Stopped by the Bakery

[osprey]

Stopped at our local Walmart today on the way home from work looking for some food grade buckets. The lady I spoke with told me they had a policy change and were not allowed to give them away any longer. They are to be cleaned out and sent back to be refilled. :(

[Sock Puppy]

If you are talking about those 5 gallon plastic buckets, that doesn't sound very sanitary. I'm glad I'm not a wallmart shopper.

I get them at the local drive-in in Seattle called "Dick's". Mayonnaise, pickles, etc. come in them. Unfortunately they charge a buck or a buck and a half for each of them, but they are cleaned.

--SP

[Saul Mine]

They're going to reuse food buckets?

[osprey]

That response really surprised me too! Doesn't seem like reuse would be allowed commercially.
I talked to someone at another local place this afternoon and they told me I could have all I wanted. Said they would hold them for me and to stop by once a week to check with them. Really nice folks.

[Korbin Dallas]

They send them back to China, turn them into porta potties for the sweatshops which produce the cheap crap Walmart sells.

[CrufflerJJ]

Stopped at our local Walmart today on the way home from work looking for some food grade buckets. The lady I spoke with told me they had a policy change and were not allowed to give them away any longer. They are to be cleaned out and sent back to be refilled. :(


Sounds like some sort of "green" cost savings initiative, pushed by a young MBA-type looking for their annual bonus.

[Ironfield]

Stopped at our local Walmart today on the way home from work looking for some food grade buckets. The lady I spoke with told me they had a policy change and were not allowed to give them away any longer. They are to be cleaned out and sent back to be refilled. :(


Sounds like some sort of "green" cost savings initiative, pushed by a young MBA-type looking for their annual bonus.


That and given the current financial climate it would make economic sense to the higher ups.

-Ironfield

[CrufflerJJ]

Stopped at our local Walmart today on the way home from work looking for some food grade buckets. The lady I spoke with told me they had a policy change and were not allowed to give them away any longer. They are to be cleaned out and sent back to be refilled. :(


Sounds like some sort of "green" cost savings initiative, pushed by a young MBA-type looking for their annual bonus.


That and given the current financial climate it would make economic sense to the higher ups.

-Ironfield


The problem with these wonderful initiatives, from what I saw at work, was that the additional handling/shipping/paperwork costs $15, in order to save $7. Don't worry, though - we'll make it up in volume! ;D

[bootstrap]

The only way I could see them reusing the buckets is they started putting a liner in the bucket and no longer allowed the product to touch the bucket walls. I know some commercial food products are shipped this way. I think the more likely scenario is as a other poster mentioned this is probably a green initiative for recycling.