No More Day-Old-Bread for the Homeless from Wal-Mart
Submitted by kebernet on Sat, 01/07/2006 - 15:53
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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., the nation's largest food retailer, said Thursday it will no longer donate nearly-expired or expired food to local groups feeding the hungry.
Instead, that food will be thrown away, a move several Sacramento charities consider wasteful.
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Olan James, a Wal-Mart spokesman, said the policy, which applies to all 1,224 Wal-Marts, 1,929 Supercenters and 558 Sam's Clubs, is an attempt to protect the corporation from liability in case someone who eats the donated food gets sick.
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RE: No More Day-Old-Bread for the Homeless from Wal-Mart
So, seriously, can you blame them? I'm guessing that they've had some sort of action this way and in our ever-so-litigious society, shit like this happens. So a couple of bad apples ruins it for the all the good that they were doing. Until the courts stop rewarding this crap behavior, this stuff will happen.
RE: No More Day-Old-Bread for the Homeless from Wal-Mart
I can't imagine you couldn't get a homeless guy to sign a release before he gets day old bread or expired cheetos.
The second factor is: merchants are not responsible for expired food. If the food is clearly marked and you eat it, Kroger isn't responsible even if you bought it off their racks today.
Third: I would be curious if ANY such suit has ever been filed.
RE: No More Day-Old-Bread for the Homeless from Wal-Mart
I really don't think WalMart would do this just to be mean. I agree with jeepmutt - there is probably a risk of litigation or something going on to cause them to do this and face potentially bad PR. Too many people out there like to bite the hand that feeds them.
RE: No More Day-Old-Bread for the Homeless from Wal-Mart
I don't think they are doing it to be mean, but I think the risk of litigation is not the issue. I suspect the real issue is it is much cheaper to toss the stock rather than sort, store and stage pickups from the food banks.