I couldnt believe what I was hearing

I've heard from Old Navy employees that if a item of clothing is even a little bit damaged, they have to cut it up and destroy it completely so that no one could sell it or wear it. I was completely appalled! I can't believe a cooperation would do such a thing! It's so arrogant and wasteful. I had no idea that it would happen in food chains too, and if possible that makes me even more appalled. Why would people allow so much perfectly good food go to waste? People are hungry and wearing rags, and companies will destroy good resources just cause they don't want to get sued? That's just outrageous.

That is really a shame. Not much we can do when the law is in their favor. Pretty craxy dumpster diving for bad food. Wasing food is horrible. My grandmother would turn over in her grave hearing this. You should be proud of your daughter and I hope she doesn't get in trouble for doing this.

You can see their point if someone would sue after scoring a free sandwich while Dumpster Diving..Working in a Hotel,We're not supposed to offer "Doggy Bags" for the same reason..sammich ingredients can quickly become breeding grounds for bugs that thrive on warm,nutritious stuff at room temperature or higher ,say on a car trip home..next thing,food poisoning is an issue,and the last thing a food business needs is that becoming public,whether the problem was in house,or the result of bugs incubating into an incident on the way home..I too don't like seeing good food going to waste!

yup.i know a few people who work for deliveries who do that. especially pizza places. some states it's actually against the law to donate food in any way shape or form. or doggie bag it,such as my own.mainly because of lawsuits. that's one think i hated about working banquets-when you had to tell a $50K wedding party they couldn't bring food home.and of course they'd get pissed,and yell for my manager,who'd tell them the same thing,it was against the law.

In my younger years i alwyas got stuck working in food places. We also were supposed to throw unwanted or unclaimed food away but instead gave it to employees. Thats not really a new thing. There are also a lot of non food business that lock the dumpsters. Reason being some people who dont have garbage service coimg to their houses will drive by business and throw their trash in the business dumpster. They call it theift of services.

dear bunnybon things are not better over here. I heard a story about a woman working in a cafeteria, they served fried fish fillets for lunch that day and cause one piece of fried fish was not sold she wanted to take it home. She was caught and fired. Or at the place where my husband works. They get the food from a caterer but if there are left overs they are strictly forbidden to take these home and the perfectly good food is going into trash. It angers me the same it angers you. Theres nothing wrong with a sandwich which is freshly made and just not picked up. Or in case of McD there wouldnt be anything wrong with a few hamburgers still waiting to be sold when the place closes if they were given to poor people or the employees could get them for half price or even for free. But noooo the good stuff is again dumped into trash. you are right the world is going to H3ll and too much food is wasted.

When I worked in an ice cream place, we were supposed to do the same thing - throw items out. Usually we just kept them in the freezer in the back and let anyone take what they wanted. Same went for frozen pies and cakes in the case. I don't see what the big deal is as long as the food itself is still good.

It is a shame. We have a friend that drives truck for a food company. He mainly hauls cereal. He brings us cases of cereal that the company puts out to the dumpster. If one box in the case is damaged, they throw the whole case out. How crazy is that. The employees can get them if they want, but they will not give them to soup kitchens or anywhere like that. I take what he brings me and pass them out.

It's a shame what companies have to do to avoid frivolous lawsuits. There was a time when 'mistakes' were routinely given to employees, or even donated to homeless shelters...at least where I used to live. Not sure about my current state. Companies not only have to protect themselves, they are also in the long run protecting it's customers. When these stupid lawsuits are won, who do you think pays for it? It's passed onto the consumer in higher prices! You just know some one has ordered a burger through a drive thru, gone to the dumpster and found a spoiled one, and sued claiming that the spoiled one was what they were given.

I know what you mean. I have seen places throw away enough food to feed an army. Especially those buffet type places. I can see the legal side of it as far as handing it to them but they could create a release form for people to sign if it is that big of a deal..you know? There are ways around throwing a ton of food away while the world is hungry.

I know someone that almost got fired for doing something similar. The company was throwing away things that were perfectly good and could be recycled, such as cabinets and light fixtures, but they were "obsolete" and being replaced with new ones. My friend took some of the trash items and used them for his family. The company found out that he was doing this and said he was stealing, and they told him that if they found out he did it again then he would not only be fired but also prosecuted for theft, even though the items were going in the dumpster anyway.

That is corporate america at work. They claim they need to make more money so they raise the prices. But on the other side they are throwing away good food like you said instead of letting the employees take the mistakes or subs that were ordered and no one picked up. It is a waste of money and food. I believe this goes on with all these fast food places. And it is disgusting that a store can be sured for having bad food if it were taken from the garbage. I am amazed and not amazed at the same time. I would have done what your daughter did. Why let it go to waste. Or I would have taken it home for someone in my family.

I worked at a fast food place called Checkers and it was the same way there. If something got messed up and we were caught eating it it would be taken out of our pay whatever the cost was of what we ate. To me, I would much rather someone eat it than for it to be thrown away! That seems crazy to me too!

Yes they actually throw the leftovers..that is sad that people are dying without food and some places food is wasted..what an unfair world we live in.

It's not just restaurants and grocery stores that throw a lot of food away. I remember a year or two ago when the government wanted to cull a lot of geese that have become a nuisance. Someone suggested they use the geese to feed hungry people, but the government said they couldn't. So many people sue over little things, even things that are their own fault. Even if they won the lawsuit, it is so expensive being sued that they would rather avoid litigation.

Your daughter will be fired if she gets found out. The business have to conform to the law, it is the same way here in Canada. There are no solution that will make everyone happy. If restaurants lose money over being sued that means people like your daughter lose their jobs. Governments make these rules and companies have to follow them.

Buisnesss have been doing this for years. There was a bakery beside my store & they threw everything away that they didn't sell everyday. I was like u, i thought it was awful but was told they were not allowed to give it away. If i had a food place i would let the employees have it if they wanted it but guess they get tired of it working w/it all the time.. I hate to see food wasted.That's on e thing i don't do, costs too much to waste it.

I have heard of this so many times in my life and it is something that really makes me upset because I know that there are people everywhere that aren't able to feed themselves on a regular basis. Now, I don't think that restaurants should just hand the mistake food out to everyone that walks into the store. However, I think that they could keep a bin and fill it with the mistake food during the day and donate it to a homeless shelter or food bank so that people would be able to eat instead of wasting the food.

It is a reason why...i really don't like to eat out more...i prefer to cook and eat at home...

Yeah, i have heard of a lot of places doing things like that. I always though it was crazy too.