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I agree, a lot of waste is on households. However, I used to work at the nations largest grocery chain (surprise, not Walmart) and food waste was rampant... par

I agree, a lot of waste is on households. However, I used to work at the nations largest grocery chain (surprise, not Walmart) and food waste was rampant... particularly in the bakery and produce department. Food that was a little off date was thrown away rather than given to local shelters due to the liability. This happened every day.

snrplfth 10y ago
Right, but that's not due to what the chain wanted to do, but due to liability. Allow people to waive liability claims for past-due food, and this problem mostly goes away. I remember working in a produce warehouse, and due to some clever particularities of our non-profit status, we were allowed to give away surplus produce to employees with no liability. I don't think we ever threw out anything except old bananas; it all got taken home.