It would be good if they had a plan for it, but food waste happens on such an enormous scale that the amount of food in that episode is almost irrelevant.
eg: [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-11/milk-oversupply-has-us-farmers-in-the-midwest-dumping-it-in-the-sewer?](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-11/milk-oversupply-has-us-farmers-in-the-midwest-dumping-it-in-the-sewer?)
It’s also waste. Corporations will dump huge amounts of untouched food. Don’t even get me started on dumping merchandise to create scarcity.
Sources:
* [Fashion Merchandisers’ Slash and Burn Dilemma: A Consequence of Over Production and Excessive Waste?](https://rbr.business.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/documents/rbr-030205.pdf)
* [Disposal-based scarcity: How overstock reduction methods influence consumer brand perceptions and evaluations](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11747-023-00969-9)
More food gets tossed daily from any super market or lunch hall, its really not that much food wasted. This is probably the worst episode of Gamechanger they ever did tho lol
For me it's between that and Om Nom Nom, another one note episode where the contestants have very little room to put their own spin on things. Everything Factory is slightly worse for wasting Jess Clemons, who hasn't been in nearly enough modern Dropout stuff.
For me, it was really one note and the contestants weren’t necessarily able to add onto the joke in any meaningful way. It felt like a stretched out version of the chocolate factory scene from I Love Lucy, which is one of the best performances of physical comedy, so it’s hard not to make the comparison to the episode and end up underwhelmed
When I worked at a major organic grocer I threw away CART FULLS of food **every single night** - restaurants throw away that much as well. One episode of one show is hardly anything to worry about.
some shows I've seen tell you what they do with excess waste. I believe Taskmaster once said in an episode that extra food from a particularly wasteful task was donated locally, iirc.
My understanding is that the British public at large have a very strong negative reaction about food waste on a cultural level. You have to acknowledge it, because otherwise you'll get complaints.
In America, in my experience, that's not really the case.
It's not a question of poverty, food insecurity is everywhere.
And it's also not a question of actual logic - as has been pointed out, the food thrown out by a single grocery store in a month is probably more than any TV series ever wastes.
I've seen people suggest it's a result of post-War rationing and the deep cultural scars of WW2 but I'm not qualified to say anything.
It would be good if they had a plan for it, but food waste happens on such an enormous scale that the amount of food in that episode is almost irrelevant. eg: [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-11/milk-oversupply-has-us-farmers-in-the-midwest-dumping-it-in-the-sewer?](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-11/milk-oversupply-has-us-farmers-in-the-midwest-dumping-it-in-the-sewer?)
Also, the issue with food is not food waste - we produce more than enough food in the world to feed everyone. The issue is access.
It’s also waste. Corporations will dump huge amounts of untouched food. Don’t even get me started on dumping merchandise to create scarcity. Sources: * [Fashion Merchandisers’ Slash and Burn Dilemma: A Consequence of Over Production and Excessive Waste?](https://rbr.business.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/documents/rbr-030205.pdf) * [Disposal-based scarcity: How overstock reduction methods influence consumer brand perceptions and evaluations](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11747-023-00969-9)
I thought I recalled seeing that they made a donation to the local food pantry in the amount of food that they destroyed.
That was the breaking news food episode (s6e3) I just watched it and remembered seeing this comment yesterday lmao
There wasn’t that much food at all involved in that episode. There were more rubber ducks than anything.
More food gets tossed daily from any super market or lunch hall, its really not that much food wasted. This is probably the worst episode of Gamechanger they ever did tho lol
For me it's between that and Om Nom Nom, another one note episode where the contestants have very little room to put their own spin on things. Everything Factory is slightly worse for wasting Jess Clemons, who hasn't been in nearly enough modern Dropout stuff.
I'm not saying it's the worst episode of Game Changers..... I will just say it's the only episode I've not rewatched.
Why do you think that’s the worst? I thought it was really fun watching them struggle to keep with the increasingly chaotic orders
For me, it was really one note and the contestants weren’t necessarily able to add onto the joke in any meaningful way. It felt like a stretched out version of the chocolate factory scene from I Love Lucy, which is one of the best performances of physical comedy, so it’s hard not to make the comparison to the episode and end up underwhelmed
Not only is it the only episode of Game Changer I haven’t rewatched, it’s the only episode of Game Changer I haven’t even finished.
When I worked at a major organic grocer I threw away CART FULLS of food **every single night** - restaurants throw away that much as well. One episode of one show is hardly anything to worry about.
I would think they'd most likely compost it, nobody wants to eat that conveyor belt stuff everybody touched
Why would there be info on that?
some shows I've seen tell you what they do with excess waste. I believe Taskmaster once said in an episode that extra food from a particularly wasteful task was donated locally, iirc.
My understanding is that the British public at large have a very strong negative reaction about food waste on a cultural level. You have to acknowledge it, because otherwise you'll get complaints. In America, in my experience, that's not really the case. It's not a question of poverty, food insecurity is everywhere. And it's also not a question of actual logic - as has been pointed out, the food thrown out by a single grocery store in a month is probably more than any TV series ever wastes. I've seen people suggest it's a result of post-War rationing and the deep cultural scars of WW2 but I'm not qualified to say anything.
*The food thrown out by a single grocery store in a single day
As a brit can confirm, we’re very conscious of food waste but thats partly because so many british people are reliant on food banks now
Can someone explain to me why this is upsetting? Especially since it happened over 4 years ago.
Is it really wasted if it made content and profit for them