as an ex DD employee, I just want to add: the guy said employees can take the donuts/bagels home, but I used to get yelled at/threatened to be fired for taking more than like 6 home. They want most of them to go in the garbage.
My boss lets us take it all. He doesn’t give us a limit on how many we can take/get mad if we take a lot. He hates wasting food and doesn’t want us to just throw it out in the trash, he takes some home to his wife and kids too.
I worked at a dunkins a few years back. We used to donate our left over donuts to a food bank at the end of the night; until a consumer tried to sue us and said our donut made them sick. People trying to make a quick buck ruin it for the rest of us. After that we stopped giving away left over donuts.
Businesses just say that because they want everyone to feel like it's the fault of the greedy homeless people and not them that they're wasting all that food.
There is always a reason why things happened. If they donate food in the brand boxes, if the people get sick the Duncan donuts will be sued for their good will. They have to throw away food to ensure we don’t eat expired food.
What people need to understand is that this issue is not Dunkin exclusive. A lot of other food-related businesses (food chains, supermarkets, restaurants, etc) are throwing away tons of food every day. Some countries have come up with initiatives to reduce food waste, but people need to be more mindful of their own purchases as well.
when I worked at target, we had the food area where you could buy pizza and popcorn etc... every 30 mins they had to throw out the pizzas and replace them. They never gave them to workers or to the homeless Bc it was against guidelines. It’s sad Bc it could at least help a couple of people but we couldn’t do anything sadly.
I used to work for Pizza Hut. Can confirm we'd throw the pizza's away and we used to be able to make some to take home before, then they decided they didn't want us to get free food so they stopped that and we just threw all of it away.
Perks of being a private own business is that my parents get to donate all the food at the end of the day to our local food pantry, and the bakers evaluate if they need to keep making more donuts or not to keep from having too much left over
Working at Walmart they do it there too but their reasoning behind them throwing away the food that's coming directly out of their stores or centers centers is people like to sue. If by any chance they ever get sick they can easily saying they got some food from Walmart and Walmart made them safe and because donating it straight outside the building or something on that level with me no receipts and not capable or able to show them when the food was made to dispute the Sue so they keep that happening they throw it away.
So I was homeless for 2 years, and I can honestly say that the highlight of my week, was when Starbucks dropped off their trash bags full of pastries and sandwiches and snack boxes. My favorite was always the cheese Danish. SO yummy. But yeah, when you're homeless, you get peoples left overs, so having it show up in trash bags really isn't something anyone cared about. We were just grateful to have the yummy food.
Yeah I find it strange that the organizations themselves say they don't want baked goods. Pretty sure a lot of people have lived off of bread for 1000s and 1000s of years.
Thank you for clarifying. Some people might not want to donate in a trash bag thinking that would look disrespectful. Your statement proves that much more how much these places need to be donating their leftover food to homeless shelters. Also, based on your experience, what kind of other items would you recommend donating to homeless shelters?
@@johnr797 That's probably not the case. It's a matter of shelf-life. Presumably, those are mostly yeast raised donuts, and they're only good for a few days, tops, before they become disgusting. Add to that the fact that they aren't nutritionally sound, and most food banks aren't even going to bother to collect it. The only reason they collect the stuff from the bakery I work for is that it's a part of a larger grocery store, so they don't have to make a second stop to look through it and some of the baked goods will be good long enough to process and hand out.
i feel so bad for dunkin and others coz they have to do this because if they give out food at the end of the day then people will stop buying and get it for free. in the end its basically a lose lose situation
I worked at Tim Hortons for years. We used to give away all the extra food every night to the less fortunate. Unfortunately we had to stop because a couple of them tried to sue my boss for food poisoning. He was doing out of the goodness of his heart and that's how they thanked him. It's a bitter sweet thing. God bless ❤️
this!! yes food shouldn’t be wasted, but there is ultimately a reason as to why food businesses have no choice but to choose this path. and until there is a better option, i don’t entirely blame the companies either. (plus, not to mention the unreliability of the data spill provided of businesses not getting sued at all these past few years, i highly doubt that.)
