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Three charged with stealing food from skip


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A man will stand trial next month after being caught taking some tomatoes, mushrooms and cheese from the dustbins behind a branch of Iceland.

It is expected Paul May, a freelance web designer, will argue that he was taking the food because he needed it to eat and does not consider he has done anything illegal or dishonest in removing food destined for landfill from a skip.

http://www.theguardi...od-skip-iceland

http://www.telegraph...market-bin.html

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It is obscene what these food chains throw away.

They put the near out of date foods on the shelves with price stickers like 1.50 down to 1.30, jeeze!!!! and if they do not sell it (which they do not considering the waste...and price) they send it to a recycling plant where it is turned into animal feed.

They do not want people to steal it because they ARE MAKING MONEY out of it. Does that sound so bad? at first no, but remember, the farm animals are eating the now mouldy stuff they would not recommend for humans.....I will also tell you the products going to feed the farm animals all have "unfit for human consumption" on the side.

Anything which is non meat, is going to feed the animals, even Monster munch and mars bars. It is a biscuit blend, they also have pure mouldy bread 9filled with blue mould).

So when you buy your meat from the supermarkets where the intensive meat gets sold, remember what the animal was fed on.

If the supermarkets put the prices of near out of date foods down even further or allow homeless people to take the waste, then the animals would not be being fed ****, but the supermarkets would lose money....and they are prepared to do that, even if it means they are killing humans in the long run.

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in removing food destined for landfill from a skip.

http://www.theguardi...od-skip-Iceland

THIS IS NOT TRUE, it does NOT go to landfill.

The plastic bags are recycled, the cardboard is bailed and sold, the food is sent to be processed for animal feed.

The only thing sent to landfill are the ashes from the bone and feather waste from the abattoire which is incinerated to create electricity, and whatever things people put on black sacks go to landfill, but NOT supermarket foods.

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It is obscene what these food chains throw away.

They put the near out of date foods on the shelves with price stickers like 1.50 down to 1.30, jeeze!!!! and if they do not sell it (which they do not considering the waste...and price) they send it to a recycling plant where it is turned into animal feed.

They do not want people to steal it because they ARE MAKING MONEY out of it. Does that sound so bad? at first no, but remember, the farm animals are eating the now mouldy stuff they would not recommend for humans.....I will also tell you the products going to feed the farm animals all have "unfit for human consumption" on the side.

Anything which is non meat, is going to feed the animals, even Monster munch and mars bars. It is a biscuit blend, they also have pure mouldy bread 9filled with blue mould).

So when you buy your meat from the supermarkets where the intensive meat gets sold, remember what the animal was fed on.

If the supermarkets put the prices of near out of date foods down even further or allow homeless people to take the waste, then the animals would not be being fed ****, but the supermarkets would lose money....and they are prepared to do that, even if it means they are killing humans in the long run.

its not that, people are afraid to buy stuff which has use by dates, which people think they have to eat it by that date. What it really means is how long its meant to be on the shelf.

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its not that, people are afraid to buy stuff which has use by dates, which people think they have to eat it by that date. What it really means is how long its meant to be on the shelf.

partly correct, but there are many people who know they do not have to eat it by that date, depending on what it is. Many would buy it and use it that day or the day after, but to reduce something by 10 or 20p puts people off, they would rather pay the extra 10 or 20p for fresh foods.

If the supermarkets really wanted to get rid of it, they would reduce it even more or give it to the homeless.

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partly correct, but there are many people who know they do not have to eat it by that date, depending on what it is. Many would buy it and use it that day or the day after, but to reduce something by 10 or 20p puts people off, they would rather pay the extra 10 or 20p for fresh foods.

If the supermarkets really wanted to get rid of it, they would reduce it even more or give it to the homeless.

Heh, not me. I look for the reduced price produce and meats at the local store. I'm not one to be fooled by "perfect fruit" syndrome.

If I'm understanding the article right, these guys were charged for stealing garbage? Or were they stealing unwanted store product that technically was owned by a recycling company?

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"Lawyers for the three men have asked the Crown Prosecution Service to consider dropping the case, but the CPS responded this month that the case would go ahead, because "we feel there is significant public interest in prosecuting these three individuals".

Well I'm the public too, and I dont think this is in anyone's interest. Trials cost us money. But the article did say they scaled a wall of the shop - which was next door to a Police station :lol: probabaly not the best location to take things from!

So apart from scaling a wall, if they just rummaged thru the bins for food... so what? Tramps do that every day - and in town centre bins too, where people can see. Ever see a cop arresting those poor guys?

When I was a kid, me and a few mates would scale a high fence to get into a supermarkets bin area, we always went for chocolatey things and biscuits, as we were not really looking for 'real food' just treats. used to find tonnes of biscuits and similar, in fact we had to be careful when we went because many others would go too.

I also have a mate in London whose father runs a charity/hostel for certain homeless types. I dont believe he has to buy much food as he gets out of date stuff, DELIVERED from a firm who collect from shops/supermarkets. Ive seen them unload boxes and boxes of food for that charity.

The amount of tinned food he used to get baffled me, as it doesnt really go off. In fact there is a website (maybe one of many) which specialises in selling such tins and other items

http://www.approvedfood.co.uk/page?name=about_us

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The three men were initially arrested for burglary but have been charged under a little known section of the 1824 Vagrancy Act after being caught in “an enclosed area, namely Iceland, for an unlawful purpose, namely stealing food”.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10604073/Men-charged-with-stealing-discarded-food-from-supermarket-bin.html

1824??? was Iceland around then?

jeeze, these lawyers will drag up anything to try and prosecute.

The Vagrancy Act 1824 made it an offence to sleep on the streets or to beg. In essence, it became a crime in England and Wales to be homeless or to cadge subsistence money

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagrancy_Act_1824

well from this, we should be expecting an awful lot more arrests, what with our equality act, you can not arrest one without all the others.

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Update: Charges now dropped :lol: what a freaking waste of everyone's time

http://www.bbc.co.uk...ngland-25950761

they must have been reading this site. :yes:

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they must have been reading this site. :yes:

maybe Iceland's lawyers directly asked as they can do without any negative media?

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Earlier, Iceland issued a statement to say its staff did not call the police and the store had been trying to find out why the CPS believed it was in the public interest to pursue a case.

The supermarket said: "The store in question is next door to a police station. Iceland staff did not call the police, who attended on their own initiative.

"Nor did we instigate the resulting prosecution, of which we had no knowledge until the media reports of it appeared yesterday evening."

It seems (maybe) they were trying to distance themselves from this by the above statements they made

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maybe Iceland's lawyers directly asked as they can do without any negative media?

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Earlier, Iceland issued a statement to say its staff did not call the police and the store had been trying to find out why the CPS believed it was in the public interest to pursue a case.

The supermarket said: "The store in question is next door to a police station. Iceland staff did not call the police, who attended on their own initiative.

"Nor did we instigate the resulting prosecution, of which we had no knowledge until the media reports of it appeared yesterday evening."

It seems (maybe) they were trying to distance themselves from this by the above statements they made

More like they did not want this "sensitive" subject about where the food is really going to be made public.

Landfill.....what a load of rubbish!

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