Our Winn Dixie chain does a “quick sale” promotion for soon to be expired meat and poultry.
We usually try to time it for that.
Publix however refuses to participate in such a promotion.....I once saw a Publix employee pushing a cart full of rotisserie chickens back to the kitchen so I asked him if he was throwing them away......his reply “YEP”.....I never understood why not discount the food prior to expiration? At least SOME of it may not go to waste. SMH
“I never understood why not discount the food prior to expiration. At least SOME of it may not go to waste.”
Agreed.
Sam's Club used to mark down meats that were on day of expiration. They stopped that and now just remove it and throw it out. We quit Sam's club and shop local now.
A group of parents and I used to work at a food outlet at our local NFL stadium. Our salaries and the taxes were then "donated" to our kids' sports league. it was a win-win - the big food-service company got competent labor, and our particularly charity got paid the equivalent of our salaries + any taxes, which was treated as a donation/write-off for the food-service company
Same thing - at the end of every game, I was shocked at how many pizzas, hot dogs, etc... went in to the trash. We weren't allowed to take them, or even eat them there in the back. Considered "theft." I understand the potential conflict if workers are preparing "extra" with the intent to take it home, but regardless, the amount of waste was immense.