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How much food does the fast food industry waste in one day?

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Doubt it. They won't "re-serve" food. It's illegal. I'm talking about the food they trash after a rush, burgers no one bought from the "levels".

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  1. probably none, most employees probably take the stuff the didnt sell home.

    my brother used to bring stuff home all the time.

    and as for that re selling stuff, just because its illegal doesnt mean they dont do it.


  2. lots all the food that

    they don't sell at the end of the night, If each store ends up getting rid of say 150 dollars food each every night that adds

    up so I won't even venture to guess

  3. i bet they mostly waste fries, which are really cheap..  sit down places probably waste more food b/c they have so many menu items partially prepped in advance..

  4. enough that could of been used to feed starving children in third world countries such as ehtiopia and india.

  5. I work in fast food and I do waste counts all the time in an average day where I work we waste about twenty dollars (in are cost) worth of food.  Fries barely make a dent in it and same with burgers most of the cost comes from chicken or fish items.

    Just to give you an idea:

    Fries-  $0.35 per pound

    Burgers- $0.25 per patty

    Onion Rings- $0.50 per pound

    Hash Browns- $0.63 per pound

    chick- 0.75 per patty

    Fish- 0.65 per patty

    Buns- 0.10 per bun

    Now if the costs were that of what the costomer pays then it would be somewhere around $200 a day.

    I hope this helps.

  6. It sure must be a lot of waste.Plus the people that buy the food and for some reason don't get to eat it and throw it away because it is cold.

  7. Im sure its a ton but the sad part is all that doesnt go to waste goes into us.. yuck

  8. They need to work on their Just In Time concept where they make just enough burgers and fries...this is where technology could help lessen the waste and make orders the freshest

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