What Sainsburys supermarkets do with their waste food.

I had a reply from Thomas Knorpp at sainsburys and this is what he said -

Hi Rosina

We have been donating surplus food to local charities since 1998, and in the last year alone we gave over £1.3 million worth to a network of organisations across the UK. At present we have 800 stores working with local charities who take and actively use our surplus food. We always endeavour to work with local charities but when it is not possible we work with FareShare. FareShare takes on the distribution of food that is past its sell-by date, but within its use-by date. Not only is this a great way of making a positive difference, it also reduces the waste we send to landfill, builds stronger relationships with local charities and helps our stores get a better understanding of some of the issues in their community. We are also encouraging our suppliers to do the same.

Hope this helps!

Thomas

The Ankou’s of the Stronghold

This is Alex siging in on WordPress.com Just to write a blog post about what I am doing now! Which is Killing Ankou’s in the Stronghold of Security! These Bugers aren’t for beginners! At Level 75 The Ankou’s can dish out some damage! Ankou’s are quite a popular way to level up in RuneScape, is well as getting quite a lot of Money from them

Once again, I am going to list my drops here! So have fun…

Death Runes

Blood Runes

Gold Charms

Weapon Poison

Noted Pure Essence (15)

Grimmy Harralander

Bones

Coins

Adamant Arrows (14)

Bowl of Fried Mushrooms

Law Rune

Grimy Guam

Marrentil Seed

Skull Left Half

Green Charms

Mithril Ore

Uncut Sapphire

Whilst waiting for my character to continuously own the Ankou’s I’ll mention where you find these nasty little undead thingymabobs. In The Barbarian Village near Varrock there is a ladder going down into the Stronghold of Security. There are 4 Levels to This Stronghold, each with Monsters, increasing in strength as the hero keeps going further in. After each Level of the Stronghold is Completed the Hero Recieves A reward. The Ankou’s are on the 4th and final level of the Stronghold of Security and are some of the strongest monsters in the entire Stronghold.

Grimmy Kwuarm

Grimmy Avantoe

Me Playing Runescape Killing Ankous (Sorry About Awful Quality)

Time for Lunch so I’m off! At the end of this run I agained 1 Level of Strength using Hati Paws, 253 Blood Runes 198 Death Runes 54 Gold Charms. Those are the notable drops! About 150k Or something anyway i’ll find out later! See Ya Peeps!

The Cockroaches of the Saftey Dungeon!

Hello peeps. Just doing a blog post on what I am currently doing now in the World of RuneScape! Currently that is me killing Cockroaches! They are nasty little buggers that can hit you quite high if you’re not careful! Although some of the rewards are worth it! Sometimes the cockroaches drop Rune Scimitars or Rune Sq Shields This may not seem like a lot of money, but it is a brilliant start into getting good finances! Sometimes the Cockroaches will also drop reasonable amounts of death runes. These can be quite a good source of money if you’re a minimalist! I’m going to stay at the Cockroaches for say about an hour. Then I’ll list all my drops from the Cockroaches starting from now!…

Log 1: I seem to be getting quite a bit of crimson charms from these beasties! Might be a handy note for you if you do summoning!

Log 2: The Cockroaches consistantly seem to be dropping about 200-400 gps per kill. So this could be a good way to get some money behind you!

Log 3: The Cockroaches are also dropping blue & gold charms, but less often than crimson.

Log 4: They have just started dropping green charms iswell!

Log 5: They don’t seem to be that accurate when attacking you with melee! With Raned they are far more accurate and will hit you more often!

Log 6: For People who actually know what these things are! This is my current equipment! Saradoming Sword Ring of Wealth, Amulet of Glory, Dragon Boots, Full Guthans 100% and Training Gloves and an Obsidian Cape.

• Mithril Ore
• Adamantine Ore
• Coins
• Green Chamrs
• Blue Charms
• Crimson Charms
• Gold Charms
• Toadflax Seeds
• Marentill Seeds
• Rune SQ Shields
• Rune Scimitars
• Death Runes
• Law Runes
• Fire Runes
• Mushrooms
• Strawberry Seeds
• Irit Seeds
• Uncut Sapphires

This is all I found at the Cockroaches I went up a defense level is well so i’m really happy!

Welcome Back Free Trade and Wilderness!

Today on Febuary 1st a historical moment was created. The Old Wilderness has retuned along with Free Trade! Over 1.2 million of you voted to have the Wilderness and Free Trade return in the referendum from approx 3 – 4 Weeks Ago.

So the wilderness is no where near as safe as it was before! No more Gravestones! So remember to only take items your not willing to take! An example of this is that I just pked myself an Abyssal Whip, that guy must be sooooooo gutted .

I promise to upload some videos to here and the YouTube Channel!

Same thing for the same price !

All in one pajamas are quite popular these days. You can get them in all different color’s and designs. The proper designer ones costs £100, but you can them in Primark for just ten pounds !.

http://www.flickr.com/search/?l=commderiv&w=all&q=adult+pajamas&m=text

Same thing for the same price !!

The real brand off UGG boot costs about £169.99. Iv been comparing prices and I found boots that look exactly the same in new look for just £10 !! but without the brand label on them. So really I think your just paying for the label.

What can we do to help cut food waste.

There are several ways we can help cut food wastage.

Some of these are -

• buy frozen vegetables, so that the wastage has been done by other sources .
• dont buy more fresh food than you are going to need untill your next shopping trip.
• make up a menu of meals for the shopping period and only shop for that menu – of fresh produce.
• if u do make to much food, freeze what you can, or store in fridge for use next day.

• make left over fruit into ‘smoothies’ .  you can freeze this liquid into ice lollies, or ice cubes to be added to drinks.

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We must, as individuals, do what we can to cut down on food waste, and educate others who are not aware of the impact this is having.

