Yes.
Sadly this is the case with a lot of retailers. At some point in time a measure would have been put in place corporately to stop food being given away willy-nilly to anyone who claimed to be in need. Thus those that actually are in dire straights suffer.

A few winters ago I happened upon a few homeless people sheltering in the grounds of a Cathedral. I visited the coffee shop at a nearby train station, and asked what happened to the left over coffee at the end of the day.

"Oh, its tipped down the drain" they said. Oh good, so nobody takes it home or its not given to station staff.

So if I came back at closing with a flask to donate the leftovers to the homeless folk and help keep them warm it would be OK? I would talk to the folks living rough, they wouldn't know where it came from, and staff would not be put in "danger"

No, of course not. It wouldn't be company policy.

I went and bought a flask anyway and returned at closing time. I paid the asking price for the left over coffee and gave it to the folk in the cathedral grounds.
(Captain Skippy pooed in a bag and left it on your doorstep, Sun 26 Oct 2008, 9:53, 1 reply)

Yes
My friend, your a good person
(PassTheKhat, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 1:18, closed)