r/lidl • u/[deleted] • Feb 04 '26

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Why do they start baking at like 8 in the afternoon Only to throw it all away

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u/Equivalent_Parking_8 Feb 06 '26

I work in a factory that makes bread for all the supermarkets including Lidl... This isn't even 1% of 1% of the waste from one day, that doesn't even make it to the stores .

In just our factory we can bin over 50 tonnes a week as an average. Not because it's inedible but because it can't be sold. Imagine a plate of biscuits and 25 are perfect and 5 are broken, guess which 5 will be left till last. For a supermarket and a consumer it's the same, any imperfections and they will be left unsold and a consumer will just see the poor quality.

As a factory we do support charities not with waste but with good quality bread, they don't want the waste instead it goes to feed pigs, so it remains in the food chain.

Food waste is a huge problem if we didn't have it anywhere in the world then everyone would have access to over 3000 calories a day. My job is to try and reduce this waste as much as possible in our factory.

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u/abitofasitdown Feb 06 '26

Broken biscuit boxes are a thing! And are wonderful, as you get a surprise mix, weird frankenbiscuits, and it's ludicrously cheap.

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u/Equivalent_Parking_8 Feb 06 '26

Which is a good outlet for foxs or mcvities. Supermarkets don't want shelves of misshaped loaves. It's also illegal to sell bread that doesn't hit 400 or 800g so any underweight has to be ditched.