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10+ year manager named Joe was apparently fired for bringing cookies to be thrown away before their sell by date to a food pantry in my town
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this post was submitted on 10 Feb 2026
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It absolutely sucks, but from a company perspective it's not about greed, it's about legal liability. If they provide food to a charity and someone gets sick from it, they are responsible for it. So the legal danger of giving away your "close to be expired" food is fraught with corporate danger.
Does it suck. Yes. Absolutely. But Joe opened them up to a potential lawsuit.
Indemnity agreement, done.
This really should be the first go-to.
Old goods? Assign liability to the food bank and let them handle sorting.
Tossing perfectly edible food in the trash because it's no longer pretty and (acknowledging) I won't buy it, it is just insane.
I try to buy bruised food when I can because I know others won't. a wrinkly bell pepper, cucumber, or zucchini will be exactly the same once I chop it up and put it in my meal.
In the US, both the business and the food bank are already shielded from liability. It's been that way for 30 years.
this has "green m&m, blue m&m, they all end up the same color" energy and i love it.
I absolutely agree. I wasn't trying to defend the company's practice. Just explaining why they make those kind of decisions.