Capitalism means there is enough food to feed the starving peoples of our communities, yet companies would rather throw away product than give away unused products for free. Whole Foods, now owned by Amazon, have become a prime example of this.
TikToker dumpsterdivingfreegan, who makes a career of finding these discarded food items, went viral for her haul she brought back from a local Whole Foods.
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“Dumpster diving at Whole Foods is nothing like I’ve ever seen before,” she began.
“Every time I come to this particular store, I find cases of organic food that is thrown out well before its ‘best by date.'”
She then showed an absolute embarrassment of riches from Whole Foods in the dumpster before panning to a table full of food she had taken home.
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The meat she found was "enough...to feed an entire community," all of which was thrown out on or before its "best by" date.
And past employees from Whole Foods took to the internet to share the company's business practices as it pertained to their food items.
In response, Whole Foods denied the company has wasteful practices.
“Since 2013, Whole Foods Market has donated approximately 180M pounds of food through our Grocery Rescue Program," a spokesperson wrote to The Daily Dot.
"This equates to approximately 150,000,000 meals for people in need in our local communities. In 2020 alone, Whole Foods Market donated over 27 million meals to food rescue and redistribution programs nationwide."
The company made no comment on its disposal procedures.
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