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yallerdawg

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2. I've known a number of non-profits over the years...
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 06:30 PM
Jun 2018

which have been an outlet for grocery stores to give away what they deemed unsellable.

I know in many of the retail chains I have worked for, we had to damage/destroy expired foods to keep people from taking it out of our dumpsters - so the company wouldn't be liable - and all barcodes had to be defaced since "liberal" return policies often didn't include needing a receipt.

Giving away stuff is anathema in our capitalistic system.

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