The court case coincides with the release of the French comedy film “Discount” which looks at the issue of big supermarkets.
In the film staff at a big supermarket, threatened with the sack, end up selling all the out-of-date food to poor people at a discount rate.
There are efforts being made at a political level to look at the issue.
Prime Minister Manuel Valls tasked the Ministry of Agriculture in October to carry out a report in supermarket waste, with results expected in two months.
And in July last year conservative UMP deputy Jean-Pierre Decool proposed a bill that would see supermarkets with a surface area above 1,000 square metres, like Carrefour and Leclerc, forced to hand over their food waste rather than throw it away or destroy it.
But contrary to what you might imagine, some charities are against the idea that supermarkets hand them over their out-of-date food.
For Patrice Dallem, from the Red Cross, it would mean unaffordable “logistical and human costs” for charities if it was their responsibility to hand out the food.
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