"Dave Smith" > wrote

> Pennyaline wrote:
>>
>> I understand what you're saying. With the above situations in mind (and
>> those situations are not at all rare) I only give nonperishables during
>> recognized food drives. I also buy those prepared bags of groceries at
>> local supermarkets, which are given directly to the food bank.

> I have trouble with those. They have those at one local grocery store. I
> did a rough calculation and it looked like they were selling them are
> market value. I figured that if they are packing them in their special
> bags
> and getting the advertising benefits, they could be selling them for cost,
> or a slight mark-up. After all, it is supposed to be charity.

They did that one year at my local store. The bags were a bargain,
meaning they cost less than what you'd pay for the items yourself. I
guess they had trouble with people taking the bags at checkout because
they started yelling for someone to take it when you paid for them.
In other words, they didn't take any chances you'd put it into your
cart and abscond with it.

nancy