What is being done to alleviate food wastage?

Many companies and charities are now trying to reverse this trend – some of these are -

• Fair share
• The Trussell Trust
• Twilight Earth
• The Grocery Sector

Fare Share UK is a charity who also distributes food to  needy and vulnerable people -

http://www.fareshare.org.uk/

Fareshare has recently (20/1/11) opened its first depot in Wales,  but this is in Conwy in North Wales.

FareShare aims to help vulnerable groups, whether they are homeless, elderly, children, or other groups in food poverty within our communities.

People on benefits will be able to claim food packages from Christian charity in ‘emergencies’

as reported by the guardian on 20/12/2010

However, it does not appear that all people on benefits will be eligible to claim a food voucher as the article states that -

food is meant for “emergencies” – when benefits payments are delayed, or debt means children go hungry.

It is not only children who will be going hungry, as many single people living on £65.45p a week, Job Seekers Allowance,  find it really hard to heat their homes, and feed themselves on that money, so this scheme does seem unfair.

Food parcels available from ‘The Trussell Trust‘  (who ask shoppers to buy 1 or 2 items to donate) will include

powdered milk, sugar, fruit juice, soup, pasta sauces, tinned sponge pudding

tinned tomatoes, cereals, tinned rice pudding, teabags/coffee

instant mash potato, rice/pasta, tinned meat/fish, tinned fruit

jam, biscuits or snack bars

These food packs are not made up from out of date stock from supermarkets but from donations made by the public -

Schools, churches, businesses and individuals donate non-perishable, in-date food to a food bank. Large collections often take place as part of Harvest Festival celebrations.

Food is also collected at ‘Supermarket Collections’: These are events held at supermarkets where volunteers give shoppers a ‘foodbank shopping list’ and ask them to buy an extra item or two for local people in crisis. – as stated on BBC news Devon

HOW ARE UK SUPERMARKETS REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF FOOD WASTAGE?

Sainsburys supermarket states on their website that -

we now have all of our supermarkets and depots connected to a zero food waste to landfill programme. In 2010/11, we will further embed this into the business by connecting our convenience stores to the programme and provide additional colleague training on zero waste

Tesco supermarket website states that -

We are working with Fareshare, a charity that redistributes surplus food through its community food network working with disadvantaged people. We also work with Company Shop, a business that sells-on surplus products through a network of staff shops. Company Shop contributes a percentage of the return from the sale of any Tesco brand product to Tesco nominated charities, which includes Fareshare.

We are trialling these schemes with depots, stores and in conjunction with a number of our suppliers to redistribute the limited amount of surplus food fit to eat. In both cases the surplus food is redirected for consumption rather than being sent down a waste disposal route.

UK Farm Feeds states that it  -

takes what would otherwise be wasted supermarket food and processes it into a high quality pig feed. Because the costs of this initiative are so low, the resulting pig feed is also considerably lower than manufactured feed.

this site also has some very interesting videos.

Swindon girl takes it too far for job search!

An unemployed 19 year old girl has resorted to walking around her town with a card board placard, with her phone number on it and need a job can you help ?. Because she is so desperate for work.

She said: “It’s taken being on the news for the job centre to get in touch. They said they will help me with interview skills and my CV, and they’ll let me know what jobs are available”.

“I’ve also had offers for home-based sales jobs and catalogue type jobs. Work which relies on commission is a risk for me though as I need to be able to pay my rent”.

“My dream job would be working with children or the elderly.”

(BBC News)

The reversible trend of food waste.

There has been a lot of talk in the media recently about the amount of food wasted in this country and globally.

It is estimated that there are 6 billion people alive in the world today and by 2050 the population   will  have increased to a projected 9 billion. Unless something drastic is done on a world-wide scale, to utilise all the food we produce, and cut down on food wastage, the world as a whole will not be able to feed itself in 2050.

It has been found that supermarkets destroy mountains of edible food everyday, just because food has reached it’s  ‘sell by date’.  This is NOT the  ‘eat by date’ which  obviously will be a few days later because people tend to do a weekly food shop.

We know  that tinned goods have a ‘shelf life’ of 7 years, but todays manufacturers are stamping tins with a date only 18 months to 2 years ahead of processing date.  Tins, in the past,  have been opened 30 years after manufacture and the contents has still been perfectly edible.

Fifty years ago, the average family did not have a ‘fridge’ in the home. Housewives knew by look, smell and feel if food was edible and very little was wasted. Left over bread was made into bread pudding; left over meat was minced and made into shepherds or cottage pie; left over vegetables was made into soup or bubble and squeak. But in this day and age were all food has a ‘sell by date’ or ‘use by date’ and every home has a fridge and freezer and we are wasting more food than ever.

Fresh fruit, veg and salads obviously only have a relatively short ‘shelf life’.  I know mushroom growers say that mushrooms should be eaten within 3 days of being picked, but how many of us keep them in our fridges for a week after purchase?  – then peel the mushroom caps and use them. Many of us buy fresh produce and it  sits in our fridges and fruit bowls for maybe 2 weeks and is still edible.

Much of the ‘fresh’ meat we eat is butchered,  prepared and then vacuum stored in huge sealed warehouses, so the meat does not deteriorate,  for months on end.  This is how supermarkets are able to offer huge meat sales, especially at christmas and easter;  and to sell meat at so-called 1/2 price.  It is not that many animals are slaughtered at the same time, but that stocks are added to constantly.

The Grocery Sector states that in the UK  we waste about £17 billion/ 18.4 million tonnes per year in food and drink. Average UK households (with children) throw out about £50 worth of edible food a month (uneaten  or unprepared food);  just because it is marked ‘out of date’. Most of this food is still edible  and adds to the food waste mountain.