Comments on: For the Birds http://www.wastedfood.com/2007/03/21/rotisserie-chicken-waste/ a look at how America squanders nearly half of its food Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:03:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Jonathan http://www.wastedfood.com/2007/03/21/rotisserie-chicken-waste/#comment-27363 Mon, 19 May 2008 16:38:10 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2007/03/21/rotisserie-chicken-waste/#comment-27363 Thanks, Nancy. I love to see those end-of-day discounts. When I lived in New Zealand, a little breakfast & lunch diner put all the baked items on sale for $1 at 2:30 p.m. because they closed at 3. A line formed at about 2:25 and I'd often go grab a sweet treat. Some people would hold off on eating lunch until 2:30 (they sold meat and spinach pies in addition to cookies and cakes). You could always pick them out--they were the grumpy ones checked their watches and muttering that it was time. Thanks, Nancy.
I love to see those end-of-day discounts. When I lived in New Zealand, a little breakfast & lunch diner put all the baked items on sale for $1 at 2:30 p.m. because they closed at 3. A line formed at about 2:25 and I’d often go grab a sweet treat.

Some people would hold off on eating lunch until 2:30 (they sold meat and spinach pies in addition to cookies and cakes). You could always pick them out–they were the grumpy ones checked their watches and muttering that it was time.

]]> by: Nancy http://www.wastedfood.com/2007/03/21/rotisserie-chicken-waste/#comment-27358 Mon, 19 May 2008 15:48:59 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2007/03/21/rotisserie-chicken-waste/#comment-27358 Hi Jonathan, I was led to your website by the NYT article and I want to thank you for creating this site long before food and waste came into the spotlight. Anyway I just want to say I totally agree with your viewpoint about supermarket wasting. When I was in Japan, I saw a lot of food getting wasted at the end of the day, but at many places they had discounts on the pre-made food after 6 pm (which was great for me since I was trying to travel in Japan as cheap as possible :) same goes for in Hong Kong. It would be great if America picked up these practices. I enjoy your entries. Keep up the great work! Nancy Hi Jonathan,

I was led to your website by the NYT article and I want to thank you for creating this site long before food and waste came into the spotlight.

Anyway I just want to say I totally agree with your viewpoint about supermarket wasting. When I was in Japan, I saw a lot of food getting wasted at the end of the day, but at many places they had discounts on the pre-made food after 6 pm (which was great for me since I was trying to travel in Japan as cheap as possible :) same goes for in Hong Kong. It would be great if America picked up these practices.

I enjoy your entries. Keep up the great work!

Nancy

]]> by: Wasted Food » Blog Archive » Yesterday’s Sushi http://www.wastedfood.com/2007/03/21/rotisserie-chicken-waste/#comment-206 Tue, 29 May 2007 23:34:36 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2007/03/21/rotisserie-chicken-waste/#comment-206 [...] But from where I’m sitting, selling day old sushi isn’t completely crazy. The alternative would be to do what my local supermarket does–throw out their rotisserie chickens after five hours. Sure, they’re protecting their image of freshness, but they’re wasting a great deal of food in the process. In addition, learning that an item the store would sell you one minute becomes trash the next can alienate customers. [...] […] But from where I’m sitting, selling day old sushi isn’t completely crazy. The alternative would be to do what my local supermarket does–throw out their rotisserie chickens after five hours. Sure, they’re protecting their image of freshness, but they’re wasting a great deal of food in the process. In addition, learning that an item the store would sell you one minute becomes trash the next can alienate customers. […]

]]> by: Wasted Food » Blog Archive » Chicken Chat http://www.wastedfood.com/2007/03/21/rotisserie-chicken-waste/#comment-26 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:01:18 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2007/03/21/rotisserie-chicken-waste/#comment-26 [...] On Wednesday, we talked about supermarkets throwing away rotisserie chickens after five hours. I asked Dr. Angela Fraser, a food safety expert at N.C. State University about this topic and she e-mailed that North Carolina and the FDA food code allow a store to display an item for four hours. N.C. law permits stores to sell chickens for longer if they make sure their temperature stays above 140 degrees. Those of you who can’t get enough food safety info, check out page 97 of the FDA Public Health guidelines. [...] […] On Wednesday, we talked about supermarkets throwing away rotisserie chickens after five hours. I asked Dr. Angela Fraser, a food safety expert at N.C. State University about this topic and she e-mailed that North Carolina and the FDA food code allow a store to display an item for four hours. N.C. law permits stores to sell chickens for longer if they make sure their temperature stays above 140 degrees. Those of you who can’t get enough food safety info, check out page 97 of the FDA Public Health guidelines. […]

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