Let's Go Down the Rabbit Hole!

[BIAD]

Not that "disposing" of perfectly good food makes any sense either!
But...
I'm guessing that they had a breakdown in the cold food-chain?
Maybe a refrigerated lorry or cold-store failed and their company policy is to "dispose" of any goods that were exposed to the non-refrigerated environment?

That would make sense (apart from with specific regards to the canned goods).
Could just be a blanket policy to cover themselves from any lawsuits regarding cold food-chain breakdown claims on goods that have gone off?

It doesn't seem to be because the goods are near their sell-by date anyway...

I worked in the business just before I retired and nothing would surprise me when it comes to waste!

I've seen thousands of pounds of food written-off because of silly bureaucracy and I'm only talking
about a little high-street shop of a major 'high-quality perceived' supermarket chain.

The cost and management-skills to arrange to transport goods, the actual removal and returning the
stock, negatively far outweighs the idea of just sticking it all in trolleys and leaving it in the car-park
-in their eyes.

I ran a Bakery out of one of these places and unknown for a long time, the Store was feeding two
whole families and assorted homeless folk that climbed the yard walls every morning to pick and choose
from the dumpsters. Two large containers stuffed with wasted, not-out-of-date products!
It's world they never talk about on TV!
And that was on one of the store's better-days!

The deliveries were dangerous and I've seen one of those large cages fall from the tail-gate of a truck
and land on a guy. Luckily, he wasn't too hurt, although the Manager did ask him if he could walk to
the hospital himself as she was busy on the computer and if she took him, she may lose her parking
space.


The spilled products...? Ever tried prying whisky, fresh cream-cakes and packets of cereal from those
who wander the streets at four in the morning?!
It's just all written-off. Freezer-failure...? £20,000 of unused produce just written-off.
Out-of-date booze poured down drains -rather than sell it to employees, solely to ensure the staff would
come to work the next day.

Sex in the Manager's office (against the safe!) The employee before me in the Bakery murdered by her
boyfriend and everyone looking forward to the day off for the funeral.


Later, I asked a senior Regional Manager (Oh yes, they like their bureaucracy!)... why the cages weren't
shrink-wrapped to keep the stock from falling out of the cages.
Answer. It's cheaper to pay out if the stock injures any of the public rather than pay someone to wrap them.

And if the injured are employees... well, the focus would be getting a replacement and the injured person
can go on sick-leave. Which they'll pay for up to a certain point.

So, a hundred trolleys full of canned-goods, chilled meats and assorted products...?
I'd suggest that a new design of shelving was being installed!