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In reply to the discussion: “American Dream”: Food loaded into Dumpsters while Hundreds of Hungry Americans Restrained by Police [View all]R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)16. The bank and their lawyers most likely saw giving the food away
as a liability where somebody could sue them later if the became ill from spoiled food: no matter if it was a non-perishable.
I'm not condoning what the bank did as just. Too many people are suffering while stupid shit like this happens day in and day out.
I'm not sure of the amount, but businesses throw away good food at the end of the night simply because they can't sell it the next day, and they won't give it away for free.
There are businesses that do give food to homeless shelters, but what are the percentages involved in that?
Sucks.
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“American Dream”: Food loaded into Dumpsters while Hundreds of Hungry Americans Restrained by Police [View all]
Lady Freedom Returns
Apr 2013
OP
Right. If we did the right thing, rich people might not get richer, and making
valerief
Apr 2013
#60
I can tell you for a fact that many of the homeless are getting far to restless.
Lady Freedom Returns
Apr 2013
#14
It's just that I have had a small taste of what people in a desperate atmosphere can be like.
Lady Freedom Returns
Apr 2013
#34
That's the sorriest excuse I have heard .. you really think these people who accepted ..
YOHABLO
Apr 2013
#32
It's been a crime in my neck of the woods a lot longer than the new millennium.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Apr 2013
#72
When one of our local (western PA) supermarkets went out of buy started weeks
maddiemom
Apr 2013
#20
If things like this keep up with so many starting to go without...
Lady Freedom Returns
Apr 2013
#26
In a central scene in "The Grapes of Wrath," some farmers let their crops rot to keep prices up,
tclambert
Apr 2013
#59
Just FYI for all of you posting here the nonperishables were not thrown out
cstanleytech
Apr 2013
#66