Wednesday, 19 March 2008

Crowds gather to gaze in amazement at our most fruitful freeganising mission to date


Freeganised Mission no.11 Tuesday March 10th 2008


Freeganisers: Rachel (wall-scaler), Mansam (wall-scaler), Maddi (wall-scaler), James (wall-scaler) and Rory (get-away driver)

Items (in total):
  • Italian woodfied pizza x3
  • Mexican wrap x3
  • Avocados x3
  • Chocolate mousse 4 pack x4
  • Dark chocolate organic mints x2
  • Veg selection
  • Hot cross buns x6
  • Chicken casserole
  • Honey roast salmon x5
  • Dark chocolate rooulage with morello cherry compot (a fiver each!) x15
  • Shepherd’s pie
  • Éclairs 4 pack x11
  • Bread baguettes x4
  • Profiteroles x6
  • Lemon torte x3
  • Chicken fillet with mushroom and bacon x4
  • Mushroom pate
  • Sandwich
  • Beef casserole
  • Oak salmon appetisers
  • Roast potatoes x3
  • Chicken arrabbiata
  • Veg wrap
  • Sausage roll 12 pack x3
  • Very berry cheesecake
  • Chicken fillet with peppers x4
  • Sausage casserole
  • Nectarines x2
  • Organic carrots x5
  • Meat loaf in onion and gravy
  • Brown capped mushrooms x2
  • Liver and bacon meal x3
  • Veg crispcakes x10
  • Red onion and gruyere mini focaccia
  • Salmon and cucumber sandwich
  • Honey and thyme roasted parsnips x2
  • Pasta with basil, tomato and chicken
  • Pitta breads
  • Roast lamb and new potatoes
  • Aberden angus pie
  • Classic salad x2
  • Chicken breast with mash
  • Veg kievs
  • Coconut and lemon maroons x2
  • Tender stem broccoli
  • Freshly squeezed orange and mango x5
  • All butter bread stick selection
  • Grapes
  • Loaf of bread
  • Extremely chocolatey mini bites
  • Rolls x2
  • Beetroot salad
  • Broccoli and cauliflower mix
  • King prawn and pesto primavera
  • Banoffee pie
  • Chicken and leak pie
  • Strawberries x2
  • Pasta with pesto and pine nuts x2
  • Pork pies
  • Jacket potatoes 11
  • Baked potatoes with cheese
  • Tomato and mozzarella salad
  • King prawn, cord, salmon and haddock pie
  • Natural cottage cheese
  • Asparagus
  • Natural chicken wrap
  • Pea sweetcorn and broccoli layer
The caption on the profiteroles aptly summarises the feeling in our stomachs

The night's freeganising-biking-duo pose with the rewards


Freeganised Mission no.10 Monday March 3rd 2008

Freeganisers: Rachel (wall-scaler) and Hamish (wall-scaler)

Items (in total):
  • Organic steak and ale pie
  • Assorted fruit roasts x5
  • Salmon fillet with watercress sauce x4
  • Yum yums
  • Probiotic blackberry yoghurt drinks x2 packs
  • Fishcakes x6
  • Blueberry sponges x5 packs
  • Ciabatta x3
  • Icelandic haddock x5 fillets
  • Mini naans x2
  • Bread rolls x5
  • Seafood linguine x4
  • Toad in the chuffing hole
  • Bananas xloads
  • Yoghurts
  • Zesty tuna, bean and rice salad x3
  • Apple sponge sandwich
  • Tomato and basil soup
  • Roast chicken and bacon lattice x3
  • Carrot swede potato
  • Roast chicken pie x5
  • Mini steak pie
  • Roast lamb and new pots x2
  • Veg kievs
  • Paella
  • Veg bake
  • Quiche Lorraine x2
  • Liver and bacon shiz
  • Humous and veg sandwich
  • Chicken, bacon and avocado sandwich
  • Chicken, fragrant basil and tomato
  • Variety of sub rolls x5
  • Bake yourself baguettes
  • Pork pies x2
  • Medium pork pies x5
  • Teacakes x million
  • Vanilla slices
  • Eggs x2
  • Raspberry jam sponges
  • Triple decker sandwich
  • Chocolate birthday cake
The self-imposed logistics of freeganising: Beth lends a hand with the listing process

Jeni has a truly mountainous task ahead of her...


