France to force big supermarkets to give unsold food to charities

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6. modern supermarkets are the cause of this, by changing the way food is sold...

when I was in France eons ago giant supermarkets were extremely rare and most food was sold in mom n pop shops. Freshest food got premium display and price, then as quality deteriorated the food was marked down progressively until it was tossed when rotten. customers dictated what they bought. now people are offered only the glitziest of "fresh" foods and lower quality is not available.

a local mega store used to have racks of fading veggies in big bags cheap but had to stop doing that because of health concerns.

Also, food that is tossed by design can be written off as a loss for business purposes. much easier for a business to deal with.

and finally, there is just too much food in the pipeline that has to be dispensed with quickly as the premium quality is only very limited timewise