Besides this is a decision of the state. In Germany you can give away food and are not liable (as long as it isn't meat or such which isn't good to eat, and as long as for milk produce the chain of keeping it cold wasn't broken). Still containering is illegal and it is legal to destroy your food at the end of the day.
In France it is now mandatory (as far as I read up on it) to give away good food at the end of the day - and you are not liable within similar patterns as the ones mentioned above.
That said, most Dunkin products are easily able to be eaten later. Esp. if it is the same day.
The reason many pastries and bread are overproduced by a ratio of 1-2x what is sold is that humans don't like buying food off empty shelves.
When I worked as a pastry chef's apprentice we would bin about equal bread, muffins, croissants to what we sold every day. When we made just what was theoretically needed we would only sell about 60-70% of normal. Trust me, the owner tried everything before that place became a Starbucks.
Besides this is a decision of the state. In Germany you can give away food and are not liable (as long as it isn't meat or such which isn't good to eat, and as long as for milk produce the chain of keeping it cold wasn't broken). Still containering is illegal and it is legal to destroy your food at the end of the day.
In France it is now mandatory (as far as I read up on it) to give away good food at the end of the day - and you are not liable within similar patterns as the ones mentioned above.
That said, most Dunkin products are easily able to be eaten later. Esp. if it is the same day.
The reason many pastries and bread are overproduced by a ratio of 1-2x what is sold is that humans don't like buying food off empty shelves.
When I worked as a pastry chef's apprentice we would bin about equal bread, muffins, croissants to what we sold every day. When we made just what was theoretically needed we would only sell about 60-70% of normal. Trust me, the owner tried everything before that place became a Starbucks.
This sounds true and reasonable but is also incredibly perverse at the same time.
Seems like it would be less wasteful to build smaller shelves
Stores experiment with that too. The depth on shelves for speciality items is usually less than other aisles.
Folks still buy more fresh goods though when there is a lot of them. No one is angling to buy the last head of lettuce.
That's really interesting. I hate capitalism