Reply #134: they throw away food too . . .

[DollyM]

My mom works for a regular wal mart (as opposed to a super center with groceries). For a couple of months, they were getting fruits and vegetables sent to them without them being bagged (they do sell bagged apples and such)and since the store didn't have scales to weigh the produce, they were told to discard it. This went on for several weeks with lots of fruits and vegetables just being thrown down the garbage shoot as soon as they came in. The irony is that many of the wal mart employees are on food stamps and it would have made more sense to give them to the workers if they couldn't sell them but the corporate office wouldn't' even do that. My Mom volunteers for a local food pantry too and she was just sick about it, seeing all this good food just thrown away when so many are struggling to feed their families right now.