$550 plus some dollars and change
May 13, 2011
I just got back to New York (after a loooong absence) and I’ve been jonesing to get cooking. So I headed to the most likely source for some quality staples. The non-perishable items pictured here (each is price tagged) total $457.25. Presuming these baked goods sell for $2.50 each at the fancy food store from which they hail, those presented here total $100 (though likely many sell for well over that price point).
So that’s $557.25 of goods wasted, then reclaimed in less than an hour. Full breakdown after the jump.
| $18.00 | 3 | oil | $54.00 |
| $11.00 | 4 | olives | $44.00 |
| $12.00 | 9 | pesto | $108.00 |
| $10.50 | 7 | tapenade | $73.50 |
| $10.00 | 2 | red pesto | $20.00 |
| $9.00 | 1 | chocolate sauce | $9.00 |
| $3.00 | 1 | greek yogurt | $3.00 |
| $20.00 | 1 | tea sachets | $20.00 |
| $8.00 | 1 | semolina pasta | $8.00 |
| $7.50 | 1 | barley flour | $7.50 |
| $8.50 | 1 | linguine | $8.50 |
| $14.00 | 1 | colomba cake | $14.00 |
| $7.00 | 3 | croutons | $21.00 |
| $5.00 | 2 | crackers | $10.00 |
| $6.00 | 1 | crystallized ginger | $6.00 |
| $14.25 | 1 | olive spread | $14.25 |
| $11.00 | 1 | olive cream | $11.00 |
| $15.50 | 1 | truffled red sauce | $15.50 |
| $10.00 | 1 | artichoke tuna cream | $10.00 |
| TOTAL | $457.25 |
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Glad you’re back. Seeing that line up of good food that you saved made me smile again. Thanks for your good work and for inspiring more people to avoid wasting food!
It’s been too long since you updated. I miss reading about your plunder.