The reason is two fold. There is liability/ lawsuits from quality of food or food poisoning. There is also the concern that people will not purchase the product and just wait until the end of the day. Doing anticipated portions based on sales history can reduce product waste.
@@marshmallows394 She’s probably trying to say that those businesses are protected from being sued for such a reason, that any attempt to do so gets thrown out
That is why most restaurants do this it is sad but true. This is no secret and the companies should fix this. It is definitely not the employees fault. I have gotten so free donuts from a Dunkin because a friend of mine used Togo in there after work on his way home and it was near when they closed so they always gave him some but they were not supposed to.
If only the USA adopted anti-food waste laws like France: “In February 2016, France adopted a law on fighting food waste that meant supermarkets were forbidden to destroy unsold food products and were compelled to donate it instead. This law constituted the starting point of the fight against food waste through banning its destruction and facilitating donation.” I know that is supermarkets but that is an example, food waste is a huge issue.
while I understand your point, to be honest, I also understand the business aspect of this. first of all, this is not your business or my business therefore the government shouldn’t be forcing businesses to donate or spent money on containers so that they can donate those donuts. the Government already meddles too much into our daily life’s as it is.
Businesses don’t donate food not because of Loss of money or giving out something for free, I mean they’re already losing money by throwing the food away. They throwing it away to prevent a lawsuit, you could potentially give out contaminated food which is risky.
I worked as a elementary school lunch lady for years, the amount of food we threw out was disgusting. We were told giving it to kids was stealing, taking it home was stealing and that donating to a shelter was a liability.
ya thats because it would be. its their product they get to decide what happens to it. that being said i dont think throwing it away is the best solution to overproduction I would personally if it was my business sell the day olds at a reduced price or something. or have better managers that are not grossly overproducing food. Im sure there isnt suppsed to be 400 donuts at night that are getting thrown out every day. I would have maybe fought for being able to take it home though as part of your wage
This is why I like supporting small businesses, because once they're out of something, they're out. Yes it sucks, but it reduces food waste and I'll gladly pay a bit more for a business that's local and more environmentally friendly
My dad runs a small to go restaurant, and once he is out of an item for the day -- he's out. I can't tell you how many times a customer gets upset that they "missed" that certain item!
Its not just in corporate, its systematic. Kids in my city made lunches for homeless people to hand out in the park as a way to give back and learn about community service. The cops were called on them and the kids were forced to throw all the food away as it was 'unsafe and not made in a commercial kitchen'. Like the people were starving.
I remember the bakery I used to work at used to donate their leftover bread/baked goods for the day to the homeless shelters/charity until a homeless person sue them by saying they got a cut in the mouth from the bread crust. Because of that, homeless people are still seen dumpster diving for it in the middle of the night, and the mess they make usually gets gobbled by the seagulls in the early mornings. Was told if anyone got sick/food poisoned from eating the dumpster food, no one was liable but themselves
There's a bakery in the city I live in that when I was homeless could go there and get a whole loaf of Italian bread like 2 or 3 times a week it was literally life saving.
Then we should also educate people on how not to ruin thing for everyone. I also heard a story of a woman who used to donate her donuts to the homeless, then stopped when the police complained to her the homeless was littering with her wrappers too much. Couldn't she just donate without wrappers to tell them?
This is why we’ll never solve the issue of world hunger. It’s not that there isn’t enough food to go around. The problem is that the countries have an abundance of food that goes to waste.
It's the individual workers who are kind, but risk their jobs in making the end-of-the-day excess accessible to the homeless. ;( If you don't LOOK homeless, or can be profile as homeless, you're more likely to not get the person who is giving you access to the day's excess in trouble because corporate doesn't want "beggars" that make their establishment look "dirty" so that those with deeper pockets don't turn up their noses and leave. Sometimes employees let individuals know when the window period is between the dumpster being filled with excess food and it being locked up for the night, implying that individuals can dumpster-dive to get it. It's a method so they're not on camera giving the food away, but it's still accessible to those in need. The homeless community spread tips through word-of-mouth on where and how to get the excess. My uncle was homeless, and though my family was low-income and not far off, we always chose to spend what money we did have loyally at the locations that helped feed those in need. It's how the local indie donut shop flourished, donating all leftover food as standard practice. They had affordable prices and kind hearts that increased public image and generated loyalty. I wish more establishments worked like that.
