It's really amazing (and quite disheartening) to think about all of the food that we throw away in our society while so many are in need... With this in mind, I've joined the ranks of dumpster divers! My friend Dee and I had fun staking out a certain restaurant chain that is known for its bread. Every night P______ throws away bags of bagels, loaves, pastries etc. that have not sold. There's nothing else in these bags (no trash) -- just bread items. Dee and I retrieved 4 huge fresh-tossed bags. We organized the bread items into Ziplock freezer bags, filled the freezer and shared with our friends. Yum!
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Hey you should put them in contact with Food Donation Connection at http://www.foodtodonate.org/index.htm
Since 1992, Food Donation Connection has assisted food service companies with the development and implementation of Harvest Programs designed to provide an alternative to discarding surplus food. We have coordinated the donation of over 120 million pounds of quality prepared food from food service providers located in 49 states and Canada.
Food Donation Connection currently administers Harvest Programs for Pizza Hut, KFC, Taco Bell, Long John Silver’s, A&W, NPC International, Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Smokey Bones, Rock Bottom Breweries, Old Chicago, Chop House, Cracker Barrel and Walnut Brewery. We have several other national restaurant chains currently in the development stage of forming Harvest Programs
"With this in mind, I've joined the ranks of dumpster divers."
This is hilarious, Jen!! I'll bet you'll even have some left over for when I can come visit you next time. Save me a scone!
Love,
Alycia
You have a daring friend! Was it Panera Bread? Sadly, I can believe all that was "oinked". It's like going down to the wharf in Boston at the end of Market Day - only there you'll witness a couple mountains of the day's leftover veggies and fish being pushed into piles by a bulldozer. We are a blessed and wasteful nation, and irresponsible culture and will stand in judgment for Luke 12:48b, "From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked."
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