"Hollywood Types" Take Food Stamp Challenge

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doowopgirl

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That's all well and good for folks who actually get a tax refund, and have storage space available for buying in bulk.
Unfortunately, I have neither. I kinda feel like I'm being preached at, so I'll exit this thread. I didn't ask for or want advice, and I certainly wasn't whining about what I have. I was only stating what my personal experience with the broken system has been. I know how to manage what I have.
It took a lot for me to actually admit that I've used public assistance. This just made me feel worse.
I don't think anyone meant to make you feel bad. Every situation and evryone is different.
 

staropeace

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I don't think anyone meant to make you feel bad. Every situation and evryone is different.
That is so true. Most times when feelings are hurt, it is simply a misunderstanding. We can control how we want to re-act to this as we are all responsible for our own feelings. We are all, well mostly, adults here. A few days down the road, we may all laugh about this. A lot gets lost in translation on the net, sometimes. We have only the written word and not the body language. It is best to put paid to this kind of situation and get on with it.
 

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Scott, what if she's so upset that she won't reach out to you and then will have no way of knowing that nothing untoward happened or was directed at her. If she's quit the SKMB for good, then she's never going to know that it was a simple misunderstanding and will go the rest of her lie thinking that we hate her. Is there any way you can contact her first and not let this go on for another day or two? Just let her know that we all love her and don't thnik badly of her at all. Thankee-sai!
...done...
 

GNTLGNT

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What a wonderful Idea, Flake. I Think I'll ask the manager next grocery trip. Here, they only do the bags at Thanksgiving and Christmas time. One thing I notice, and there maybe health laws involved, there is a lot of good food being thrown out by the grocery store. Breads from the bakery, the deli chicken after expired time, expired packaged goods. I a m wondering if these can be placed out on a table so those in need could take advantage. Must speak with manager. Great Idea, Flake- thank you.
...I have asked that question several times without a consistent answer, and I think it's up to the individual companies or operators, plus it more than likely varies from locale to locale...you are all correct-it is a huge waste of consumables that would be a boon to anyone in need...if it's not dispensed that way, then only the vermin in the landfill will benefit...
 

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...I have asked that question several times without a consistent answer, and I think it's up to the individual companies or operators, plus it more than likely varies from locale to locale...you are all correct-it is a huge waste of consumables that would be a boon to anyone in need...if it's not dispensed that way, then only the vermin in the landfill will benefit...
Scott, I have seen at my grocery deli chicken taken from the heated sell unit once the expo time is reached and thrown into a trash bin- right there! Why can't they be kept in a heated unit, or even frozen and given to those in need. Set time could be advertised for pick up. I know there must be health laws, but there has to be a better solution. Breaks my heart to see those one minute past marked time in a trash bin!
 

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Scott, I have seen at my grocery deli chicken taken from the heated sell unit once the expo time is reached and thrown into a trash bin- right there! Why can't they be kept in a heated unit, or even frozen and given to those in need. Set time could be advertised for pick up. I know there must be health laws, but there has to be a better solution. Breaks my heart to see those one minute past marked time in a trash bin!
...I know hun...Tracy and I have seen entire pizzas disposed of in the same fashion...it's at that time that you know health folk and store owners just don't have a clue...
 

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Have to say Ms Paltrow's shopping basket doesn't look like it'll go for a whole week. Maybe if she eats like an actress it could, but she's got to pretend she's just an ordinary working person. She's been up at 5-6, out on a 7.5-8 hour day with a commute thrown in at either end. She's mentally done in and her feet ache. All she wants is a quick shower, a meal, and a couple of hours to chill out before going to bed ready for the rinse and repeat that is the next day, and the day after that, and the day after that.
I've no doubt her choices are nutritious and all, but they won't be filling. Which means she'll feel hungry pretty much all the time. I'm also not seeing things for drinks, or food for breakfast and lunch as well as evening meals.
All that's fine and dandy if you're going to play at it in a mansion, I guess, but for your average working stiff?
Not. A. Clue.

As for the waste at supermarkets, etc...the problem with giving it away to food banks, etc, would be that pretty soon everyone would be down at the food bank. If you start giving food away, those who are still expected to pay full whack can (with some justification) ask why they're paying relatively high prices, and will eventually come to demand either heavy discounts, or that food is provided free to all (which, to be completely honest, I think it should be...at least for a very basic subsistence diet with no frills. But then I also think that very basic accommodation should be free to prevent homelessness, and more should be done to make sure people are warm enough. You know, the very barest essentials necessary for the preservation of life. Want more? Work for it, earn it, keep it. But at least you'll survive in the meantime).
It is stupid that so much good food has to go to waste, but that's the capitalist/money-based system for you. It could change, and in the long term it has to change. Better that we manage the transition starting now than have it manage us when the resources we need finally run out (or the soil becomes useless for growing in).
 

AnnaMarie

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Guys, you can get a list from the food banks on which foods they are running out of and this is a better way then just picking up things at random.

That's a good idea.

A lot of people I know specifically bag food and label as safe for a family with <specific> food allergy. An on-line friend was displaced due to a hurricane. She and her family got out safely and managed to find beds in a school gym. But finding food that wouldn't kill her son was near impossible.
 

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Thankee, Scott. Pass our good thoughts on to her. I send her love and green lights! I miss my daily daisy.


Allow me..............

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Mr Nobody

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I like the way she says avocados and limes are cheap. Well, yes they are...relatively speaking. When you have $29 for a week's groceries and they're not all or a significant part of a meal, they become expensive luxuries.
Credit to her donating regardless and for saying it's brought home to her how hard it is to eat healthy, nutritious food on that type of budget. Personally I'd say it's impossible to tick all your RDA and 5-a-day boxes. Maybe now the penny will also drop regarding things like obesity, as the cheaper the food is, the more likely it is to be either packed full of carbs or have high salt and sugar content. In the worse cases, it has all of those things.
 

staropeace

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I like the way she says avocados and limes are cheap. Well, yes they are...relatively speaking. When you have $29 for a week's groceries and they're not all or a significant part of a meal, they become expensive luxuries.
Credit to her donating regardless and for saying it's brought home to her how hard it is to eat healthy, nutritious food on that type of budget. Personally I'd say it's impossible to tick all your RDA and 5-a-day boxes. Maybe now the penny will also drop regarding things like obesity, as the cheaper the food is, the more likely it is to be either packed full of carbs or have high salt and sugar content. In the worse cases, it has all of those things.
Many poor people are overweight because of the starches they eat. When there is only so little, it has to be bulk to keep the hunger pains away.
 
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