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zebra2  ·  3901 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Check Out How Much Food I Got From The Dumpster Last Night

I seem to recall that it's not legal for stores in the US to give away food that's no longer able to be sold, but I haven't fact checked that. It makes sense that they wouldn't want to, though. Don't they have "manager's special" sections where they toss all the "blemished" food where you are?

Certain items seem perfectly fine to take out of a dumpster. I think you're a brave man for grabbing those meat items though, and grabbing that sushi is downright heroic.





BLOB_CASTLE  ·  3901 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I know that Bill Clinton signed the Good Samaritan Act which allowed stores to give food past the "sell by" date to food banks and have immunity from lawsuits. But most stores don't want to go through the effort of giving it food banks.

Yeah I've not had an issue with meat. I had turkey burgers the other day that were delicious. The sushi though I'm weary of.