A cafe and ‘market’ that was entirely sustained by ‘expired’ goods from the local super markets that was otherwise destined for the garbage bin. Trucks kept rolling in as we are.
The cafe was only open weekend (volunteers) but the market was open everyday.
It was a ‘pay what ever you can system’, and $0 was fine. There was a 2 bag maximum on goods you could take away from the market.
And any payment made was a tax deductible donation.
The market had an obviously limited selection of goods, dependent on what came from the supermarkets.
But when I was there,
- unlimited breads of all kinds (like shelves and shelves and shelves, including very nice sourdoughs)
- capsicums (green)
- milk
- yogurt
- lettuce
- carrots
- few other misc veg
- a lot of soy and protein powders
- juices
- and frozen goods, which I didn’t explore.
You couldn’t survive off it alone (unless you had to). But it was a cool option to have. Love the concept.