A 47-year-old woman, from Bournemouth, Dorset, had to throw a lot of strawberries, bread, packets of Jaffa Cakes, peas, eggs and carrots after she stockpiled the food amid coronavirus crisis.
Emmie Shute, a mother-of-two and a factory worker, spent £250 and stockpiled food as much as she could.
However, she was forced to expired and unwanted food but this didn’t stop her from stockpiling.
The single mother told the FABULOUS: “Punnets of rotten strawberries, mouldy bread, unwanted packets of Jaffa Cakes, out-of-date peas and carrots… The bin bag was groaning under the weight of unused food I’d stockpiled when the coronavirus crisis hit.”
She said when she was throwing the unwanted food that she had stockpiled, she didn’t feel a shred of remorse as she did everything to protect and provide for her children – 15-year-old Henry and 11-year-old Katie.
She said she was never a hoarder but due to coronavirus crisis, she was forced to stockpile the food items.
She spent £250 to buy groceries, including fruits, vegetables, biscuits, eggs, tinned food, pasta, and 50 toilet rolls.
Emmie said: With only a small freezer, however, I wasn’t able to store the vast majority of the fresh produce, so it went off and had to be binned within the week.”
She said she tried to donate the food to a local homeless charity and women’s refuge but she didn’t receive any response from them.
Her friends also refused to accept the food and she finally put the boxes on the street with a sign saying they were free. But, no one took them.
She said: “I’ve also had to chuck away dozens of toilet rolls, which got wet by accident from the shower.”
She had to throw £60-worth of unwanted and out-of-date food but she didn’t stop stockpiling.
Emmie said: “I still want the kids to have treats like biscuits and Easter eggs – now more than ever, I want to spoil them. They can’t play football or netball or go to the cinema and food is one of the only pleasures we have left.”
Emmie is now buying £100 worth of food every week and throwing around £10-worth of food.
She says she doesn’t feel bad as she doesn’t want her children to end up hungry in case she can’t go out to buy food.
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