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I've just been to the £5 x2 Pantry and was chatting to one of the volunteers after collecting my "shop". She was off to a food wholesaler to pick up more donations. She had no idea what they'd be until she got there - sometimes it was a car load full and other times she wondered why she had bothered to go, because there was so little.
She had actually done a £5 shop for herself today but, normally, the volunteers wait until the end of the session to take whatever they need, especially the fresh stuff that won't keep. She said that some people who go there only want ready meals, they seem unable to cook from scratch.
Last week they'd had some enormous potatoes donated, too big for jacket potatoes, and they had soil on them. People didn't want them because they were dirty! Are we living in a world where people have lost the connection between a bag of chips and a freshly dug potato? Worrying times.
She had actually done a £5 shop for herself today but, normally, the volunteers wait until the end of the session to take whatever they need, especially the fresh stuff that won't keep. She said that some people who go there only want ready meals, they seem unable to cook from scratch.
Last week they'd had some enormous potatoes donated, too big for jacket potatoes, and they had soil on them. People didn't want them because they were dirty! Are we living in a world where people have lost the connection between a bag of chips and a freshly dug potato? Worrying times.
The Moneyless Chicken says:-
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
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