Oh yea I agree! I used to work in a corporate building of a medical organization as a cook for the cafe and homeless who had saved their money for the food eventually couldn't have anything because they shut the cafe down due to complaints from the office workers saying that they didn't want homeless eating their food when they didn't even eat it all themselves. They even made the restrooms employee only so you could only use them if you had an ID card.
Yeah I DEFINITELY agree. Like I can guarantee that the corporate people are those kinds of people who would say something like “If you’re homeless then just buy a house” like LITERALLY. It pisses me off so much. Smh to them.
I was homeless and I can agree. I've been rejected from jobs that I cleaned and dressed up for and did amazing in the interview and was perfectly qualified for because I was homeless and had to take a metro bus to work..
@@pocketpj2722 im so sorry to hear that, i honestly wish you the best in life and yeah theres rude people but that shouldnt bring your hopes down. maybe you can be ahead of them. 🙏🏻 again im so sorry to hear that
@@michaelalouise5147 Right? Do they genuinely think the money is worth the hassle? Most employees at stores like this don't have much of a choice, lest they want to lose things these ppl can't imagine going without (food, roof over their head, etc.)
People need to work in food service and retail before they're considered adults. That would change a lot in our society, IMHO. Like before you can drive? Three months working in retail or food service. That would change a lot of minds.
The fact that these fast food places are able to throw away so much food and stay in business clearly demonstrates just how much they are ripping off customers. The margins on coffee and doughnuts for example are absolutely insane. I would never waste my money on any national chain fast food establishment.
No, what it says is that customers need to be less ridiculous about restaurants having everything through the entire day. A lot of the extras are the result of stores needing to have enough for everybody, because somehow only having 2 of the 3 types of vanilla ice cream in the same size from the same brand isn't good enough. The actual cost of the food at a typical restaurant is one of the smaller costs when compared with the cost of rent, employees and equipment. EDIT: And yes, there are people who will only eat french vanilla, homestyle vanilla or classic vanilla ice cream and won't buy any of the other possibilities, so all of them have to be stocked to avoid losing sales.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade The OP and you are right, and both can be right. People shouldn't just blame only others or only certain groups like just businesses or the government, but everyone should be responsible and help, including customers or regular people.
As a Starbucks barista, we have to do the same thing at the end of the shift. I do know that Panera donates their food to homeless shelters and other organizations!
I know of a Panera that actually encourages homeless people to work there and has a "pay if/what you can" kind of policy. People with bluetooth headphones and business suits abuse that policy but it helped me when I was homeless and a lot of other people in the area.
panera may be expensive, but they're pretty cool. If youy're homeless you can go in and get free food or pay what you can! and you can get good, nutritious food and still even order and get something you like :) plus coffee!
This is very common sadly. Legally some companies cannot sell food that expired to customers (even if some are still good). I've had to throw out over 100 baked goods
Honestly the dunkin I work at throws out so many donuts but if we actually sell out towards the end of the night we have angry customers going off at minimum wage workers for idk??? Selling donuts like we’re supposed to?? Almost like they want to see waste
Exactly! And if we keep feeding the homeless piles of donuts, then we aren't properly caring for them because of how bad donuts are for health. Imagine the blood sugar levels of someone if they eat these constantly.
One of my employees used to be a manger at Dunkin. She told me how she had to fire a girl who was taking donuts at the end of the night and bringing them to homeless shelters. And I said, you fired her because of liability? Like if someone got sick from those donuts? so they couldnt sue? And she said, no, I fired because every night she was stealing tens of dollars of product. And I was like, but it's going in the trash??? And she said it didn't matter. If she didn't pay for it, it's stealing. I was stunned. Total corporate brainwashing.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade But giving employees leftovers is very common. They chose to not let her off, like many companies. Even in this video, the dude says he's allowed to bring donuts home. It's just a stingy, no good owner who made the police above.
