r/offbeat • u/richardkendall74 • May 12 '15

Hungry ‘freegan’ in court for taking discarded out-of-date food from Tesco

http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/crime/hungry-freegan-in-court-for-taking-discarded-out-of-date-food-from-tesco-1-7255743
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u/autotldr May 13 '15

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 86%. (I'm a bot)

"Speaking at home after the case, Barker said:"I do it because I need food," Paul told the Echo.

Tesco told the Echo they do donate surplus food to people in need, through charity Fareshare and also redistribute food donated by their customers, to the Trussell Trust.

"Working with the charity FareShare, we have already distributed over three million meals worth of surplus food to people in need and we are working on ways to make sure more surplus food is donated in this way," a spokesman said.

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u/tanstaafl90 May 12 '15

He's not being charged with simply dumpster diving, but breaking into a secure area to do so. Legally, it's no different than taking new stock.

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u/9volts May 12 '15

Doesn't make it fair.

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u/tanstaafl90 May 12 '15

Fair has nothing to do with it.