TreePointOhhhhh t1_j1nrhup wrote on December 25, 2022 at 10:52 PM

Reply to comment by Crysee in Tractor Supply in Lebanon has New Pellet stoves in dumpster by northhiker1

Due to all the frivolous lawsuits, businesses aren’t allowed to donate these types of things. If they donate these and a house burns down, they’ll get sued. If they donate end of day food, and if someone gets sick, they’ll get sued etc.

OldEnoughToKnowButtr t1_j1oz529 wrote on December 26, 2022 at 5:31 AM

^^^^ This. I was in a dunks at 5pm, shelves were empty, all donuts had just been tossed in trash cans. When I mentioned that there were homeless not far away, they said they used to donate, but someone got sick and sued... Sad.

hubris105 t1_j1phged wrote on December 26, 2022 at 9:44 AM

https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2020/08/13/good-samaritan-act-provides-liability-protection-food-donations

OldEnoughToKnowButtr t1_j1rygi0 wrote on December 26, 2022 at 10:52 PM

Thank you for that! So now the next step is to contact Duncan Donuts corporate legal and ask them to notify bvb all their franchises that it is now OK to donate. Who wants to take that as a to-do?

5nd t1_j1o3q0x wrote on December 26, 2022 at 12:34 AM

>Due to all the frivolous lawsuits, businesses aren’t allowed to donate these types of things.

Source: I made it up

Obvious-Bookkeeper-3 t1_j1og1xs wrote on December 26, 2022 at 2:25 AM

Working retail we had to throw away alot of good products and the district manager would not allow us to donate anything (we were not even allowed to take stuff home) because of possible lawsuits. IE: Someone eats X thing and gets sick, sues the store for 'giving' them spoiled product. Will it hold up in court? I dunno.

Iv always heard of them but never seen proof of them, i'm sure if you dig you might find them.