Throwing away food to comply with burdensome regulations is one thing. How much food did he give away for free? How much food did his employees give away for free? Would he fire employees who did this? Would he fire an employee who was warned repeatedly to stop giving away free food yet continued to do so?
I doubt my husband ever fired anyone for giving away mayonnaise - although it may have been the more costly and delicious tartar sauce - not all the facts are in.
Could be wrong, he generally worried more about the employees stealing the liquor - now that’s a huge problem and it’s hard to catch waiters and bartenders at it.