Is this a waste? - Page 2

Iwantcoffee · ‎03-11-2010

You could offer to purchase the flowers at a discount and deliver them to the nursing home, if the nursing home would agree to accept.

MomCat · ‎09-12-2010

@Annabellethecat66 wrote:

Back then we were luckier because we didn't have all of those stupid government regulations in our lives.

Yes, along with the chance to pay more for products because of all the nonsense. Grrrrr. Don't get me started......

ms traditional · ‎03-09-2010

i would suggest to the assisted living facility that they be in touch with store, offer to take them off their hands with an offer to pick up on a regular schedule.

PenneyT · ‎02-27-2015

I wonder if there is some sort of legal reason for throwing the flowers out? A lot of places have stopped 'donating' items because sadly enough they could still be liable if anything happened.

Bestdressed · ‎04-18-2010

Thanks for all the suggestions. I tossed and turned last night thinking about all the waste in this country, that could be donated.

I am going to call some nursing homes in my area first, to see if they even want the flowers. Then, I will proceed to talk to the grocery store headquarters. This is just a drop in the bucket.

I have a friend that is a manager for a large cosmetic store chain. All their returns must be destroyed before throwing them out. There are cameras everywhere, to make sure this is being done. Again, some of these products were never taken out of the packages or used.

There should be some non-profit national website that store owners could log into, with items to be discarded. There should be a 24 hour time limit that non profit organization could pick up the goods before they are thrown out or destroyed.

I know there are reasons why the stores do this ... but there are starving people in our country. Obviously this bothered me much more, then just a bunch of flowers being thrown out.

sidsmom · ‎11-25-2011

@ECBG wrote:
If you contact the grocery store be sure you have someone willing to transport the flowers. They're not going to have the luxury of someone "on the clock" out doing that.

@ECBG

Glad you mentioned this.

People forget labor is a luxury for majority of businesses.

If someone believes there's a problem,

THEY should be the solution.

"How can I fix this?"

bbsr · ‎04-06-2010

I have even seen my supermarket have carts by the door giving things away free. It was leftover Easter or Halloween candy. Perhaps they could put a sign saying "One per customer please." Anything is better than throwing them away.

Bestdressed · ‎04-18-2010

@sidsmom wrote:
@ECBG wrote:
If you contact the grocery store be sure you have someone willing to transport the flowers. They're not going to have the luxury of someone "on the clock" out doing that.
@ECBG
Glad you mentioned this.
People forget labor is a luxury for majority of businesses.

If someone believes there's a problem,
THEY should be the solution.
"How can I fix this?"

I am not sure what you mean by ...THEY should be the solution?

"Fixing" things is not as easy as it seems... when you are dealing with national companies rules and guidelines.

Yes, I would be willing to pick up the flowers and deliver them to the nursing homes.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

If you volunteer to do something with them, how do they know you won't resell them yourself? I think it is a shame, but unless you have a documented chairty organization or church group willing to do something with these, you should let it go. In today's world that is. . .

Then there is the issue of if they are donated and go somewhere the store might lose a lot of sales because the flowers were already in someone's room and not being bought to go there.

Just hard in today's world to deal with issues like that.

Bestdressed · ‎04-18-2010

@Sooner wrote:
If you volunteer to do something with them, how do they know you won't resell them yourself? I think it is a shame, but unless you have a documented chairty organization or church group willing to do something with these, you should let it go. In today's world that is. . .

Then there is the issue of if they are donated and go somewhere the store might lose a lot of sales because the flowers were already in someone's room and not being bought to go there.

Just hard in today's world to deal with issues like that.

Exactly my point. This is why I thought about a non-profit website that you have to prove that donated goods will be going to the right cause. I don't know... just thinking there should be a solution.