Back in Santa Cruz at "Friends of St Francis" (home of the cooks of the Free Dinners) we had a friend from L.A. Catholic Worker who began dumpster diving - until grocers gave him what he wanted out the back door instead. Now, out of Britain...
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a7517354-6a2a-11e0-86e4-00144feab49a.html#axzz1KO6oXAfS
'I serve waste food to strangers at dinner parties'