Freeganised Mission no.9 Monday February 25th 2008

Freeganisers: Rachel (wall-scaler), Jess (wall-scaler), John (wall-scaler), Hamish (wall-scaler) and Jeni (wall-scaler)

Items (in total):
  • Hot cross buns x19 packs
  • Apricot sponge roll x12
  • Chocolate mini bits x5
  • Tomatoes x6
  • Sweet potato cakes x3
  • Beef and onion pie
  • Pork steaks
  • Sushi x2
  • Beetroot and tomato salad x3
  • Leg of lamb
  • Mango
  • Honey and mustard chicken pasta
  • Roast pork and mash
  • Tuna salad
  • Lemon torte
  • Croissants x5
  • Sponge chocolate roll
  • Seafood linguine
  • Mini eggs x3
  • Cheese and onion slices x3
  • Sushi x3
  • Berry medley x2
  • Fruit gums
  • Tuna steak
  • Haddock x2
  • Mixed salads x18
  • Stir fry x2
  • Quiche x6
  • Hummus
  • Pitta bread x2
  • Mashed potato
  • Trout
  • Lettuce x4
  • Green beans x2
  • Ham
  • Mediterranean loaf x2
  • Strawberry tarts x2
  • Chicken and bacon roll
  • White bread
  • Fruit cocktails x3
  • Grapes x2
  • New potatoes x2
  • Sea bass
  • Cod
  • Coffee sponge roll
  • Chicken x2
  • Avocado
  • Apricots
  • Port and egg pie
  • Variety of sandwiches x6
  • Club sandwich
  • Flame grilled tortillas stuffed with tender chargrilled chicken, montrey jade cheese, onions, juicy tomatoes, and read and green peppers with a firey pepper sauce
  • Melon
  • Mixed veg
  • Mango pack
  • Rhubarb yoghurt
  • Birthday cake
  • Victoria sponge mini cakes
John utilises Rachel, the human measuring stick, to demonstrate the scale of our freeganising finds

The freeganisers tuck into a gorgeous Chinese-style stuffed and marinated salmon fillet, unknowlingly courtesy of M&S


Freeganised Mission no.8 Tuesday February 19th 2008

Freeganisers: Rachel (wall-scaler), Jess (wall-scaler), Doug (wall-scaler) and Jeni (wall-scaler and get-away driver)

Items (in total):

  • Bread and butter pudding x3
  • Egg and ham salad x3
  • Sea food linguine x2
  • Potato and egg salad
  • Pasta with cherry tomatoes, spinach and pine nuts x4
  • Chocolate muffins x2
  • Blackcurrant puddings x8
  • Culatello (super-posh ham!) x3
  • Wholefood with basil and mint vingerette
  • Organic tomatoes x4
  • Stuffed salmon fillets x4
  • Sushi x2
  • Raspberries
  • Richly fruited hot cross buns x4
  • Apple and cinnamon hot cross buns x4
  • Beef cannelloni x2
  • Crayfish salad x2
  • Rich fruit loaf x2
  • Cheese salad x2
  • Madeira cake x4
  • Smoked haddock in cheese sauce
  • Purple sprouting broccoli
  • Chargrilled veg wrap
  • Pack of bagels x2
  • Raspberry sponge puddings x6
  • Cottage cheese
  • Scotch eggs x2
  • Kiwis x5
  • Gastro fish and chips
  • Chunky chips
  • Sweet and sour chicken x4
  • AMAZING pears x8
  • Luxury chocolate roll
  • Extremely chocolatey chocolate roll
  • Cottage pie in a rich red wine gravy with cheese mash
  • News potatoes in butter and parsley
  • Fruit salad x2
  • Cracked black pepper bruschetta
  • Golden pineapple salads x2
  • Nan bread
  • Peas, sweetcorn and broccoli
  • Asparagus
  • Free range egg and bacon sandwich

Freeganised Mission no.7 Sunday February 17th 2008

Freeganisers: Rachel (wall-scaler), Mansam (wall-scaler), Amy (wall-scaler), Jo (wall-scaler and get-away driver)

Items (in total):
  • Sushi
  • Ham
  • Arbroath hot smoked salmon flakes x2
  • Zesty tuna bean and rice salad
  • Boneless roast chicken breast fillet
  • Pasta with tomato and basil chicken x2
  • Sweet chilli chicken and butternut squash
  • Pasta with cherry tomatoes, spinach and pine nuts x2
  • Tuna steaks x4
  • Shallots
  • Humus and roasted vegetable sandwich
  • Free range egg and watercress sandwich
  • Rhubarb crumble
  • Iced buns
  • Sea food linguine
  • Wild rocket and watercress salad
  • Heart white icing valentine cakes
  • Salmon sandwich
  • Bread x9
  • Marinated tuna steaks x2
After an adrenaline-fuelled escape from security and an encounter with the police the freeganisers gather in the eerie light of an 'underground' bridge


Freeganised Mission no.6 Sunday February 10th 2008

Freeganisers: Rachel (wall-scaler), Tom (wall-scaler), Hamish (wall-scaler), James (wall-scaler), Jo and Sammi

Items (in total):

