My local food bank can only provide 8 packages with referrals every time before you run out, and I have, but my situation hasn’t improved financially due to various set backs and I’m struggling to feed myself. I’ve heard that supermarkets throw out massive amounts, but have never been in a position where dumpster diving seemed feasible. People who do it, what time of day do you do it and how do you find good spots? UK resident for ref

  • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    If you have a little Caesars near you that does hot n readies, they generally throw out a lot of expired ones. They sit in the warmer for like 30 minutes and then would be moved to the top of the oven until someone brought them out to the dumpster. It was my job at one time, but if anyone asked me for any of the pizzas on the way, I’d give them the full stack if they wanted that much. YMMV. I wasn’t supposed to according to the owner but fuck him, he wasn’t even in the same town 98% of the time and the closing managers didn’t care (one of them even had me bring it out to someone’s trunk that they wanted to help out).

    I hated that food waste.

  • athos77@kbin.social
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    2 months ago

    I hate to refer you back there, but there’s a dumpster diving subreddit.

    And I don’t know what the schedule in the UK is, but here in the States, people are moving out of their dorms for the summer. If the schedule is the same and you can get over to your local university or college or whatever, you may be able to score not just food, but other things that people just don’t have the energy/ability to drag home.

    A friend of mine used to offer end-of-termers $10 for their mini-fridges, clean them up in his shed over the summer, then sell them to next year’s freshers for $40-50. Even if you don’t have a car, you might find some small stuff you can clean up and resell.

  • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    I’ve heard food banks and some eastern religion temples like Buddhist and Sikh temples will serve free food for the needy.