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Instead of the perfectly-fine "expired" food going to the dumpster, feed people. Help the community.

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[–] cloudy1999@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

One benefit of colocating the food bank with the grocery store is that shoppers could make direct contributions to the food bank. Instead of those questionable 'donate $1 to such and such' prompts at payment, one could purchase an extra can of food and discreetly drop it off after checkout. Seeing the beneficiaries in person is confidence the grocery store isn't just making a money grab.

Since most of us have to buy groceries, it would also provide shoppers a convenient opportunity to practice compassion. Sometimes a bad day can be turned around by doing something good.