I mean by law that is right. Suppose your maids (or someone comes into your house) and then take your old clothes & makeup out to donate because those things are old and they know you’re going to throw them away soon, is it ok? No, they are YOUR things. You decide what happens to them.
This doesn’t just happen with food. Some places still destroy products that don’t sell like clothing, books, makeup, soap/shampoos. Employees are made to destroy and toss items so they cannot be dug out of the trash.
As a former homeless, I would've preferred a stale donut or two over digging through random dumpsters in hopes there's something edible in there. If places like bakeries made things to order there would be astronomically less waste.
you cant make bagels and pastries to order though. some of them have to rise or sit all night before you can make them. my job gave donations to church every night. one time a guy came in and asked for food. we have day old stuff, which i ate all the time on breaks because it was super good still lol i just let him take whatever he wanted
Many many many companies used to do this which is donate to charitable organizations and the homeless then they were sued by the people that gave the food to claiming it made them sick so the companies had to stop this because of immoral greedy people
Employees are not to blame. It is the store's policy. Because everyone in the US sue others. Thieves sues homeowner for falling as they stepped on a kids toy. And the thief won. Which is why giving a helping hand is hazardous. So many people in the news getting sued for helping out. Heck even buying hot coffee. They got sued for serving hot coffee. That's the great USA.
@@starkimage_jrs7710 nobody has money here, nobody's suing anyone over this. We are all 1 bad decision away from being the loser in this food distribution scenario. Id rather see constructive conversation than this nihilistic whining. No solution? No ear from me
This is not just about throwing them out - it's also poor asset management in that they're making more than they can sell. They should use their sales/crm data to create a more accurate amount of donuts for each shop. It's better to sell out than to make too many and have to find a way to get rid of them.
When I worked at Disney we would throw away bags of perfectly delicious sandwiches, deserts, etc. When a coworker asked if they could have a sandwich the manager told him he couldn’t and I almost got fired for eating one of the desserts that was being thrown away. This happens at almost every food and beverage organization. I’m not sure why it’s not talked about more.
Part of me wants to say it was for the safety of your health. But if the food wasn't sitting out all day, then I don't see a problem with it. Deserts are a different story though, since they perish much quicker and have things like dairy in them. But, in most cases, i would agree that places are just simply greedy. I worked at CFA, and while they tried their best to reduce food waste at the end of the day, and we'd only have a few sandwhiches left at the end of the day (and sometimes the managers let us take them home) most of the time they did not, and these were sandwhiches they just came fresh out of the kitchen.
I feel like donating 400 donuts to local shelters each day would be a worse solution to just tossing them. Maybe they should just get taxed for food waste. They do that in France... use that money to fund healthy food for the homeless.
I don’t know about the homeless in other countries, but many homeless people are homeless cause of their addiction and they like to have free things. Also, the reason why business don’t give out food to prevent lawsuits…giving our food to people could potentially be risky. It’s to prevent giving them contaminated food….
@@Moonlight-yx5sg They may be homeless for addiction, so giving them food to free up their time so they can get help works. If you put people on the streets, they develop addictions and then its suddenly "welp cant help them now" it seems hyppocritical (to be clear the US government is making people homeless with no universal healthcare and with all of its issues)
@@Moonlight-yx5sg But not everybody is homeless because of addiction. The majority of people are homeless veterans, people who lost their jobs because of covid, immigrant families, lgbtq youth, and just people in general experiencing financial hardship. Those people sometimes can't even go to shelters because there are so many homeless people. And if the food is straight from the store, it isn't contaminated (unless it's stale, like the guy in the video states). So they can donate it to companies like Feeding America, who take groceries and sometimes baked goods to donate to the less fortunate. The same can be said about some food banks. Companies who donate to food banks are given tax breaks to encourage donating. Which is why I find this situation rather unreasonable. :/
This is how it is EVERYWHERE and it’s OUR fault for wanting food and drink at a snap of a finger. Most places don’t donate the food because some places have gotten sued for “food poisoning”
this is so true, im from Argentina, and this has happened here to with Mc Donald's. Years Ago they used to separate the food from the trash so ppl living in the streets can eat it if they want, but they got sued because of food poisoning. I think big companies are greedy to. I mean, they could produce an amount per day (the one that actually got selled) and thats it, but no... "who cares, we got our pockets full of $$$"
I used to work for Panera Bread and they absolutely DO NOT throw out their pastries and unsliced bread. Any sliced breads are trashed because they were used on the sandwich line and have been touched all day long.
