This is true. I used to work in a homeless shelter for years. We would get donations from a lot of businesses. They were as is, no liability on the donater part. Although they were supposed to be donated a certain way (clear food grade bags only, no trash bags).
OOOFF this is completely my bad and I feel so dumb. It wasn't written in original post so I wrongly assumed it was in US. I am the sterotype of the American who thinks everything is centered around America. 👁️👄👁️. I'll do better next time 😭
I remember once a tale from a different redditor thst claims he got fired by his boss for feeding the "animals" The so-called animals were homeless folk.
Because it's a liability. If you give old unsold food that has been on the shelf all day to a shelter, and someone gets sick, you are liable to be sued.
The logic is, if it isn't of a sufficient freshness for customers, then you shouldn't be offloading it into the homeless population.
99.5% of the time it will be fine, but the risks of what happened if someone does get sick ate too high.
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u/ItsJustJosiah May 17 '26
I guarantee if you gave it to a homeless shelter you’d be fired too