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[–] Doomking_Grimlock 2 points 10 points (+12|-2) ago 

My store is a grocery market heavily focused on organic, non-gmo, and "whole" foods. A lot of our stuff is fairly pricey, and consequently, we end up pulling a lot of stuff off the shelves.

Part of what makes this job so much better for me from a work ethic point of view is that most of the food we pull is taken off the shelves well before the sell by date, and gets donated to our local food finders group. At Walmart, I'd always feel terrible seeing the mountain of otherwise perfectly good food go to complete waste. At this store, I know at least most of it will find its way into the stomachs of people who truly need it.

Liability is a poor excuse, if only because those in the most Dire need of food will go to extreme lengths to get it: even if that means dumpster diving. This way, we're guaranteeing that nothing gets wasted that wasn't already beyond the point of human consumption.

I feel like a lot of peoples' grievances with capitalism would be alleviated if those with wealth and resources used them to better the lives and communities that made their rise possible, instead of squandering that sort of power and influence on ultimately meaningless personal gains. Taking your wealth and providing food or shelter to the homeless and hungry makes people a lot more willing to overlook the new Audi sitting in your drive way. When it's clear you're using your wealth to uplift not only yourself, but those around you, people will treat you like the good Samaritan you're trying to be.

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[–] Sectan ago  (edited ago)

Walmart has a Feeding America program. Policy states if food is a week from going bad, it's to be taken to a special bin in the back and then donated.

Very rarely do I see expired food in claims unless a customer dropped it under a shelf or hid it somewhere it didn't belong. Mostly I see ruined food from people throwing frozen things into the coolers/shelves or throwing shelved things into the freezers.

EDIT: I should ask when you worked there. I wouldn't be surprised if the FA program is a new thing.

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[–] Doomking_Grimlock 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

It was...I wanna say three or four years ago. 2011 or 2012 I think.

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[–] Tumbtack ago 

So you're telling me the homeless are eating better food than I am? /joking

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[–] Doomking_Grimlock ago 

Actually, I think our food finders acts more like a food pantry, so it's more going to feed poor whites/Latinos/blacks. I'm sure some of it winds up in homeless shelters though.