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<blockquote data-quote="misstickle" data-source="post: 718007" data-attributes="member: 2242"><p>I don't know what has shocked me more...Gordon Brown's cheek, or the fact that I agree with Sheikh 100% lol! Fantastic post<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/classics/thumbsup.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumbsup:" title="thumbs up :thumbsup:" data-shortname=":thumbsup:" /> </p><p></p><p>Back to the point in hand, don't get me wrong, I do agree that we need to stop wasting food. We over consume in every aspect of our daily living, and we do need to re-asses our spending habits. But that is something that I think one eventually learns for themselves. To approach the subject in the manner Brown has, and at this sensitive, economically challenged time (if you can call it that lol) is, as Sheikh already mentioned, hypocrital and just god damn patronising. To me he's basically saying "cut your cost of living anyway you can, coz as from now, you're gonna be even more skint you suckers" lol</p><p></p><p>One way the governement are looking to tackle food waste is to urge supermarkets to bin BOGOFs, i read in another article this morning. Well again, I would usually agree with this, as it does encourage those fly by magpie types who grab something just because it's a shiney offer which they're prob not going to use. But when you're shopping on a budget, offer's are a godsent. And right now, we're all on a budget.</p><p></p><p>"The Cabinet Office report claims that up to 40% of food harvested in developing countries can be lost before it is consumed, due to the inadequacies of processing, storage and transport." Right here's how you can tackle that. Encourage people to buy more local produce. But these days shopping "locally" in local shops, markets or farms is either inconvenient or far too expensive. Inconvenient because an average of 23 high street butchers have closed every month since 2000 so it's hard to find a "local one", and the one's that survive, keep their prices high to cope with increased overheads, hence, bloody expensive. This is something the government should be addressing. Cutting costs for local business that provide local produce. Then maybe our food would be fresher and we wouldnt have to waste as much. Duuurrr....simple Gordon <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> </p><p></p><p>(rant over lol) <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="misstickle, post: 718007, member: 2242"] I don't know what has shocked me more...Gordon Brown's cheek, or the fact that I agree with Sheikh 100% lol! Fantastic post:thumbsup: Back to the point in hand, don't get me wrong, I do agree that we need to stop wasting food. We over consume in every aspect of our daily living, and we do need to re-asses our spending habits. But that is something that I think one eventually learns for themselves. To approach the subject in the manner Brown has, and at this sensitive, economically challenged time (if you can call it that lol) is, as Sheikh already mentioned, hypocrital and just god damn patronising. To me he's basically saying "cut your cost of living anyway you can, coz as from now, you're gonna be even more skint you suckers" lol One way the governement are looking to tackle food waste is to urge supermarkets to bin BOGOFs, i read in another article this morning. Well again, I would usually agree with this, as it does encourage those fly by magpie types who grab something just because it's a shiney offer which they're prob not going to use. But when you're shopping on a budget, offer's are a godsent. And right now, we're all on a budget. "The Cabinet Office report claims that up to 40% of food harvested in developing countries can be lost before it is consumed, due to the inadequacies of processing, storage and transport." Right here's how you can tackle that. Encourage people to buy more local produce. But these days shopping "locally" in local shops, markets or farms is either inconvenient or far too expensive. Inconvenient because an average of 23 high street butchers have closed every month since 2000 so it's hard to find a "local one", and the one's that survive, keep their prices high to cope with increased overheads, hence, bloody expensive. This is something the government should be addressing. Cutting costs for local business that provide local produce. Then maybe our food would be fresher and we wouldnt have to waste as much. Duuurrr....simple Gordon :P (rant over lol) :D [/QUOTE]
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