@@Pandy879 yeah, I was about to say. Panera corporate calls it “Dough Nations” or something, and we legit donate everything- pastries, bagels, baguettes, bread bowls, sliced bread, loaves, alladat. The only thing that’s tossed is mac n cheese that’s been in the therm because it can’t be reheated
I was a manager at Dunkin as a 19 year old and this is very true. We aren’t allowed to do anything with them other than throw them away. And yes we have to count every single one. And those bags are SO HEAVY! And I was always told we weren’t allowed to donate them to homeless for “legal reasons”
@@breekat3785 People dont choose to be homeless and decide they dont want to get a job because people donate. They really dont have homes and thats not a happy experience. Helping them is letting them not go hungry.
@@breekat3785 food, water and shelter are basic needs for life sustainability. Higher education is required for most well paying careers which is something most impoverished americans can not access due to the high expenses. Most jobs pay minimum wage, which is hard to live off of especially in a city and some jobs require experience even with a degree. If you left your priveliged bubble you'd see that basic needs are a right not a privilege.
@Sarah the Spiciest salad He's literally throwing out fresh food, dd has to change its food/drinks daily. He stated that they can give away the food but it must be in a garbage bag which makes him uncomfortable. Ffs pay attention!!!@2:31
It’s weird that people are just now finding this out. I remember driving past a Dunkin’ one night to go get a coffee and saw food on the ground next to the trash. Kept looking around there was bags full of donuts. I always wondered how these workers carried large, full bags, expecting it to be heavy; but it’s just airy and full of light weight donuts.
I feel been throw away for very long time nobody knew about it I did 2 years ago my friend work at Dunkin he used give it to me for free but don’t say I tell you this I don’t want him to be fired because of me he very good person have good heart
Ok I like how people are speaking up but don’t go harassing the employees. They literally have no control over it. Like me, I need my job but I don’t have control over what we have to do at the end of the day. Yes it sucks and it pains me everyone I have to do it but I need the money. Pls don’t harass us for something we can’t control
No one at my work is willing to buy a cookie if it's broken in 2, so, it gets thrown away and put into waste. People become entitled and think they deserve free stuff if it isn't perfect, so garbage it is
I felt the same way until I found out that a person who received leftover donuts from my local Dunkin’ sued for food borne illness. They used to donate to the local mission and a person who received them got sick- probably not from a donut. He then proceeded with litigation and the local owner said rather than worrying about frivolous lawsuits he would rather throw them out. This is just one example and you have to look at both sides of the argument. It’s a a shame that this incident has caused him to feel this way. He regrets throwing out perfectly good food but doesn’t want to be tied down with possible legal action.
i used to be homeless & lived in a shelter for 2 years. i don't know where they came from but most mornings we got left over donuts donated to us. they were always stale (to be expected if they're old/been sitting out) sometimes inedible but for the most part they were usually safe to consume. one woman found *GNATS* _inside_ of her donut once so that put some people off from eating them for a while. so, while there's definitely a sanitary/health perspective to worry about, when the donuts were okay the sentiment was nice at least. there's no reason to be throwing away *that* much food. everyday. from multiple food companies.
@@lilhum9529 You didn't watch the video. The Good Sumaritan Act is a law that protects companies and individuals that donate food in good faith from lawsuits against them.
I understand that but doughnuts, bagels, and muffins are difficult to keep fresh. Some doughnuts get hard as a rock by the end of the day. We are only doing what we are being paid for. I started working there to help my family from starving so I completely understand.
