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IronLionZion

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26. Watch Tiger King and find out how get some cheap meat!

Reply to LuvNewcastle (Reply #24)

Tue Apr 28, 2020, 07:01 PM

Apr 2020

Tons of people go through grocery store dumpsters for food in packages. Restaurant dumpsters are not safe.

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Publix is buying milk and produce that farmers [View all] Bayard Apr 2020 OP

buy low, sell high nt msongs Apr 2020 #1

How does one "sell high" by donating? bullwinkle428 Apr 2020 #4

Volume. NT mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #6

Step 3: Profit. nt Codeine Apr 2020 #14

One doesn't. That response maligned Publix unjustly. Hortensis Apr 2020 #36

"All three of your listeners lol nt" most likely agree. LanternWaste Apr 2020 #12

I heard this yesterday jimfields33 Apr 2020 #2

Even COVID IronLionZion Apr 2020 #9

All the grocery stores around here FoxNewsSucks Apr 2020 #11

Same here IronLionZion Apr 2020 #25

True, but this is 365 days of the year. They never had them. jimfields33 Apr 2020 #21

The Publix I used to go to had a huge salad bar, Chinese food, chicken, you name it. cwydro Apr 2020 #27

I wish we did jimfields33 Apr 2020 #31

Maybe, this is in NC. cwydro Apr 2020 #32

That's wonderful to have it in NC jimfields33 Apr 2020 #33

I don't know what part of Florida you are in but in Central Florida they have them whopis01 Apr 2020 #34

I wish we had a Publix. marybourg Apr 2020 #3

Good on them I shop in their stores when in doc03 Apr 2020 #5

Like in 'Grapes of Wrath' where they burned the oranges in front of starving Okies. (nt) ehrnst Apr 2020 #7

K&R! SheltieLover Apr 2020 #8

DUers can find your local food bank here IronLionZion Apr 2020 #10

Very true, but the food banks need money in order to do this. niyad Apr 2020 #41

Then donate money! IronLionZion Apr 2020 #42

One needs money in order to donate. niyad Apr 2020 #43

Are they giving away raw milk or Bev54 Apr 2020 #13

It's all safely processed. nt Codeine Apr 2020 #16

Twice in my life I have seen wasteful destruction of food products. In the early 1960s I worked in usaf-vet Apr 2020 #15

Today you have to be careful giving away food jimfields33 Apr 2020 #22

You even have to watch your dumpster LuvNewcastle Apr 2020 #24

Watch Tiger King and find out how get some cheap meat! IronLionZion Apr 2020 #26

I've heard about that show but I don't have LuvNewcastle Apr 2020 #29

I wonder who is processing the milk and produce. KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2020 #17

My guess the companies that have been doing it. The dairies Hortensis Apr 2020 #37

Thanks, Hortensis. I misinterpreted the OP title..... KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2020 #38

Not bad PR, but even better emergency food relief. Hortensis Apr 2020 #40

I like Publix. cwydro Apr 2020 #18

I've heard rumors about Publix... Ligyron Apr 2020 #19

It's a bit pricy but it's great jimfields33 Apr 2020 #23

They're great. cwydro Apr 2020 #28

Love it- the right thing to do. Farmers throwing away good food or letting it rot was just WRONG. nt iluvtennis Apr 2020 #20

👋 Applause!! Publix is one of my favorite markets... Duppers Apr 2020 #30

Wonderful! Cha Apr 2020 #35

What a great idea. I wonder if any other grocery chains are going to follow suit? nt Hekate Apr 2020 #39