billions.
What happens here, is a serious manipulation of our market. The bakers make huge excess of bread, for example. Part of the contract for sale however is that the seller cant sell for lower than a bottom price, and must throw it away if it does not sell. This is a basic con by the bakers to keep the price up. It happens in many industries, but its egregious when it comes to food, if people are using food stamps or going hungry. It gives a false price despite competition. I've seen an analysis that indicates staples such as bread, milk and cheese would likely be half the price if it were not for this market manipulation. What happens in the USA is that the taxpayers end up subsidizing the baker and dairy farmer via a manipulated higher price than the market would allow.
If the end used were required to give it away if it did not sell, you would see true market forces keeping the price of staples lower than they are and save the tax payer billions.
Text Drivers are Killers
Joe Biden - "Time to put Trump in the bullseye."
Oh hell. Food is pretty cheap here in america. You libs and your conspiracies.
You stupid lying piece of shit.
They are not giving free food to their customers.
A couple of things:
1. Isn't it prudent to throw away food that is spoiled? We have a Food and Drug Administration to monitor such things. And frankly, with the French devotion to cleanliness and hygiene being questionable, is this such a good thing?
2. If France is such a wonderful liberal/socialist utopian economy, why are there people struggling to eat? They should all be fat and on diets, if that country is so effing prosperous.
Hunger is not an American problem, not with food so plentiful and cheap here. Food stamp bums are the fattest members of society. They CERTAINLY aren't missing any meals.
Here's an original idea: LEAVE THE GODDAM SUPERMARKETS ALONE. That'll keep food prices affordable. Involve Government and the cost of food will skyrocket, just like everything else government touches. And of fat ass food stamp bums have a problem that a three day old loaf of bread might be a few cents more than they feel like paying, they can always put their crack pipes down, get off their fat asses and get a job. Work in fast food and there's plenty to eat.
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The real problem with this in the US is that food that is near it's best by date, in SOME cases could be bad. If someone gets sick from food poisoning they contact some blood sucking personal injury attorney who sues the person who donated the food to the poor. If you want to release people from liability here in the states for doing that, then I am all for it.
That's socialist and utopian.
And in a free market it would be even cheaper.
Availability of food is not the problem in the United States. The problem is that the price does not reflect the supply. The market is being manipulated by the large players in order to keep the price artificially high. The free market is not working because of the manipulation. It's a classic example of when the government should get involved.
Then why are food prices and produce cheaper at Walmart than at local fruit stands?
Fruit stands, at least in my area, cater to a yuppie crowd who are willing to pay extra for the novelty of a fruitstand and to not shop at Walmart.
Also, the fruit tends to be riper, and fresher.
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Truthmatters
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/21/food-waste-americans-throw-away-food-study_n_1819340.html
Aug 21 (Reuters) - Americans throw away nearly half their food every year, waste worth roughly $165 billion annually, according to a study released on Tuesday.
"As a country, we're essentially tossing every other piece of food that crosses our path. That's money and precious resources down the drain," said Dana Gunders, a scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council's food and agriculture program.
The NRDC report said Americans discard 40 percent of the food supply every year, and the average American family of four ends up throwing away an equivalent of up to $2,275 annually in food.
Just a 15 percent reduction in losses in the U.S. food supply would save enough to feed 25 million Americans annually. It also would lighten the burden on landfills, where food waste makes up the largest component of solid waste, according to the NRDC, a nonprofit environmental organization.
Particularly worrisome, the organization said, was evidence that there has been a 50 percent jump in U.S. food waste since the 1970s. Unsold fruits and vegetables in grocery stores account for a big part of the wasted food.
But consumers and restaurants are also to blame, preparing large portions that result in leftovers that often go uneaten.
The NRDC said it is asking for the U.S. government to study losses in the food system and set goals for waste reduction.
"No matter how sustainably our food is farmed, if it's not being eaten, it is not a good use of resources," said Gunders. (Reporting by Carey Gillam; Editing by Dan Grebler)
Aug 21 (Reuters) - Americans throw away nearly half their food every year, waste worth roughly $165 billion annually, according to a study released on Tuesday.
"As a country, we're essentially tossing every other piece of food that crosses our path. That's money and precious resources down the drain," said Dana Gunders, a scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council's food and agriculture program.
The NRDC report said Americans discard 40 percent of the food supply every year, and the average American family of four ends up throwing away an equivalent of up to $2,275 annually in food.
Just a 15 percent reduction in losses in the U.S. food supply would save enough to feed 25 million Americans annually. It also would lighten the burden on landfills, where food waste makes up the largest component of solid waste, according to the NRDC, a nonprofit environmental organization.
Particularly worrisome, the organization said, was evidence that there has been a 50 percent jump in U.S. food waste since the 1970s. Unsold fruits and vegetables in grocery stores account for a big part of the wasted food.
But consumers and restaurants are also to blame, preparing large portions that result in leftovers that often go uneaten.
The NRDC said it is asking for the U.S. government to study losses in the food system and set goals for waste reduction.
"No matter how sustainably our food is farmed, if it's not being eaten, it is not a good use of resources," said Gunders. (Reporting by Carey Gillam; Editing by Dan Grebler)
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Truthmatters
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