@@mischuhvus Most DON'T though... They don't want to give their time, money or energy to donating honestly because humans are selfish..... I tried to tell my boss who is a small business owner of four restaurant chains in the area I live in and surrounding cities to recycle, reduce waste, donate, but it's just easier to shove things into a trash can I guess for some people🤷🏼♀️ I stay at my job bc I have to... And I take what food & cardboard boxes I can home with me to put to use but I can't take it all :(
Not only Dunkin does this. Every restaurant throws food away at the end of the day it’s part of the cdc guidelines. I worked in fast food everyone goes in and blames but think if Dunkin donated it would be the managers going out every night. The managers aren’t paid as much as you think. If people think they should donate the donuts so bad go at the end of the day and do it themselves
Please dont think I'm trying to be rude but the managers dont have to take anything anywhere places that help the homless will come and pick it up voluntarily once I worked at kfc and people came every night to pick up right as we closed
Yep. Even if Dunkins was okay with it, no manager is going to do an extra 30-90 minutes of work at the end of every shift in the name of charity. They have a family waiting for them at home and little Bobby would be very sad if Mommy got stabbed by a nutjob homeless person one night while she was trying to give away free food.
@@StrawberryFeildsforNever Treating DD likes it's the only one that does this is mindless lol. People commenting "my respect for DD went down" are morons. You can't shop at ANY fast food restaurant without them dumping every single food item they have at the end of the day. I worked at Tim Hortons, we did the exact same thing.
When I was a child, after supermarket closed, my parents would go on the hunt for dinner. Back then they threw everything in the trash but open for homeless to take. As I turned 5, the law forbade homeless to trash hunt for food, and instead, every baking good, food and freezer good, gets fed by pigs. We are less than pigs and since then we struggled.
Germany made it impossible for people to dumpster dive for food because somehow they think it's stealing So there are laws that make supermarkets and restaurants and such destroy useable food items before dumping them.
@@DaemlichesStueck Yes, I am indeed talking of the European continent. Now it's purging and thus 'stealing' they'd rather throw it away and feed the pigs for coins
You have the right to do that but don't say you are less than pigs when you know the pigs will end up dead, even if they will keep em alive everyone have to eat, animals too just like you.
They do this because homeless people have “sued” in the past for “allergic reactions” or whatever that’s what I was told at Starbucks and the aquarium I worked at every time I tried 🙃
That's what my manager at sallys told me. We had to be very careful. He would sneakily donate things, but we couldn't donate returned electronics because of a fire hazard. But hair care could be donated, after we said it was destroyed. Sallys introduced a new way to discard returns though, so I think it's harder now. But we tried.
Yeah, sadly businesses can get sued. It’s a real thing. I’ve met some homeless people who feel entitled to anything that those who aren’t homeless have. It’s those people that ruin it for the others who would appreciate it.
I used to work for a restaurant and we used to donate food to the homeless shelter. We stopped because of 3 reasons 1. We almost got sued 2. They became entitled 3. Homeless Vegans (that’s a story for a different day lol) Because of those reasons we stopped donating. Is it wrong? Yes but people got to remember that by doing nice things, somehow a small group is always going to ruin it for everyone.
@@luissegura907 That is sadly accurate. The store I work at used to donate a lot of food and sometimes gave away free food at the end of the day so it didn’t spoil or go to waste. But then ONE guy sued them and that was it. No more donations or anything.
I'd like to give starbucks a shout out. They donate to a group home agency in my town. Yes, it shows up in green clear-ish bags, but it is extremely appreciated!! They donate desserts, sandwiches, and even lettuce! Anything that they are going to throw out anyways, they give to the agency
Yeah I worked at Starbucks and at night all of the pastries would go in a transparent orange colored bag and we’d donate to The Downtown Rescue Mission in town and they’d come and pick them up.
I worked as an on-site baker at a Whole Foods many years ago, and they donated from our bakery directly to a pig farm. We made our old bread into the next day's croutons or bread crumb mix, but the rest went into the pig farmers' bin. Is that an option for Dunkin or others who are concerned about stale food? I mean, if it isn't good enough for people, is it good enough for slop? The pig farmers near my old place thought so.
