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Costco gives me all of their unsold fruit and vegetables - I get tons of bananas every single day
A TikTok star is going viral after revealing how she manages to scoop up to twelve bins of unsold Costco fruit every week to feed her farm animals.
In a clip viewed nearly 600,000 times, Stefanie Scott explained to her followers about Costco's unsold food program which allows customers to take produce which is about to expire.
The video shows Scott sourcing 12 bins' worth of fruit from her local store - though she admits it was an unusually large haul as she usually only takes seven or eight.
The haul included asparagus, apples, bananas, green beans, broccoli, apples, Brussel sprouts, sweet potatoes and a 'mystery' fruit.
A TikTok star is going viral after revealing how she manages to scoop up to twelve bins of unsold Costco fruit every week to feed her farm animals. The clip has been viewed nearly 600,000 times
It forms part of Costco's sustainability commitment to 'keep food out of landfills, whether it's by creating a new product, donating it to needy people or feeding it to animals.'
Scott, from Enumclaw, Washington, told PEOPLE: 'My dad knew a guy whose wife worked at our local Costco, and they actually already had a farmer that was picking up the [unsold] produce, but he was going to be stopping and we honestly got lucky and we were able to take over those pickups.'
The 35-year-old and her husband use then use the produce to feed the family farm which is home to 18 cows which go through a full bin per day.
She added: 'The Costco employees will load the pallets onto our trailer with a forklift and we take them home to unload them.
'We sometimes give fruit to our chickens (they love grapes) or our pigs, but mostly just to the cows because they eat the most. Some items are visibly moldy, some look like they have been dropped, some look completely fine.'
Though it is referred to as 'unsold' fruit, she explained that most of it has never hit the shelves in the first place because it does not hit certain food safety standards.
She said: 'If a package of strawberries has one moldy one, it becomes a food safety issue and they have to toss out the whole container. So, it's common for us to get one moldy strawberry in with a bunch that looks completely fine.'
Other unsold Costco food items such as bread and processed items are donated to food banks and shelters.
The wholesaler's unusual business model means more things end up going to waste.
Scott, from Enumclaw, Washington, explained that she and her husband used the produce to feed their farm animals including 18 cows
Other unsold Costco food items such as bread and processed items are donated to food banks and shelters
Scott explained: 'Because of how Costco sells in bulk and everything has to be a specific weight, if a bundle of bananas has one that is damaged, they have to toss the whole bundle, unlike a grocery store that could rip off the bad one and sell the rest.'
It comes after Costco made headlines last month amidst a crackdown on a loophole in its outdoor food courts.
New rules require staff to ask to see a Costco membership card for purchases at its 18 outdoor food courts across America.
Until now, staff had turned a blind eye to nonmembers stopping by for its iconic $1.50 hot dog and soda combo at the outdoor food courts.
Staff normally check cards as customers enter stores - meaning nonmembers cannot normally eat at indoor food courts. But servers at food courts outside in car parks almost never checked. That has changed with the new rule.