Time to eat.
"Arena leftovers assigned a mission; After TD Garden events, unsold food is donated" by
The mission’s lavish spread were leftovers from the previous night’s Boston Bruins game at TD Garden, all the prepared food that went unsold at the arena’s concession stands that could be consumed safely the next day. The Garden has been donating its unsold food to the mission since October, part of a nationwide initiative to help feed the hungry with leftovers from major arena events, rather than simply discarding the food.
At least it's not Fenway food.
Also see: Do Not Eat at the Boston Globe
Reading it is quite enough, thanks.
Some 25 tons of Garden food each year used to go to compost.
Such waste amongst such hunger.
Now, more than 16 tons could be saved and served at the mission, according to Mike Zielinski, general manager for SportService, which oversees all food and beverage operations at the Garden.
“It’s like a big, giant doggie bag,’’ Zielinski said. “It’s a good feeling to know that they’re using it.’’
Look, I'm glad the food is not going to waste; however, DEPENDING UPON the SCRAPS from the fun and games of the wealthy is not exactly the kind of society I want.
To illustrate how these donations work, a Globe reporter went behind the scenes to follow a selection of sausages, chorizo, and hot dogs as they made their way from the Garden’s refrigerators to a concession stand during a Jan. 6 Bruins game, then onto the plates of the homeless the next day....
A crack Globe investigation!
You know, anyone can stand on a street corner, take a walk, or go to the mall and supermarket when they are not watching NECN and drinking coffee in the newsroom.
Similar preparations take place nightly at sporting events and concerts at arenas across a country where millions go to sleep hungry. That did not add up for Syd Mandelbaum....
The agenda-pushing supremacist paper strikes again with this front-page special!
The antipoverty think tank he founded, Rock and Wrap It Up!, works with more than 160 music bands, major hotel chains, and dozens of colleges, universities, and sports franchises.
"It's a labor of love, and people eat," Mandelbaum said in an interview. He grew up hearing stories about starvation in concentration camps from his parents, who survived the Holocaust....
They had to drag that event into this article?
All leftovers used to be thrown into a cardboard box on the floor, along with broken buns or pretzels and food that had been burned or otherwise deemed inappropriate for sale, said Peter Zettel, concessions manager at the Garden. "Spoilage," he called it -- the industry term for food that cannot be sold.
A little before game time, the stand opened and a steady stream of fans stopped on their way to their seats. The big rush came during the two 15-minute intermissions. Two lines averaged 15 or so people, mostly men in Bruins shirts and hats, some with children, fewer women. They ordered sausages, dogs, beers, and "Muchos Nachos."
This is what the Globe is "investigating" these days?
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Time to Jet on out of here.
