To buy yellow lable reduced items..?

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When I shop at small high street supermarkets I look out for and buy items that are reduced due to their use by date where I can use them in my meal planning.

I think it is ethical to avoid food waste and know these items get thrown away if they are not sold. I also don't have any problem with trying not to spend more than I need to, as although I live in a house with a paid off mortgage and my DP has an annual passive income of around £250k, my own passive annual income is less then 10% of this and my DP expects me to split most costs equally with him.

We are in a town where CoL is very high and there is a large street homeless community in the local area.

AIBU?

Many foodbanks only take non-perishable food, so it's a no to anything fresh. Our local community fridges take fresh food though - those are for anyone to use, not just those on a low income.

Some people made that 'rule' up.
Yellow stickers are a waste reduction/income generation concept and are open to anyone.

Read the existing replies explaining why this is actually false.

Waitrose was the place to go, it was also posted on Hotukdeals, loads of all different mini eggs and bunnies, all half price, also large Lindt bunnies and some large Lindor eggs. The large Lindor eggs were still a bit pricey though per 100g. I think some stores had other larger Easter eggs

Buy yellow sticker food if you want to, everyone's entitled to.

As for the financial situation with your DP, I agree with everyone else, it's not much of a partnership is it? But I dont think you should have access to his income, just that he shouldn't expect equal contribution from you when your income is so much less.
But you have a choice, leave him because he is treating you poorly, financially at least, and manage on your own income, or continue to live off a small 'passive' income in his mortgage free house.

Sometimes the right thing to do for you isn't necessarily the best thing for your circumstances, which is one of the many reasons why people stay in relationships such as this.

The big Tesco near us had loads last night, particularly orange mini eggs. I may need to go again today...

Yellow stickers aside, are you saying that neither you nor your partner work. That you both rely on passive income and that living rent free with him means you can pursue your hobby? This arrangement doesn’t seem good and puts you in a vulnerable position
Out of interest does he eat the yellow stickered food?

So should clothes in sales only be for the less fortunate?

What if no one in the shop is someone living hand to mouth? Anyone can buy yellow stickered food and, in my view, as long as they are not taking it all there is no problem.

If there is yellow labelled food when I go shopping and it is something me and DH eat (we are vegetarian) then I will often take it. I would never take lots of it though.

I hardly ever pay full price for bread as that is always reduced and I freeze it

Another one more shocked by comments about "d"h than what food you buy.

Shocked? People can buy whatever they want, it really doesn't matter. OP chose to write about her boyfriends money and people are pointing out what a terrible choice it is to be dependent on a man for housing, with no legal protections.

Yours is highly unusual. I'm a registered referrer to fiood banks, and the vast majority can only collect and store non-perishables. I only know of one that takes and issues fresh food, and that's because it operates six days a week from its own premises. The vast majority operate for a few hours once or twice a week from places like church halls, so no fridge or freezer space available.

What is the point of this post?

Is it to brag about your husbands income and also your own! Please be mindful that 25k to some is their only income!

Is it to brag about how you are so wonderful because you are buying food that will otherwise go to waste

Is it because you are bored?

Whatever it may be, this post is pointless

Weird post. You do know if you didn't buy it, someone else would so it has little to do with food wastage.

I have never felt the need to share online buying reduced food items.

How do you have a 'job you love' and a passive income and dont work (so not min wage) Surely you should have worked that out before starting this thread?

Yes. People can buy whatever they want... 💯.
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How do we know if people had an expensive month or when their pay day or benefits/pension paid into their account day?

We can't stop customers buying YS or a trolley full of crap. Yes we do have customers that buy Pot Noodles, crisps, fat Coke, bags of sweets, chips and nothing else you can make a healthy meal from.

Who gets to decide who is the "least fortunate" enough to buy the yellow sticker items? If two people want the same thing do they have to produce a statement of means to prove who is the most skint and therefore the most deserving?

Honestly what a ridiculous take. It's there to be bought, by anyone who wants to buy it, with the intention of reducing financial loss for the supermarket. Nothing to do with food waste or providing for the poor.

I'm sure there are people more in need than me, that's not going to make me feel guilty for buying the reduced mince and sticking it in my freezer.

£25k that doesn’t involve active work and no housing costs is a HUGE deal.

Your DH sounds like a real catch…🙄

Why would that be unreasonable? Of course it's not. It's a good thing to do for the environment and you are putting in the effort where others wouldn't. Good for you.

I assume you're asking should you be leaving these items for people in a worse financial position than you? Ideally and ethically, yes. But practically the logistics of that are too complex to implement it as a strategy. There is no way of knowing if you left the item it would benefit someone in greater need or be bought by another even more well off person, or not be bought at all and wasted. Given that, you might as well buy it. If your conscience troubles you, ask your husband to donate to the foodbank.

In what circumstances would buying yellow label food be unreasonable? Because you are taking it away from some one who can't afford full price food?
I think it's fine to buy that food. I do if I think I can use it, much of it might get thrown out otherwise.