StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago10+ 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 townsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1image10+ 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 townsh.itjust.worksStarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoLiability if the food is bad. He was fired because the company perceives it as theft. The act does not cover that.
minus-squareSinningStromgald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoSame reason grocery stores toss perfectly good food in locked dumpsters in lieu of donating it. The only chain place with fresh food that donates their extra at the end of the day is Panera.
minus-squareBarbarian@sh.itjust.workscakelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoAnd this is exactly why by law Italian supermarkets have to donate anything approaching its sell-by date.
minus-squareFudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoOh fuck. We need that law in the states.
minus-squarePhil_in_here@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoThey’ll get there. The US is still working through the Italian playbook. They’re up to the 1930s.
minus-squareFudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoOn the surface it seems like you’re being encouraging. Too bad i’ve skimmed a history book at least once in my life.
Liability if the food is bad. He was fired because the company perceives it as theft. The act does not cover that.
Same reason grocery stores toss perfectly good food in locked dumpsters in lieu of donating it.
The only chain place with fresh food that donates their extra at the end of the day is Panera.
And this is exactly why by law Italian supermarkets have to donate anything approaching its sell-by date.
Oh fuck. We need that law in the states.
They’ll get there. The US is still working through the Italian playbook. They’re up to the 1930s.
On the surface it seems like you’re being encouraging. Too bad i’ve skimmed a history book at least once in my life.