Throwing food away because capitalism
Throwing food away because capitalism
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If you think this is bad, just wait until you find out how much food grocery stores throw away every single day.
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They used to get incentives to give food that was past its "sell by" date but was still safe to food banks, but that stopped a few years back.
My local food bank was hit hard. They used to get daily deliveries from HEB Randalls trucks. But when the grocery stopped being able to claim incentives, it was cheaper to just throw the food away.
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but that stopped a few years back.
Depends on where you are.
France enacted a law that specified it's illegal for supermarkets to throw away edible food like 10 years ago.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/is-frances-groundbreaking-food-waste-law-working
No idea if it's a biased article though, I didn't read it, I'm drunk and couldn't be arsed
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I always heard that grocery stores dump their "expired" food instead of donating it to avoid the possibility that someone could get sick and sue them. Idk if it's true or not but the whole thing is fucked.
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That's one of the reasons they used food banks. They absolved themselves of the liability by transferring it to the food banks, who would then be the ones responsible for disposing of expired food instead of handing it out.
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Nah, they just don't wanna do it, then they spread this rumor about the perils of our legal system preventing them. There's a thing called the Good Samaritan Food Donation Act in the US which absolves businesses from liability. But i believe it has to go to a distribution center, not directly to a person, which may require additional effort from the grocer/restaurant.
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