food waste
Tagged Discussions
April
@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
17 Apr 25
I used to write a post every Friday about what was getting thrown out. The point was to keep us accountable of what we were and weren't using during the week and what actual waste we had.
I didn't get a picture this week of the...
3 responses •
3 people
April
@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
13 Apr 24
About a million years ago, there was a Blogger that I followed that.Did a post every friday whether she cleaned out her fridge and shared what her family have wasted her what she had to throw away because it ain't gone bad.
I...
5 responses •
5 people
Kelli M
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
25 Jun 23
As many of you know, I often bring home items (groceries) from work that are being donated or discarded due to being near or past the package "sell-by" date, and I sometimes get free food from other locations as well. Sometimes...
5 responses •
7 people
Kelli M
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
12 Jan 23
While I did pay for some groceries today, I did grab a few freebies from work: 2 pints of half & half, a bakery box of mini croissants, 3 packs of Applegate Farms turkey bacon, 2 small bottles of Naked Blue Machine juice smoothie,...
9 responses •
8 people
Kelli M
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
2 Jan 23
Hello, all! Today was my first day back to work for the year, and the culls fridge was quite full. There was a lot of oat milk yogurt (which I don't need) and lots of fancy cheeses that I didn't think we'd use up right now, but I...
20 responses •
20 people
Kelli M
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
12 Dec 22
I lucked out at work today! An entire gallon of 2% milk, a half-gallon of chocolate milk, a pint of half & half, and (one of my favorites) a tub of pimento cheese spread!
Not shown: a medium-sized chipwood basket (probably...
8 responses •
9 people
Kelli M
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
1 Dec 22
I hope the picture loads with this post. I reduced the resolution, so hopefully that does the trick. I'm at work and only have my phone, so I can't reduce the picture size on my computer like I usually do.
Today I snagged a quart...
15 responses •
13 people
Kelli M
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
10 Nov 22
At work, we repurpose the unsold rotisserie chickens by pulling the meat off of the carcasses and using it in other recipes. After dismantling the chickens, I put the bones and other scraps back into the rotisserie containers so I...
9 responses •
8 people
Kelli M
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
9 Nov 22
Today is my day off from work, but I stopped by this morning to drop off something for a coworker. While there, she told me to stop by the loading bay in the back. Second Harvest hadn't come by to pick up the donations and there...
11 responses •
10 people
Kelli M
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
8 Nov 22
Holy moly! Have you seen the price of groceries lately? I'm really grateful to work at a grocery store where I can get a pretty nice employee discount, not to mention being able to bring home some of the "discards".
This morning...
12 responses •
13 people
maezee
@maezee (41985)
• United States
28 Mar 22
How are things going here? I haven't been active posting at all for probably months upon months, but I need to start hopping on here and there. I've been spending a lot of time on Reddit with my spare time- especially in these...
7 responses •
5 people
maezee
@maezee (41985)
• United States
4 Feb 22
Totally uninventive here but my mom gave me some veggies that she wasn’t going to have time to use, so I decided to make an improvised crock pot soup. She gave me 3 potatoes, a bag of carrots and a bag of celery. I chopped them...
9 responses •
10 people
maezee
@maezee (41985)
• United States
24 Oct 21
Just for fun and to see if there was anything new and exciting online for frugal meal planning and grocery habits. Even as a single adult, I have found myself spending WAY too much on groceries that I could be putting toward debt...
5 responses •
7 people
Kelli M
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
21 Sep 21
Look at what I got from the free area at work today! A package of these delicious apple cider muffins (I look forward to these showing up in the store every autumn -- so good warmed up with a little bit of butter) and a dozen...
16 responses •
14 people
Kelli M
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
20 Sep 21
Today's finds in the culls areas really made up for Friday's slim pickings. In the morning, I found a box of 8 croissants, a jug of cold brew coffee with oat milk, a strawberry drinkable yogurt, a tub of spinach dip, and a layer...
8 responses •
8 people
Kelli M
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
19 Sep 21
I didn't get a whole lot of freebies from work on Friday, but at least what I did find is useful for my household: a loaf of whole wheat bread and a package of good quality hot dogs!
The hot dogs are the reduced-fat variety,...
5 responses •
5 people
Kelli M
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
15 Sep 21
Earlier this week I was able to get cartons of milk, some prebaked biscuits from the bakery, more hot dogs, grab-n-go premade sandwiches from the deli (ham sandwiches and roast beef/cheddar pinwheels), a Suja sparkling juice,...
8 responses •
8 people
Kelli M
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
9 Sep 21
Here are some things that were saved from the landfill today!
I found 2 low-sugar Greek-style yogurts and a package of Neufchatel cheese in the culls fridge and a butter-crust cherry pie in the other culls area, plus one of the...
5 responses •
5 people
Kelli M
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
6 Sep 21
Remember the days when Labor Day meant that workers had a day off to enjoy with their families, and it wasn't a day where the "essential workers" had to work because the privileged with a 3-day weekend wanted to go shopping? Yeah,...
12 responses •
11 people
Kelli M
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
3 Sep 21
It's always nice when things like hot dogs end up in the culls fridge, especially when I don't have any hot dogs left at home! I feel a little less guilty about giving this brand to the kids too, as it tends to have fewer "weird"...
5 responses •
6 people



















