http://www.wastedfood.com/2007/11/27/giant-food-excess/ a look at how America squanders nearly half of its food Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:42:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.wastedfood.com/2007/11/27/giant-food-excess/#comment-13214 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:34:39 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2007/11/27/giant-food-excess/#comment-13214 Jonathan, I read your thoughtful article on culinate.com and applaud your efforts to bring our attention to wasted food. My friend worked a brief stint at CostCo and was appalled by the wasted food. They would put dozens of pizzas in the break room a couple times a week and the employees couldn't finish them all by the end of the night. Literally dozens of whole pizzas would be thrown out because they didn't want the employees stealing food. He couldn't believe that they'd rather throw the good (at least not rotten) food in the trash than find some way to get it to hungry people. He often wondered if there was a business opportunity in that. I'm so glad to see that people go around to the concession stands at ballparks to collect food. Good luck with your book, and I'll be sure to come back to your site. Another site you may want to submit an article to might be ethicurean.com. I don't know if you are familiar with them, but it seems right up their alley. Keep up the good work! Jonathan, I read your thoughtful article on culinate.com and applaud your efforts to bring our attention to wasted food. My friend worked a brief stint at CostCo and was appalled by the wasted food. They would put dozens of pizzas in the break room a couple times a week and the employees couldn’t finish them all by the end of the night. Literally dozens of whole pizzas would be thrown out because they didn’t want the employees stealing food. He couldn’t believe that they’d rather throw the good (at least not rotten) food in the trash than find some way to get it to hungry people. He often wondered if there was a business opportunity in that. I’m so glad to see that people go around to the concession stands at ballparks to collect food. Good luck with your book, and I’ll be sure to come back to your site. Another site you may want to submit an article to might be ethicurean.com. I don’t know if you are familiar with them, but it seems right up their alley. Keep up the good work!

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