What about the waste from Supermarkets Mr Brown...

Have you heard the latest from the unelected idiot who runs the Labour Party. Mr Brown wants us all to waste less food, well would it not be a good idea to ask the supermarkets to stop throwing away enough food to feed London for the week on a daily basis, having worked at one time for Sainsbury's as a Goods In Manager I know first hand what kind of waste these giants of retail throw away every day, I used to have to load it into the skips on a daily basis, almost every item that is thrown into the skips on a daily basis is edible and could go to poor people and the very needy, but it does not, rather than help people and reduce waste of food the supermarkets would rather dump it in their never ending pursuit for profit.
I am rather insulted that "fat head" Brown has the gall to try to tell us the public what we should do with our own money and how we should cook our food when the supermarkets are the biggest suppliers of excess packaging and waste of food, if we did not have the supermarkets we would not have so much to recycle and food would be not wasted by the tens of ton every day, you would think they would sell off the expired food at a reduced price to those on low incomes but that would damage profits and that all the supermarkets care about.

Seventeen million tonnes of food is being ploughed into Britain's landfill sites every year - all because it's cheaper and easier for the food industry to dump it than give it to those in need.

It's a massive waste when you consider that around four million tonnes of this food is perfectly alright to eat - fresh, tasty, and well within its sell-by-date.

The wastage is even worse when you consider its worth - if sold in shops, this dumped food would cost around £18 billion.

Sainsbury wastes on average 91,000 tonnes land filled each year instead of being eaten by people on low incomes who need this food to make up a healthy diet.

When I worked for Sainsbury's I had to calculate everyday what food was being dumped and adjust the waste figures for each day for management use, these figures are known and can be supplied and when I get some figures I will share them with the public.

This is the statement sent to the Peace Warrior via e-mail today:

Statement as requested.
Kind regards,
Allison
Allison Darling | PR Manager Food
Asda Stores Ltd | Asda House, Southbank, Great Wilson Street, Leeds LS11 5AD
Tel 0113 241 7867 | Mobile 07800 629349 | Ext 2867
Email allison.darling@asda.co.uk


We agree food waste in our society is a concern for everyone and we have had detailed discussions with the Prime Minister’s Strategic Unit.
In addition, we support the WRAP campaign 'Love Food, Hate Waste' and will continue to work closely with them on this over the coming months to lend our support and to provide access for their messaging to our 14 million customers a week.
ASDA does not run buy-one-get-one-free offers, which some critics claim contributes to food waste. Instead, we concentrate on keeping our prices continually low.
We believe food waste is down to a number of factors, including a lack of knowledge on how to prepare food, concerns over sell by dates and food safety, a heavier reliance on pre-packed food and portion sizes.
We have a number of ways in which we are addressing these. We are working on standardising portions, while recipe advice in our ASDA magazine (read by four million of our customers) seeks to address the lack of information on how to prepare simple meals. We are also increasing the sell by dates on our food so that customers can keep food in their homes for longer. Our milk for example, now stays fresh for 7 days.
Our website also carries a wide variety of recipes with an expansive search facility so that users could find a recipe around a main ingredient which they have bought, by seasonal ingredients or to build a recipe from scratch. This is aimed to encourage creative cooking from ingredients which customers may have in their fridges.
ASDA is committed to sending zero waste to landfill by 2010 and food waste generated in store is a priority for ASDA. We have conducted trials to reduce store-related food waste and continue to look at how best to transport and recycle this material with minimal environmental impact.
All our stores are reviewing their processes so that we can identify the best way for ASDA to reduce the overall volume of food waste.

They failed to answer my original question of how much waste/edible food in tonnes per day the average store throws into its skips that is ultimatly landfilled but I thank them for at least answering my e-mail, this does not happen that often, usually I get the stone wall...

This is an ongoing story so be sure to check back daily for developments, I will be expecting the usual threats from the supermarkets but rest assured I will never bow to anyone and the truth will always set us free...