WE already run empty trucks from the DC to collect foods for donation. We get to deduct the cost of the food to the max level that they allow. The cost of the Operation, Truck fuel, driver, separate warehouse staff to load and offload the goods are not allowed. The complete donation program costs us more than we get, and the banks & shelters are not always receptive of getting the goods that we collected that day. We are having TO NOW BRING TO THE Front office the issue of raising costs for goods or Charging the Manufactures the cost of collecting they goods that did not sell.

It is not the right stuff that they want, wrong sizes, too much, not enough, on and on, we do it, because we have to look socially minded.

"Hank you have to think of your pubic image"

This is not going to get food companies to worry about printing dates, changing the printing of dates is not the issue.

My friend in the STARBUCKS management admitted to me that most of the stores still throw away the food at the end of the night because they can not get outside companies to come collect it. Starbucks does not do it because of the operational cost. But look at every store they have a sign that states the food gets donated every night.

I believe " I could be wrong" that the govt will not let their teeth out of this , and force more collection and "donation" of foods. At my and other companies costs on our backs.

So your Dino " in my Opinion " is correct.
Govt controlling of our businesses.

It is time for everyone in the Gulch to brush up on what socialism is. Kroger, in no way, is turning its property over to the government to run, communism, nor is it asking the government to force all of its business decisions, fascism. Because they are trying to do some social program like helping or feeding the poor, is not socialism.