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5 Perfectly Respectable Ways To Get A Free Meal

Posted June 11, 2009 - 09:09 by Julie Rains

Life Hacks, Food and Drink

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If you’re willing to be patient, gracious, and alert to opportunities, you can enjoy free meals on certain occasions. Here are ways that have worked for me.

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a 3-course meal...from garbage.

Posted 2 years ago by Paul Michael

Filed Under: Food and Drink

Dumpster

Why buy groceries, when you can get your weekly shop for free? Many people do it, but there is a catch. Instead of going in to your supermarket through the front door, you have to go to a different department. The dumpster.

It's estimated that the US alone throws away roughly $100 billion in food every year. And most of it is perfectly edible. It's a crying shame, and it's the reason Freeganism is becoming more and more popular in the US and western Europe.

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