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      I think we need a federal law that every establishment selling food have a unlocked dumpster out back accessible to the general public.  Any foodstuff removed therefrom can be eaten or shared but never resold in any way.  A companion law should be enacted that the bakery, grocery store or restaurant cannot be held liable for any illness that may result from ingestion of their discarded merchandise.

     In my experience, Walmart is one of stingiest companies and I think the most wasteful.  Walmart's here in Houston will only sell green bananas.  As soon as a bunch begins to ripen and turn yellow, out to their locked dumpster they go.  At closing time of their deli, everything unsold is gathered up and go to the dumpster.  I personally know a girl fired because she gave the food to a homeless woman instead of throwing it away.  She was caught by a supervisor and lost her job.

     Most bakeries throw away unsold food that isn't taken home by employees.  Knowing the closing time of a bakery can often result in two days worth of sweet things.  If you can catch a nice worker at 
Kentucky Fried or Popeye's on his way to the dumpster you can score two or three days of food..

     I know all this from being disabled, homeless, living in a tent in the woods with my wife who kept us alive over 18 months.  I'll be eternally grateful to all the people who got us here and the means to write this.