In 2020, Starbucks promised its customers, who were concerned about the company’s blatant disposal of undamaged food and intact supplies, to stop irresponsibly disposing of unsold food in garbage bags. However, it seems a few strings have been loosened on that promise.
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- Starbucks gets rid of unsold food, New Yorker finds bags and restocks pantry
- The TikToker stocked her pantry with food
Starbucks gets rid of unsold food, New Yorker finds bags and restocks pantry
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Anna Sacks, who goes by the name ‘trash walker’ on TikTok, took to the platform once again to show people how Starbucks still does it. A former investment banker turned waste reduction consultant, Sacks filmed a New York Starbucks outlet dumping its perfectly intact packaged food in large black trash bags on the street.
According to the Twitter user who reposted Sack’s video online, the Starbucks outlet was allegedly closing, which appears to have prompted employees to throw away all food, coffee beans, cups, and even credit cards. gift on the streets of New York.
Sacks filmed a closed company outlet and alleged that it used to be a Starbucks on New York’s upper west side. In the clip, she jokes about her “spider-tingling senses,” so she checked out the place, and lo and behold, she found bags of food lying on the street.
The TikToker rummaged through the food and noted that the packaged frozen bits were still cold, hinting that the establishment had recently brought them out. Even the expiration dates stamped on the frozen food indicated that the food was safe to eat in October 2023, and could still be eaten for months to come.
The TikToker stocked her pantry with food
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Stocking up on supplies, Sacks exclaimed, “I’m going to eat eggs for days.” He also informed me that he would leave the meat products for his friends to come and stock their freezers. Along with the surplus food, the garbage collector also found a sack full of roasted coffee beans, which might have been the biggest surprise of all the other discarded goods.
A New York Starbucks closed and someone walking outside found a stack of garbage bags filled to the brim with food, coffee and supplies. The idea that there is not enough to go around is a dangerous myth. pic.twitter.com/aqrEOJTnCW
—Stop Cop City (@JoshuaPHilll) June 21, 2023
In addition to the food, there were also garbage bags filled with unused Starbucks cups, stir sticks, gift cards and a “million napkins.” Sacks hit the gold mine when he found the bakery items also stuffed into the bags. Over time, he took some of the supplies home and restocked his pantry for free.
In 2016, the company announced the “FoodShare” program, revealing plans to donate unsold food from 100% of US stores. In a press release, a Starbucks brand manager said: “When we think about the With the large presence of our stores in the US and the impact we could have, we were concerned to figure out how to donate this food instead of throwing it away. ” However, it seems that the company cannot fulfill its promise to customers.
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