We are now daily have to choose between saving the environment and being selfish.
You stepped into 7-Eleven to buy a loaf of bread.
You can see there are shelves of bread nicely stacked. You walked toward the shelf.
Upon checking the expiry dates, you realised those in the upper shelf expire in 2 days. Further checking showed that the bread on the lower shelf expire in 4 days.
I guess common sense will tell us: choose those that expire later?
But are we actually doing the right thing? Aren’t we making it very likely that those on the upper shelf will be left as ‘unsold stock’?
Whether 7-Eleven will be able to return it to the supplier is irrelevant. We are contributing to ‘food wastage’ when globally we are increasingly pressured by food shortage. Are we an unwilling guilty party too?
Whoa, that’s some serious thought. I’m guilty of picking stuff at the supermarket with the longest use by date.
fibrate, that’s the logical choice that everyone of us made ^-^
i am selfish
i can’t help it. benghui takes days to finish one loaf
bengbeng, me too
Always worried that I can’t finish the bread on time
But sometimes I can’t help laughing at the irony
Those who can’t afford always gripe: how much would I get?
Those who buy always think: how long would I take to finish it?
^-^
no need to fret over a natural instinct, ie getting the most out of what you can.
hopefully our stores will soon sell near expiry bread, and other products, at a cheaper price; like in UK. same goes for slightly damaged fruits and vegetables.
yes we are all guilty of harming our environment, all we can do is try our darnest to reduce & reuse what little resources we have. hopefully that will be enough on our part towards a cleaner tomorrow for the next generations to come.
huajern, I really hope they will move towards that direction
But it will involve a nightmare redoing all the barcode and stuff
In Tesco, they usually lower the prices for nasi lemak and some of those food stuff later in the day, around 10:30pm…
Actually it’s not the consumer’s fault. It is natural for us to get the freshest product for our money. It is actually the retailer over-ordering and causing this over-supply
But I tell you, if 7-11 sell the 2-day expired bread at 30% off I will surely buy!
no..
they wont throw away geh..
supplier will take it back and then they will give to orphanage and old folks home for FOC..
dats why my parents supplier does..
they wont waste the bread..
Like people already said above, the groceries’ will usually significantly lower the price near the expiry date. People who can finish the loaf will buy those then. Win-win.
errm..i dun feel guilty whatsoever….i will pick the latest expiry date…hee hee hee…
i sometimes wonder if this food shortage is ‘man-made’…*ahem…
I will definitely choose the 4 days expires one.. But I din feel selfish lo.. hmmm…
Whatever your decision is, the bread with 2 days to expire won’t end up in famine-hit area in Africa.
But I do say that don’t waste food in buffet. And if you go a la carte, don’t order more dishes than you can consume. China’s people like to order way too many dishes because of ‘face’ issue.