Back in the day it was called dumpster diving.
Via Fox 10:
A new “pay what you can” restaurant in Wisconsin will use wasted or unused food from grocery stores.
The idea comes from Chef Dave Heide, who already owns two successful restaurants in Madison. He wants to open a third eatery with the goal of doing something for a greater cause.
“Fifty percent of the food we create here in the United States ends up in a landfill,” he offered.
Ingredients for meals will come from unsold items at grocery stores, and his employees will be military veterans having a tough time getting back into the work force.
“We don’t want to have bad food. We’re just going to pick through,” Heide explained. “Think about an apple. We’re just going to cut out that one tiny little dot and the rest of that apple is still an amazing good apple.”
His goal is to not only help the environment but people too. Heide wants the vets use the experience at his restaurant as a jumping board to move onto other positions at other places.