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Re:Americans, it turns out, would rather visit a store than ... by darrenf on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @02:33PM (#23327747)
> Playing devil's advocate: an enormous amount of food waste is caused by people simply refusing to buy ugly food.

In London there's a startup which sells such rejected, ugly fruit and veg: https://www.oddbox.co.uk/ (no affiliation beyond being a happy customer)

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Re:Americans, it turns out, would rather visit a store than ... by bananapear on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @04:48PM (#23329768)
Considering their stated purpose, the fruit and veg in their marketing are remarkably photogenic
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Re:Americans, it turns out, would rather visit a store than ... by jeffwass on Thursday May 28, 2020 @05:24AM (#23335187)
It's not just ugly fruits/veg, it's food that would otherwise be discarded for any reason.

I've only been receiving their boxes for a few weeks now, and gotten some strange J-shaped cucumbers, but most of the produce looks normal.

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Re:Americans, it turns out, would rather visit a store than ... by pkaye on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @02:42PM (#23327886)
My understanding is the ugly food is often times used to make packaged foods like pre-chopped fruits and veggies, salads, apple sauce, baby carrots.
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