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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Mr Banducci denied the company engaged in food dumping, saying its reject rate is about "1 to 1.5 per cent".

"We reject very little when it comes into our business, that doesn't mean that it's not rejected before it gets to our business if you know what I mean, I think there's an opportunity there," Mr Banducci said.

"I think we already acknowledge that food waste at farm..."

Food waste is happening at the farm because you have extreme standards that your growers are required to meet:

"There are some aesthetic, there's a banana that can be too big.

"A lot of people who eat bananas are children and younger people who don't want something that's around this big," Mr Harker said as he gestured about 30 centimetres with his hands.

"They want something that's reasonable to consume in a sitting as opposed to it contributing to food waste at home by only being able to eat half of it."

These people are so full of shit. This is going to end up like the "wE dOn'T pRiCe GoUgE" claim - you will be exposed eventually.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

No wonder I can't find any big bananas at supermarkets anymore

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Every major grocery store produces tons of food waste per day. The end of day throwaway from bakery and the reams of produce trimmings to keep the produce department looking perfect all add up.