What Do You Honestly Think?

[barcodenation]

Ok so I work at Walmart and I am the Deli/Bakery Department Manager. My friend is the Produce Department Manager. Each month we donate food (on my side it's almost expired and on my friends side it's just veggies and fruit that doesn't look perfect) Anyway so we donate this food to a program called Feeding America. A man comes every Monday Wednesday and Friday to pick it up and the food is then taken from our store and then to a church where needy and homeless people and/or families come and pick up the food to eat.

Another friend of mine on facebook says that it's disgusting for us to donate this food to people because it's close to being expired and that we shouldn't be proud of donating the 7,100lbs of food that we did in January of this year.

My question to you is this. Should we be proud of donating food to people or should we just throw the food out and not give it to anyone. Would you be happy if you were one of these needy people?

barcodenation Reviewed by barcodenation on 6th Mar 2012. What Do You Honestly Think? Ok so I work at Walmart and I am the Deli/Bakery Department Manager. My friend is the Produce Department Manager. Each month we donate food (on my side it's almost expired and on my friends side it's just veggies and fruit that doesn't look perfect) Anyway so we donate this food to a program called Feeding America. A man comes every Monday Wednesday and Friday to pick it up and the food is then taken from our store and then to a church where needy and homeless people and/or families come and Rating: 5

[Jesse]

That friend of yours on facebook is an idiot

[bicho45613]

you have to be proud and keep on !

[barcodenation]

Whoops didn't mean to make the poll multiple choice. And yes I think that friend is an idiot too.

[WDF]

If you have prevented just 1 person from going hungry, even better if it is a child, you made a difference that is worth something.

You stated the donated items were not out of date and I assume not problem with being edible.

You have every right to be proud of your effort to help keep others from going hungry.

[barcodenation]

Yeah the food isn't out of date yet and I've personally bought some of the same products because I mark it down for quick sale every day. If people don't buy it buy a certain time that day then it goes to boxes then the freezer to keep. I have bought these items and kept them on my counters for over a week and the food is still very edible. It's just a use by date that we give for perfect freshness from my bakery at least. The produce obviously won't keep that long as most produce won't anyway. We get the produce in and if it's not sold within a couple days it's off the floor. The produce is still good though and I would personally eat anything we donate.

[Majky71]

barcodenation be honest in my live i will never donate companies in my home country . ( you from us and me from uk probably know what we talk about ) donation companies from us countries take so much money for running comp. . ) pleas donate some some foundations for non-profit donation copmp. . .ie i do this every year for 10% of my wages ( be honest this a mouth is not kill us ) ....

[Lokesh]

I too think that your friend is an idiot. You are helping someone who's in need.
You're doing a great job mate

[barcodenation]

barcodenation be honest in my live i will never donate companies in my home country . ( you from us and me from uk probably know what we talk about ) donation companies from us countries take so much money for running comp. . ) pleas donate some some foundations for non-profit donation copmp. . .ie i do this every year for 10% of my wages ( be honest this a mouth is not kill us ) ....

Feeding America is a Non Profit organization mate The man that picks up the food is actually a man who is disabled and cannot work. He is paralyzed from the waist down and we load the food on his truck and he takes it to the church where the families and people unload it and then they sort it out and eat person gets almost the same amount and types of food.

[Jesse]

barcodenation be honest in my live i will never donate companies in my home country . ( you from us and me from uk probably know what we talk about ) donation companies from us countries take so much money for running comp. . ) pleas donate some some foundations for non-profit donation copmp. . .ie i do this every year for 10% of my wages ( be honest this a mouth is not kill us ) ....

[hmmm][pokerface]