Fwd: NPR article on Social Supermarkets and food-reuse

[Brandi Clark Burton]

There is an international trend toward putting to good use the food that grocery stores can't sell for full retail. Check out these two articles from either side of "the pond".
Patrick Van Haren of Microbial Earth sent this article: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/12/11/250185245/social-supermarkets-a-win-win-win-for-europes-poor

...which is a lot like the program that Doug Rauch, former Trader Joe's CEO is starting:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/09/21/222082247/trader-joes-ex-president-to-turn-expired-food-into-cheap-meals