tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12147812.post7570394144565872262..comments2023-10-26T14:13:58.282+00:00Comments on Is there more to life than shoes?: Hypocrisy from the government No. 378642985Trixyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02015060663707102784noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12147812.post-25808384881477716172008-07-15T19:43:00.000+00:002008-07-15T19:43:00.000+00:00Totally agree about giving it away to aid agencies...Totally agree about giving it away to aid agencies or homeless charities if they'd pick it up. God forgive giving it to the forces - retention rates are bad enough as it is! Most forces locations are moving on to Pay As You Dine - i.e proper cafeterias which are not run by the MOD (NAAFI has the contract at the minute for most garrisons which made most of us piss ourselves laughing they're so shite), so getting rid of it through canteens wouldn't work.<BR/><BR/>I totally agree that it would be better to give it away than throw it away - I really don't think anyone would take it though. They're designed to provide all the nutrition an active squaddie needs - that doesn't mean that after a week or two on them the favourite topic of conversation at scoff is what you are going to eat when you finish what you are doing.DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09946713357399867904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12147812.post-48569916898578154132008-07-15T19:26:00.000+00:002008-07-15T19:26:00.000+00:00My view, and the view of the people who I have spo...My view, and the view of the people who I have spoken to about this, is that it should be sold at less than cost to either catering departments in the forces or given to aid agencies or homeless shelters before it expires.<BR/><BR/>I can understand that not all can clearly be used in this way, but it cannot be beyond the realms of possibility that we can put it to better use than landfill.Trixyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015060663707102784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12147812.post-53117091237040553052008-07-15T19:21:00.000+00:002008-07-15T19:21:00.000+00:00Bicester could maybe use the stock - persuading an...Bicester could maybe use the stock - persuading anyone to eat it when they aren't on exercise/operations is a different matter. Was your entire figure for MOD wastage from Bicester as a lot of stock at the unit level is binned after recall notices. Never worked at the bigger distribution level so I you are probably right about excess stocks at the central distribution point. Who would you give it to though? Who would take food that is not fit for squaddies? DFID would probably refuse it for stocks for emergency aid - in the same way that recently vacated single soldier accomodation apparently isn't good enough for asylum seekers or those convicted of crime. Also I suspect that employing people to redistribute the food would be more expensive than chucking it in a skip. Not that I'm bitter - just slightly bemused!DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09946713357399867904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12147812.post-26587006285329445592008-07-15T19:01:00.000+00:002008-07-15T19:01:00.000+00:00You can't sell items which don't have a sell by da...You can't sell items which don't have a sell by date, as confirmed to me by the Food Standards Authority.<BR/><BR/>They are tested by MoD chemists but once they are past their sell by date they are thrown away instead of someone trying to do something with them before they expire.<BR/><BR/>There are people working at Bicester who assisted me with this issue: the mess there does not use the ration packs in their meals because of the price issue, and they don't exactly have to go far to collect them.<BR/><BR/>So, food which could have been eaten is being thrown away.Trixyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015060663707102784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12147812.post-48237287414403216812008-07-15T18:57:00.000+00:002008-07-15T18:57:00.000+00:00I'm pretty sure you're wrong. Whilst most of the ...I'm pretty sure you're wrong. Whilst most of the rat packs pretty much live for ever I'm fairly confident that there are one or two items that do have a best before date. The chocolate bars are one of the items that springs to mind.<BR/><BR/>I agree that technically when they reached a certain date you could issue a recall and then sell them but the cost of doing so would probably be more than cost of the items.<BR/><BR/>Not saying that the MOD don't waste a lot of money cause some of it is bloody ridiculous. Just think this one doesn't add up.DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09946713357399867904noreply@blogger.com