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Demit

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10. That's broken out later in the article

Reply to pipoman (Reply #5)

Fri Sep 26, 2014, 07:02 AM

Sep 2014

"A full 10 percent of the available food supply in the U.S. is wasted every year at the retail level, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and about 20 percent is wasted at home."

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Supermarkets Waste Tons Of Food As They Woo Shoppers [View all] Sherman A1 Sep 2014 OP

i call that opportunity reddread Sep 2014 #1

I was thinking about this the other day at our local store. NaturalHigh Sep 2014 #2

The steaks will more than likely end up in frozen chub hamburger. .. pipoman Sep 2014 #3

Maybe so. NaturalHigh Sep 2014 #4

There are department of ag regs about giving food away pipoman Sep 2014 #7

Very true, and that was a bit of an off-the-cuff statement I made. NaturalHigh Sep 2014 #8

Not necessarily Sherman A1 Sep 2014 #6

It varies a little from state to state pipoman Sep 2014 #9

Agreed Sherman A1 Sep 2014 #12

The banana example is silly pipoman Sep 2014 #5

That's broken out later in the article Demit Sep 2014 #10

Or its because prices are too high. Trillo Sep 2014 #11

"treating food as a renewable resource" seveneyes Sep 2014 #13