France gives unsold supermarket food a second life by helping the needy
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“Damn I hope other countries do the same. Stores can end up wasting so much food.”
“the UK, Luxembourg and I’m sure lots of other countries do this without benefit of a specific legislation.
The French law has been in place since 2020.”
“In the US, as soon as someone got sick from eating something expired they would sue.
I worked for a local grocery store chain in the early 2000s and they would sell or give away dented cans of food. Some lady said that she got sick and sued the company. Even though the company was found not liable they were still out thousands of dollars in court costs. We had to start throwing everything away after that.”