| Food poverty solution? 09:53 - Jan 25 with 2980 views | GavTWTD |
Ok, so I was thinking this morning and I wondered if you good people could rip my idea to shreds because you are more wise than I.
Supermarkets get crazy profits, so I wondered if it were possible to create a charitable supermarket. They cost fortunes to build so that's the big stumbling block, but once built, it could be run to break even for the benefit of the poor.
The supermarket might be looked down on, but if you weren't poor but wanted to do your bit for the charity then you'd also shop there as next to the value-at-cost foods, you'd then have your named brands at higher prices. It would need to have a positive brand image.
Foodbank vouchers would be valid there, and a reward scheme would be created purely for those in need. Perhaps those better off would get a statement to say how much they had raised by shopping there.
Might even be a way to use the high street buildings that will remain empty like Debenhams. Could possibly have smaller charity units inside selling their donated goods if they had the space.
There could be an element of education in store, such as how to eat healthily on a very low budget. Recipe ideas. Perhaps tie-ins with energy companies with tailored tariffs or something similar.
Forgive me if I have a complete misunderstanding of what food poverty is. I thankfully haven't been in that situation, but I like the idea of a supermarket that isn't run for profit, that benefits the poor. That's the main thrust of the idea.
Ok, I'm expecting a battering over this... |  |
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| Food poverty solution? on 12:47 - Jan 25 with 241 views | eireblue |
| Food poverty solution? on 12:30 - Jan 25 by The_Flashing_Smile |
The Real Living Wage, basically. |
UBI would be even better. |  | | |
| Food poverty solution? on 15:22 - Jan 25 with 202 views | J2BLUE |
Agreed, I have wondered about this in the past as well. Small scale versions do already exist but nothing on a bigger scale.
Not sure how it would work though unless things were sold for competitive prices and then the profits were used for good things,
I also wondered about a non profit supermarket where things like cakes were sold for full price but the profit was used to make 'healthy' and ethical foods much cheaper. Anything whole food plant based for example, as well as certain processed food like wholegrain bread and healthier cereals. So you could eat very healthily and ethically (mainly thinking of the planet more than animal rights to be honest) for very cheap. |  |
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