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"Roughrider50" > wrote:

> "Caya" > wrote in message
> ups.com...
> >> Our garbage...our food waste...would almost certainly be
> >>enough to end world hunger.
> >
> > And who is going to pay the bill when some yahoo sues for $1.2
> > million, because he ate a stale muffin and threw up? The amount of
> > food that gets thown away from grocery stores and Warehouse grocery
> > stores is obscene. They can't even give the food to foodbanks or
> > homeless shelters, they have to throw it away. The reason they do it
> > is because they could be sued out of existance by any idiot who ate
> > some past-due food and decided he wanted to scam the system, and sue
> > for a million or two.
>
> Reminds me of a time several years ago when I was delivering 100LB bags of
> flour to a commercial bakery in GA. 2 of the bags had developed small leaks
> due to the stitching coming loose or from the corner of the bag rubbing
> against the trailer wall. The bakery rejected the 2 bags but offered to
> dispose of them for me. My company said to slice the bags open & empty them
> into a dumpster. I called the local food bank & offered to bring them over,
> nothing wrong with the flour. They said they would they would only take
> undamaged bags with no leakage. I guess beggars can be choosers

Awhile back, I had to clear my kitchen & pantry of anything with gluten
in it since I can't have gluten anymore. Lots of opened items had to be
thrown out. And the rest resulted in an unexpectedly large amount of
food for a local food pantry. It was about 3/4 canned & jarred goods
and 1/4 boxed items like pasta. When I dropped off my large donation,
the manager asked me for my name and address so she could send me a
"thank you note", she said. I told her that was entirely unnecessary.
Finally she said she had to have it in case anything was wrong with the
food! Everything was sealed in its original package but I confess that
I did worry for a time and it's made me think twice about donating food
to pantries.

Emma