food

petey0711 · ‎06-18-2023

I watch QVC a lot and I was wondering what happens to all the food that is cut up and used for demos. To me it seems like a BIG waste of good food when their are so many hungry people in our community. This morning they cut up a piece of ham into stripes with sissors and put it in the garbage bowl. That doesn't seem right.

Christine

RedTop · ‎09-01-2010

@petey0711

You have noticed and commented on the same thing 95% of new forum members take from watching food demos. Everyone is shocked by what they view as waste.

Yes, I'm sure there is a lot of waste, but the crew likely consumes the majority of what is edible, since not everything on display is touched by the hosts hands.

Each company trying to sell food on TV has an advertising budget, and know they have to waste food to sell food. By now they know, and have communicated to their sales rep, the amount of food to display during on air presentations. The cost of the wasted food is figured into the price we pay, and the company still comes out ahead.

Even in light of the food insecurity in this country, health department regulations alone would prevent the food in QVC demonstrations from being packed up and donated to any outside source.

Most food companies make their food donations thru direct shipments from the factory.

JeanLouiseFinch · ‎10-03-2011

It's part of the cost of advertising. The crew eats it, I'm sure. How would you propose to showcase a food item without cooking it and cutting it?

Carmie · ‎10-25-2010

Check out the dumpsters behind the grocery market. They throw out thousands of dollars worth of food weekly.....even those $45 a lb lobster tails no one can afford.

Bread and bakery items as well as dairy products and meats make up the bulk of wasted foods.

What QVC tosses out is a drop in the bucket compared to grocery stores.

Caaareful Shopper · ‎10-09-2012

They're not selling groceries, they selling dinners, breakfasts, snacks, etc. We can go to Costco or Wegman's for groceries. But QVC must present the food the way you may want to serve it to your families. It's selling 101. That comes at a price, which others have mentioned, is all a part of marketing/selling.

Remember also, the food is presented on set by a food stylist (similar to a fashion stylist). So some of it displayed on the tables as finished dishes can sometimes be manipulated in a way that makes them unfit for consumption (i.e., they rub a lot of oil on meats on plated dishes to make them look moist and juicy, etc.). You can google all that.

paixmcdao · ‎04-16-2022

@petey0711 wrote:
I watch QVC a lot and I was wondering what happens to all the food that is cut up and used for demos. To me it seems like a BIG waste of good food when their are so many hungry people in our community. This morning they cut up a piece of ham into stripes with sissors and put it in the garbage bowl. That doesn't seem right.

The food has been handled, and under hot studio lights for hours. I would not want anyone to eat it.

“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” -Mark Twain

Zhills · ‎11-15-2011

@Carmie wrote:
Check out the dumpsters behind the grocery market. They throw out thousands of dollars worth of food weekly.....even those $45 a lb lobster tails no one can afford.

Bread and bakery items as well as dairy products and meats make up the bulk of wasted foods.

What QVC tosses out is a drop in the bucket compared to grocery stores.

"What does Publix do with leftover food?

We arrange for local food banks, pantries and nonprofit organizations to receive the food to distribute to people in need. We also work with these nonprofit partners to eliminate waste in the donation process."

Nightowlz · ‎03-11-2010

Wyatt's Cafeteria always threw all the food they had leftover in the dumpster. I guess by law they can't give it away. Plenty of local places that feed the hungry could have used it. I heard some would go over around closing time waiting to get it out of the dumpster. They have not been in business here for years.

If Wyatt's Cafeteria was doing that just think of all the other places doing the same. Why not give it to the hungry?

kelsey17 · ‎04-10-2012

@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:
It's part of the cost of advertising. The crew eats it, I'm sure. How would you propose to showcase a food item without cooking it and cutting it?

I agree with cutting the food products and showing them through the TV but these days instead of showing the SAME piece they just cut cut cut which is unnecessary

and also some of the hosts eat a full portion of food as opposed to a "taste" to help describe its flavors, textures, etc while the demonstrations are going on....gets to be a bit much lately. More busy grabbing for the next bite then relating things to the consumer.

Carmie · ‎10-25-2010

@Zhills That's wonderful. I wish more stores would do the same.

Where I live it is illegal to dumpster dive and lots of food is tossed. Even clothing and electronic stores throw out merchandise that could be used in the dumpster.

It's such a waste.

An orchard and farm store near me, donates bruised fruits like apples that they cannot sell to help feed animals.

Our country has so much and we waste so much if what we have.