  • · Mushroom soup
  • · Irish pancakes x2
  • · Four cheese ravoli x10
  • · Chicken tagliatelle x7
  • · Breaded Wiltshire gammon
  • · Beef lasagne x7
  • · Puff pastry apple pie x4
  • · Hot cross buns x7
  • · Chicken Kiev
  • · Pork sausage packs x3
  • · Golden roast salmon fillets x2
  • · Sausages and mash x3
  • · Moussaka x2
  • · Mexican three bean fajitas x3
  • · Cod mornay x2
  • · King prawn risotto
  • · Aromatic duck
  • · Special fried rice x2
  • · Loaf of bread x2
  • · Sparkling hugely massive pink cakes with a fairy x2
  • · Veg lentil roast
  • · Poached salmon fillets x2
  • · Raison and maple pancakes
  • · Rare roast beef and horseradish sandwich
  • · Rosemary potatoes
  • · Tuna layered salad
  • · Summer salad
  • · Bread and butter puddings x12
  • · Greek feta and falafel
  • · Chicken pasta x2
  • · Eve puddings x7
  • · Sea food linguine
  • · Rhubarb crumble x2
  • · Raspberry sponge puddings x2
  • · Clotted cream rice puddings x2
  • · Cherry Tomato risotto
  • · Wild rocket watercress and spinach
  • · Wild pacific halibut (£7.80 for two tiny slices!!)
  • · Poached salmon
  • · Steak Yorkshire pies
  • · Syrup sponge puddings x2
0 cars, 4 bikes and 6 freeganisers: a true mission!

A (semi) serious business!

Our spirits run (and bike) high!

Tom reminds us of the necessity to shh

Dangerous criminals?

And should the authorities continue to hunt us down...

Let the 3am feast begin!

Monday, 17 March 2008

M&S certainly gave us the goods to grin about!

Freeganised Mission no.5 Wednesday February 6th 2008

Freeganisers: Rachel (wall-scaler), Amy (wall-scaler), and Jeni (get-away driver)

Items (in total):
  • Freshly squeezed orange juice x3
  • Belgium chocolate chip meringues x9 buckets
  • Cheese mustard onion bread
  • Fruit trifle
  • Pancakes
  • Loaf of bread
  • Garlic ciabatta
  • Ciabatta x3
  • Pita Bread x3
  • Chocolate cake x3
  • Lamb casserole
  • Spinach, pea, asparagus mix
  • Raspberry cheesecake x3
  • Sweet & Sour chicken with rice x4
  • Pastry case
  • Scones x2
  • Veg selection
  • Cous cous
  • Scottish rainbow trout
  • Raspberry sponge
  • Cappuccino muffins
  • Pork medallions with traditional cider and bramely apple sauce
  • Meatballs with tomato sauce
  • Turkey joint with orange and cranberry
  • Singapore noodles with prawns, beef and chicken
  • Chicken and asparagus risotto
  • Lamb Rosha

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The night's freeganisers assemble


Freeganised Mission no.4 Sunday February 3rd 2008

Freeganisers: Rachel (wall-scaler), Kyle (wall-scaler), Doug (wall-scaler), Rob, Beth, Jo, Sammi and Jeni (get-away driver)

Items (Flat 1):
  • Dover Sole
  • Hot cross loafs x2
  • Four pack of chocolate chip muffins x3
  • Four pack of carrot and orange muffins
  • Lemon delights x2
  • Fruit salads x2
  • Apple and cinnamon hot-cross buns x2
  • Richly fruited hot-cross x3
  • Cocktail sausages
  • Wholemeal rolls
  • Custard tarts x2
  • Beef sausages x6
  • Scotch maple and butter pancakes x2
  • Pack of organic satsumas x2
  • Veg stir-fry x2
  • King prawn salad
  • Pineapple
  • Pine nut and spinach pasta salad x3
  • Mild cheese x4
  • Asparagus
  • Sanlini tomato salad
  • Lamb casserole
  • Chicken salad
  • Chicken and butter nut squash salad
  • Cheese and onion bread
  • Organic onions

An unconventional - but highly amusing - way of travel!


Careful bike-related planning...


...descends into brilliant food-grabbing chaos!


The double-chocolate chip muffins had both calming and hyperactive effects on the group...


Over She Goes...


Freeganisined Mission no.3 Wednesday January 30th 2008

Freeganisers: Rachel (wall-scaler), Mansam (wall-scaler), Amy (wall-scaler), Rob, Frankie and Perry (getaway driver).

Items (Flat 1):

  • Crayfish salad x3
  • Spicy chicken and pepperoni pizza
  • 6 Teatime pies
  • Peperonata Ciabatta
  • Lemon and pepper chicken
  • Chips
  • Country Cake
  • Oriental Salad
  • Celery x4
  • Raspberries
  • Blueberries
  • New potatoes
  • Shallots
  • Carrot packs x2
  • Baked potatoes
  • Peas
  • Broccoli
  • Apricot tart
  • Blueberry tart
  • Sundried tomato and mozzarella pasta salad
  • Bread
  • Pasta sauce
  • Fruit salad
  • Ciabatta
  • Shit loads of all butter sultana cookies!




But this is no Tesco!


Manic Joy



The blueberry-filled fruits of our labour