London
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London, the capital of England, UK, is a wonderful city for its free food.
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[edit] Markets
At all street markets, as with anywhere else, it is easy to gather free food when they're clearing up. However, the main market in London for dumpster diving is the New Covent Garden market, in Vauxhall. You must get there in the morning, early morning if you want to get the best of things as it is so popular amongst the dumpster diving community.
[edit] Garbage
In England on average over half the food people buy is wasted. Thus go through people's rubbish isn't such a bad idea.
[edit] Give-away shops
The Food Not Bombs collective in Whitechapel often hold free-shops too, to give away free clothes etc to the community.
[edit] Supermarkets
Supermarkets are sometimes good, sometimes nasty in England. Smaller supermarket corporations like Co-op usually are easier to dumpster dive at, but then sometimes you can get very lucky at Sainsburys or Tescos.
[edit] Bakeries
Paul's is a fantastic bakery, found in various places over London (check their website for exact addresses), which throws out the most luxurious of cakes to be found in bin bags outside the shop after closing time. Starbucks, Pret a Manger, Costa and especially Eat are always reliable for their wasting of good food, but make sure that you beat the binmen to the food! The best region in central London I've found for coffee shop finds is in the Holborn area.
