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Many people don't eat leftovers. In some cases it's cheaper to buy 5 lbs of something and throw out 2 pounds than to pay for 3 1-lb packages. Have you ever be
by linuxftw 8y ago
Many people don't eat leftovers. In some cases it's cheaper to buy 5 lbs of something and throw out 2 pounds than to pay for 3 1-lb packages.
Have you ever been to a restaurant? Most people throw out over 25% of the food on their plates.
This is all a symptom of a distorted market place. Food's too cheap thanks to subsidized farming.
- benj111 8y ago"Have you ever been to a restaurant? Most people throw out over 25% of the food on their plates" I've worked in a few. As a European I'd say food waste was lower than that. Id expect restaurant food waste to be higher, as they can't personalise portion sizes as effectively, so unless most people eat out most days, I don't see how that could account for all the waste. But apparently it does? I really hope peelings etc are included, because even then there's still a family out there wasting 3kg+ of food/person/wk, just to balance my family out.
- allannienhuis 8y agoEuropeans out out a lot less than most places in the world. Perhaps a stronger home-cooking culture. https://www.nielsen.com/ca/en/insights/news/2016/dining-without-doing-dishes-almost-half-globally-eat-away-from-home.html https://www.nielsen.com/ca/en/insights/news/2016/dining-with... Looks like it's about twice as often as in Europe. Interestingly Asia/Pacific is even higher (cheap street food FTW!)
- newnewpdro 8y agoI don't think we have to look further than the convenience culture to explain the behavior. It's not, in my experience, economical at all. The people I see wasting food are being very wasteful of their money in the process, they're just being stupid and careless.
- linuxftw 8y agoWell, I'd argue, it's because they can afford to. Most people don't throw away relatively more expensive items. If a pound of meat cost $30, would people be so careless with it?
- Scoundreller 8y agoMerely growing up poor fixes that problem. Older family members would finish off a lot more from each chicken wing than I would.
- anticensor 8y ago> Have you ever been to a restaurant? Most people throw out over 25% of the food on their plates. It is easy to order a smaller portion of most meals. The problem lies on the client in this case.
- Scoundreller 8y agoIs it? Most non-fast food places get cranky if you try to order off the kids menu.
- anticensor 8y agoI mean half a portion of regular selection, not the kids menu. They would happily prepare even if you would pay the same price in the worst case.