In France this extends to urban areas where there are groups of people gleaning unsold supermarket goods. This was historically a problem (to the point where i

In France this extends to urban areas where there are groups of people gleaning unsold supermarket goods. This was historically a problem (to the point where in the 80's whatever was unsold was actively made uneatable, I do not remember what the reason was - at least for agricultural unsold goods there was something about getting a refund from the state). Then it became more widespread, where some supermarkets put the unsold (but still good) stuff in clean trashbins. They had to formally throw it away for some tax reasons. I think this restriction was abolished because I see now supermarkets sometimes openly donating these goods, without going through a trashbin.