We did this at Starbucks too. All of it is still perfectly fine. Things were out of date after 1,2 or 7 days…but not expired. We could take “out of date”food home with us, but was strictly told we were not allowed to take to any shelters. I would take trash bags full to the local halfway houses where I knew the house managers, but I wasn’t suppose to.
I worked at KFC and McDonald's and we threw out a lot of food. They wouldn't let us employees take anything even though it was getting thrown away anyways. I feel like they should be like "go ahead and take it but of you get sick or anything you can't sue us" or something
The food court I used to worked in use to. But employees were taking advantage and started making more or fresh food right before closing so they could bring it home. So, they stop letting us take it.
Worked at McDonald's for 9 months throwing up everyday before work because I wasn't getting enough to eat at home then had to throw away perfectly good French fries and hamburgers by the pound, occasionally someone would "steal" something that was getting ready to be thrown out and I'd just be sitting there jealous I didn't think about stealing something too :/
Unfortunately I don't think people would see it that way. They will invariably get sued because it has their name on it. Looking at today's social climate, I understand where they're coming from.
@@zaqwanbadli9697 I guarantee homeless shelters would take food in garbage bags provided it contained just food and no garbage, but they also need other foods, not just donuts and baked goods
At Krispy Kreme a customer asked why they didn’t donate the imperfect donuts rather than throw them in the trash. The manager told her they donate good donuts to charity why should the charity have to get the bad ones. He went on to say they are mostly just bit of flour so the cost in minimal.
There is more than enough food to feed everyone, the problem is that people will not pay for things like apples if they do not look perfect! Same for these donuts, they don't last much more than 24 hours without being frozen and businesses do not have time freeze things and then give them away. I used to work for a food bank and people constantly complained about what they were given. They don't really want food, they want high end food or sweets to give their kids! The average American family throws 25% of all the food they purchase and more is thrown out in the form of left overs! Stores could sell things that are past the date on the package, particularly jars and cans, but we have been told that the food goes bad by those dates! Those dates do not signify the food going bad, they are meant to help grocery stores keep their food in rotation! In reality, the food is perfectly fine for years to come! Same for frozen foods...we are told that meats only 'last' about 6 months if we freeze them, but again that is supposed to be a guide line. Frozen food is perfectly fine for a year or more, but people don't use common sense!
When I was in high school I had a friend/classmate that worked at Dunkin Donuts. He would bring in 4 boxes of donuts multiple times a week for our English class to eat.
I'm guessing most of the people on tik tok commenting are younger and haven't worked many food service jobs. Pretty much every big chain throws away tons of food at the end of the night. Most of it perfectly fine to eat. The employees can get fired for giving the food away, and it sucks throwing out perfectly good food. When I worked food service jobs I tried to take home as much as I could but even that is against the rules at a lot of places. I think it's great that people are speaking out and getting upset, hopefully more companies will try to work out ways to donate some of the leftover food. But its not the employees fault, a job is a job and there's only so many jobs available. Especially nowadays, it's not really an option for a lot of people to be picky or risk a steady paycheck. Customers speaking out with their words and their wallets are the best way to make companies change their policies.
Same. And some even point the finger at the employees? I work at a chain (UK)too, we have to throw them away otherwise everyone else will be furious. We can take home as much as we want, but at some point it's too much. I feel guilty and horrible everytime, since there are homeless people in town as well. But Corporate has to be the one to do something-we employees can't decide that for ourselves even if it's out of kindness.
A lot of those tiktokers might have ruined their chances of further employment cause it's now out there on the internet and future employers may not like a person willing to do this to their place of employment. Seems like trouble.
Staff have been loudly trying to break the news on this for years, I’ve probably read 100s of articles and social media post on this. I’ve seen people fired for taking even scraps of the food for themselves or those in need, I’ve even seen it written up as “feeding the animals” companies wou rather dump tons of food a day than lower prices or give it out free/cheap
@@AnAirConditioner that’s basically a thing already where I’m from and it really helps out those struggling financially especially if they can’t bring themselves to reach out for help they still get to feel like they’re buying it for themselves. Unfortunately a few bad actors (who are usually better off) try abuse the system to the point some place have to make barriers and/or queue system because of a vocal minority that starts fights or try’s to buy everything for themselves.
