22/03/2024
♻️🫶🙂FOR EVERYONE WHO IS NEW🙂🫶♻️
I created this page to share surplus food I collect from grocery stores, restaurants and cafes as well as sharing my upcycled and cooked/baked treats that I make from unclaimed surplus food! 🍰🍞🥐🥖
I am level 3 trained in food safety and hygeine and Im also level 3 trained in safegaurding vulnerable people with dignity too so I hope you'll all feel safe knowing I am able to safely distribute food and I also know organizations that can help in extreme hardship situations so dont hesitate to contact me if that's the case.
👩🍳Here's how this page works...
♻️🫶When you see a post offering surplus/unwanted food please be aware that allergy information isn't always clear and this should be take in consideration when claiming food items from me. Always message the page to guarantee a slot for you to pop by to collect food items as I Go through messages from first received to arrange collection.🫶♻️
The post will include the best before date/use by dates in the description when possible.
👉Best before dates are for quality reasons and are a guide for us to know when the best time to eat the food item at its optimal quality. It is safe to eat items that are past their best before date BUT always use your judgement if that food item looks, feels or tastes "gone off" as with all food items, they will not last forever.
It is safe to freeze food items passed their best before date IF it is in an edible state when freezing.
👉Use by dates are for food safety reasons and its a strict guide on when food should be eaten by. This is because food with a use by date is normally meat, dairy and other foods that will form bacteria soon after the use by date. Again it is only a guide and foods like ready made sandwiches can be consumed after the use by date but that is under your own judgement.
If the food item has a use by date, collection must be arranged within a maximum of 12 hours after the last day of the use by date on the food items listed. (12pm)
If the food item has a best before date, collection must be arranged before the food item becomes inedible. (I only list food I would happily eat myself and food items are in a good, fresh condition)
❄🥶Sometimes when food is unclaimed by the end of the use by or best before date, I will label and freeze these food items in my surplus food freezer so that they can be redistributed at a later date. All frozen food items are frozen for a maximum of 1 month before being redistributed and frozen food items are only taken out of the freezer once you have arrive to collect. I strongly suggest not refreezing these foods as they have been frozen already.
💛I like to share as fairly and freely as possible at all times.
I understand some people have larger families or longer periods without financial support and I take these situations Into consideration without assumptions.
That means I dont want you to have to feel that you have to justify why you have asked for a larger amount of food items, I will always trust that you are claiming food items that you can eat, store or share within the time it's still able to be eaten in.
📩Always feel free to message me to ask any questions you feel I haven't answered.
