On Friday last I had a late lunch here at work. I ambled to the company restaurant to gain some sustenance after a busy morning. I was one of the last customers that day and my attention was drawn to the large amount of left over food. There were stuffed bacon rolls, pies, vegetables, fries, baked potatoes and more!
I then asked "What happens to all this left over food?"
"It gets thrown into the garbage.", came the reply.
"Has anyone approached you with an option of giving the left over food to a charity?", I continued.
"No, but we would be glad if someone would be able to take it. It is such a waste!"
It is such a waste. There are so many hungry and homeless people in our neighborhoods that its terrible that food can be wasted so. I made the suggestion of giving the food to some local shelters and soup kitchens and the logistics are now being worked out. I was really surprised that nobody else had suggested this.
So if you work in an establishment that has a restaurant ask them what they do with their left over food. If they throw it in the trash, try and find a charity organization that would take it instead. Just in case nobody has suggested it to your place of work - take the initiative and suggest it yourself!
Let me know how it goes by posting a comment here!
Good Luck!
Allen
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4 comments:
I ran into the situation twice. The first time I was teaching in a very rural school in WV. Each afternoon a farmer came by to collect the trash bin food. He fed it to his hogs. A few times a year he brought the school whole hams. I thought that was pure genius. Of course the school board stopped it. The second time I was working as a counselor in a correctional facility in Florida. The facility was not for from a famous resort community (Saddlebrook). About twice a month they hosted banquets. The next morning we took a van and a few trusties to pick up the remaining items (steaks, roast, prime rib). Even the staff wanted to eat there on those days.As far as I know that practice continues.
The only problem with this suggestion is that a lot of restaurants don't want to give away food because of the potential legal liability involved. If they give out food and one person gets sick, there's the potential of having to defend a costly lawsuit for both the charity and the restaurant.
Sad, I know. But this is the world we live in.
There are some places where restraunts do this on their own. For instance, in Minnesota where I live the fast food chain Panera gives away all their baked goods left over at night to local charities.
I think people are unnecessarily frightened of a lawsuit. From what I understand, the "Good Samaritan" law protects food donators from prosecution.
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