In the Kitchen - is the sale more important than wasting food?

QVCShopperExtraordinaire · ‎01-11-2019

Watching in the kitchen and a demo of K49303 today. While it is great to show the items’s ability, but the amount of food being wasted by Mark Charles is tremendous. Remember 1 in 8 AMERICANS go hungry every day. Be smart QVC - demo responsibly so that some of that food could be used in a way to feed the hungry or support a soup kitchen! Not buying just because Mark and David were more worried about the number being sold.

KingstonsMom · ‎03-09-2010

There are very strict regulations re: donating food and I doubt that food used in a studio setting under hot studio lights, not refrigerated, no gloves, etc., would be suitable for donating under those guidelines.

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haddon9 · ‎03-09-2010

How do you know that it's all being thrown away? We really don't know what happens to the food.

I like to see how a product can be used and if that means showing me the different foods that it will chop, I'm all for it. I purchased one of the Big Deal Genius food choppers as a gift.

kaydee50 · ‎02-07-2011

I would think that the studio staff and anyone around the studio would be given the food. And I agree with a previous poster that there are regulations as to what, how and where food can be donated.

loriqvc · ‎11-06-2011

@QVCShopperExtraordinaire - There are always plenty of crew members, vendors, and other hosts around who help to eat a lot of the food that is prepared during the kitchen shows. On In the Kitchen with Mary, they've even dubbed these people "seagulls" since they rapidly descend upon whatever food is available after a presentation. I'm sure some things do go to waste, but QVC has been presenting these shows for decades, so it seems likely that there are protocols in place for how they handle and prepare the food as well as how it is shared or disposed.

homedecor1 · ‎03-09-2010

@QVCShopperExtraordinaire wrote:
Watching in the kitchen and a demo of K49303 today. While it is great to show the items’s ability, but the amount of food being wasted by Mark Charles is tremendous. Remember 1 in 8 AMERICANS go hungry every day. Be smart QVC - demo responsibly so that some of that food could be used in a way to feed the hungry or support a soup kitchen! Not buying just because Mark and David were more worried about the number being sold.

@QVCShopperExtraordinaire

I think your "assumptions" are wrong! After one of the food demos on Mary's show she stated "once these demos are over its a swarm of people ready to eat!". Mary stated there are lots of "behind the scenes" people waiting for yummy food! I'm sure it's the same for all cooking demos except for unusable food items.

I know our local food store used to have self-serve bakery and salad bar. They closed it & now you need to ask for what you want. I asked the manager why as it was so convenient and his answer was "too much food thrown away". Very strict standards and no longer can donate unused prepared foods to soup kitchens due to sanitary and federal guidelines.

And honestly, everyone is entitled to their opinion and if you don't buy the item because of your beliefs that's your prerogative.

LizzieInSRQ · ‎12-27-2010

You have got to be kidding with this post. Being curious as to what they do with the food they cook, or can they open is one thing.

To assume the food is wasted, is an assumption, too.

But to suggest there is something wrong with demonstrating the product by using the food and other items to do so is, frankly, ridiculous. You would then have to include every food cooking show on television and every gadget sold on television.

x Hedge · ‎08-18-2016

@QVCShopperExtraordinaire wrote:
Watching in the kitchen and a demo of K49303 today. While it is great to show the items’s ability, but the amount of food being wasted by Mark Charles is tremendous. Remember 1 in 8 AMERICANS go hungry every day. Be smart QVC - demo responsibly so that some of that food could be used in a way to feed the hungry or support a soup kitchen! Not buying just because Mark and David were more worried about the number being sold.

This is a put on, right?