update: ALDI donates to wisconsin food bank

In a follow-up to Thursday's story of ALDI refusing to release milk to Hunger Task Force, television station  WISN reported on Friday that ALDI contacted the bankrupt dairy's trustee and authorized the release of the milk and other dairy products:

... Aldi spokeswoman Julie Ketay told WISN 12 News reporter Nick Bohr that Aldi had contacted the trustee for Golden Guernsey "to let them know that the product can be donated."

Ketay told WISN 12 News on Friday morning that the company was willing to donate the milk that was produced for them and told that to Golden Guernsey on Thursday.

Ketay said Aldi wasn't contacted about the milk until Thursday.

Parks said Friday was the last day Hunger Task Force will be allowed inside the dairy.
He said believed that would be enough time to remove any product that could still be useful.

There's an accompanying video on the page.

I'm glad to read that everything has worked out in this particular case. It's probably a small comfort to the dairy employees that suddenly lost their jobs, but at least families in need will have an opportunity to receive food that would otherwise have gone to waste.

trip report: november 18, 2012

I picked up a few things yesterday:

• Friendly Farms 2% milk
• Nature's Nectar orange juice from concentrate
• 2 cans condensed cream of mushroom soup
• 12-pack Diet GT Cola
• Pumpkin pie flavored Pop Tarts
• 1 tub shredded Romano cheese

I'm not reviewing the milk or the orange juice. I just don't see the point. If you want to know my opinion of the Pop Tarts, I'm glad they're sold for a limited time (because I would eat them all day, erryday). That leaves the soup, the cheese and the diet cola. What, oh what, shall I write about first?