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LuvNewcastle

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24. You even have to watch your dumpster

Reply to jimfields33 (Reply #22)

Tue Apr 28, 2020, 06:50 PM

Apr 2020

in order to make sure no one gets in it and takes the discarded food. My first job was at a Hardee's about 30+ years ago. The manager there would keep the dumpster locked up behind a fence most of the time in order to prevent homeless people from climbing in and taking the food that was thrown away for being too old to sell. The company told him to do that in order to prevent lawsuits from people who might get sick. I knew then how imperfect our system was at distributing food to the needy.

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Publix is buying milk and produce that farmers [View all] Bayard Apr 2020 OP

buy low, sell high nt msongs Apr 2020 #1

How does one "sell high" by donating? bullwinkle428 Apr 2020 #4

Volume. NT mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #6

Step 3: Profit. nt Codeine Apr 2020 #14

One doesn't. That response maligned Publix unjustly. Hortensis Apr 2020 #36

"All three of your listeners lol nt" most likely agree. LanternWaste Apr 2020 #12

I heard this yesterday jimfields33 Apr 2020 #2

Even COVID IronLionZion Apr 2020 #9

All the grocery stores around here FoxNewsSucks Apr 2020 #11

Same here IronLionZion Apr 2020 #25

True, but this is 365 days of the year. They never had them. jimfields33 Apr 2020 #21

The Publix I used to go to had a huge salad bar, Chinese food, chicken, you name it. cwydro Apr 2020 #27

I wish we did jimfields33 Apr 2020 #31

Maybe, this is in NC. cwydro Apr 2020 #32

That's wonderful to have it in NC jimfields33 Apr 2020 #33

I don't know what part of Florida you are in but in Central Florida they have them whopis01 Apr 2020 #34

I wish we had a Publix. marybourg Apr 2020 #3

Good on them I shop in their stores when in doc03 Apr 2020 #5

Like in 'Grapes of Wrath' where they burned the oranges in front of starving Okies. (nt) ehrnst Apr 2020 #7

K&R! SheltieLover Apr 2020 #8

DUers can find your local food bank here IronLionZion Apr 2020 #10

Very true, but the food banks need money in order to do this. niyad Apr 2020 #41

Then donate money! IronLionZion Apr 2020 #42

One needs money in order to donate. niyad Apr 2020 #43

Are they giving away raw milk or Bev54 Apr 2020 #13

It's all safely processed. nt Codeine Apr 2020 #16

Twice in my life I have seen wasteful destruction of food products. In the early 1960s I worked in usaf-vet Apr 2020 #15

Today you have to be careful giving away food jimfields33 Apr 2020 #22

You even have to watch your dumpster LuvNewcastle Apr 2020 #24

Watch Tiger King and find out how get some cheap meat! IronLionZion Apr 2020 #26

I've heard about that show but I don't have LuvNewcastle Apr 2020 #29

I wonder who is processing the milk and produce. KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2020 #17

My guess the companies that have been doing it. The dairies Hortensis Apr 2020 #37

Thanks, Hortensis. I misinterpreted the OP title..... KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2020 #38

Not bad PR, but even better emergency food relief. Hortensis Apr 2020 #40

I like Publix. cwydro Apr 2020 #18

I've heard rumors about Publix... Ligyron Apr 2020 #19

It's a bit pricy but it's great jimfields33 Apr 2020 #23

They're great. cwydro Apr 2020 #28

Love it- the right thing to do. Farmers throwing away good food or letting it rot was just WRONG. nt iluvtennis Apr 2020 #20

👋 Applause!! Publix is one of my favorite markets... Duppers Apr 2020 #30

Wonderful! Cha Apr 2020 #35

What a great idea. I wonder if any other grocery chains are going to follow suit? nt Hekate Apr 2020 #39