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650,000 prepared but unsold meals? I hope they were able to direct them somewhere worthwhile.
by RyJones 10y ago
650,000 prepared but unsold meals? I hope they were able to direct them somewhere worthwhile.
- Someone 10y agoThat is not the number to be worried about; that it is "an average of 16 percent of the food the kitchen was producing" is, because "Wasting an average of 16 percent of food produced is above the typical 4 percent to 10 percent that most restaurants waste" (both quotes from https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-21/munchery-s-struggles-show-how-hard-the-food-delivery-business-is https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-21/munchery-...) Also, that was over a period of almost two years, so 'only' about 1000 a day, and the company claims most of it was donated to charities. From those two Bloomberg articles, I don't think that's the main reason they need more money.
- jmcgough 10y agoI see homeless people eating them all the time in the mission (and the plaid-colored boxes littering the streets). My guess is they're being given to shelters and food kitchens.