Today I saw a giant clear trashbag filled with donuts and bagels from the day before being rolled into the backroom of the supermarket. Are these going to be donated to the hungry or will they be put in the dumpster? I never worked in a supermarket.
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On the way to the pig farm im sure
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I once posed this question to the manager of a supermarket. He told me that since the food is out of date, the chain could not risk being involved in a lawsuit filed by someone who'd eaten bad bread.
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A supermarket employee told me once that they couldn't sell it when it was out of date in case it made someone sick. Then proceded to tell me they give it to a food bank. Guess they don't care if the needy got sick.
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I used to work at a gas station that had a sub shop/pizza place inside. At the end of the day any of the left over sub sandwich bread and personal pan pizzas were donated to the local homeless shelter. I would assume that is what the supermarket does too but I don't really know.
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I think there are stores where they sell old bagels and donuts for very low prices.
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Supermarkets in my town are asked to donate day-old bread to the high school during sports seasons for use in the concession stand. Nobody has reported any problems with it yet, and not nearly so many as bitch about my oversalting the popcorn. I would be one of the first to have a problem with moldy bread because of my penicillin allergy, but it's been OK for me.
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Most of the time it's just chucked out. They don't want to be sued for food poisoning when giving it away - and as a lot of sweet pastries would have small amounts of milk product in them, that's a legitimate concern. Also, if people know you're going to give away bread at the end of the day, why buy it at the beginning? Freegan bin-diving for all!
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At some stores in this area that kind of food items are sold as animal feed. I don't know if that is legal in all the States or other Countries
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