Many times Government bureaucracy makes it damned immposible for stores to give unsold food away regardless of the expiration date. As e’fed up as NY is it is prolly less hassle to throw it away.
Local supermarket had a power outage and threw out a bunch of food. Cops got called to guard the dumpsters. People were livid.
‘... Government bureaucracy makes it damned immposible... .’
You are correct. Bureaucracy creates a large part of this waste. Easier to toss than to hassle with Government regulations.
I think we are a throw-away society. I’d rather go to a flea market for my furniture than to Ikea, but everyone else wants Ikea, which generates more cardboard waste, and the products aren’t nearly as good as older furniture from flea markets.
Just me. (There’s some liberal in me somewhere.)
Bingo.
Liberal safety-health NAZIs would rather their beloved “homeless” vagrants do dumpster-diving themselves, than let homeless shelters have food that’s partially used or open, or “expired”. Or, God forbid, come from a woman’s home kitchen.
Serious.
I worked for a five-star resort in Hawaii. Movie stars, princes, etc., were common, along with conventions of the best businesses. There was SO MUCH food thrown out. They had been donating it to the needy, but then lawd were passed that prohibited it. The waste was sinful.
Beat me to it. A point that will be lost on the tiktok generation.
Actually lawyers and lawsuits.