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Ugh, when I was a teen I worked as a produce clerk in an ailing grocery chain that had just been bought out by a regional competitor. One of the biggest changes
by rm_-rf_slash 10y ago
Ugh, when I was a teen I worked as a produce clerk in an ailing grocery chain that had just been bought out by a regional competitor. One of the biggest changes was that company policy forbade donations of old produce or meats, but old baked goods were ok.
Basically, a bunch of rich shareholders figured it would be all-in-all better to insulate their assets from lawsuits instead of helping feed the poor and hungry.
Threw away a lot of good food that year...
- semi-extrinsic 10y agoI thought usual practice in such cases was to say "sorry, rules say we can't give this away, we have to throw it in the blue dumpster out back at 11pm on thursday".
- rm_-rf_slash 10y agoI wish they were that cool about it. Happy ending: a few investors bought out some of the old stores and reinvigorated the old brand, and now things are...well it's no Wegmans, but the store is certainly better than when I was there. Don't know about disposal rules though...