Thank you! The gas station/convenience store I worked at had a policy of immediate termination if any of the pizza, taquitos, hot dogs, donuts, etc-that we threw away EACH NIGHT-were to be consumed, given away or donated. If we did not throw each and every bite of food into the trash, then we lost our jobs.
That is true, where I work we can take a burger or nuggets thats not going into an order and eat it for ourselves, as long as we don't eat in front of customers or cameras
While I was watching this I stopped the video and called my father (because he has two restaurants) to ask him what he does with the food wastes and he told me "we rarely have food wastes because we make the food after each order" I was so happy to hear that
There’s a story on Reddit of a Tim Hortons that used to give their leftovers to the homeless shelter next door, but had to stop because someone pretended to choke on a Timbit and tried to sue. There has to be a way to avoid lawsuits and have quality control, while still being able to donate excess food.
This is common in the fast food industry throughout all franchises it’s not just Duncan but every fast food restaurant it’s more of a way to protect themselves from getting sued in case someone gets a very bad case of food poisoning
As a Dunkin’ employee I would like to clarify something. At least in the northern region of the states, we fill out a donut waste sheet at the end of the night and then from there the manager at that location order donuts based on that. It’s not the employees faults and along with that a lot of times it’s not corporate. If done correctly, by the end of the night you should not have many donuts left. At my location we usually only have a tray or two. I’m not sure how these locations are having these many donuts left but this is not the normal!!!!
Dude I never got a raise… I was supposed to and I’ve asked 3 times.. they were too busy hiring minors and now they complain about labor being too high like bruh
This happens at EVERY restaurant. Not just dunkin donuts. It makes sense that they don't want the value of their donuts to go down because it becomes well-known that they donate a lot, but of course they could still donate. It should be more on the down low. The internet is ruining a lot of things like this. Also I'd like to mention donuts are not a very nutritious food to be giving to people in need, who should have diets based more on essential nutrients. If you want foods donated to shelters they should be protein, fruits and veggies, whole grains, etc.
I once worked at a hotel. The amount of food waste in one day was insane. All the food waste from the various on site restaurants, and stalls would be sent to a special area for disposal. Very sad. The hotel wouldnt even give/sell the food waste to a local pig farmer. Employees could not take food home. The amount of food tossed in one day could feed maybe 2 or 3 small village (About 250 people.) I remember this time when there was 70 minutes left before closing out a buffet but the food was running low. A supervisor came by and ordered that the whole line be restocked (he was new to his position and always caused problem) we had aleady called for a few things and was getting ready to down size the option for the reminder of the time (it was a slow night and most guest were dining at the Italian restaurant or at the pool side eatery due to an ongoing event). I was so mad. Full cakes, fresh baked goods, soft and still warm cookies, large batch of pasta dishes and salads, cheese platters, pans of chicken dishes...just trashed. (We could only send a few items over to the other restaurants).
Tbh any food is welcomed and wanted. I've been homeless off and on since 16 and I'm just now getting my feet on the ground and off the streets at 19. I wouldve loved a donut in some shelters I've been to, donations to shelters and the homeless in general isnt as common anymore so anything really and truly helps especially to those that dont even know when they'll eat again
I’m sorry how does value go down cause one donates leftovers if that’s our way of thinking as humans, we certainly won’t remain long on this planet cause at some point our resources and luck is gonna run out and we’re gonna wish we didn’t waste as much sh*t
This happens because there were law suits in the past that companies had gotten sued for causing food poisoning from giving away food. Every restaurant has to do this by law.
I use to work in a gas station and I use to bring home all the unsold donuts and warm food (which wasn’t much) at the end of the day or else we had to trash it. The manager allowed this. I had a family of 11 and after doing this for a few weeks my family became sick of eating donuts. I think I stopped eating donuts for like 10 years after that too.
He shouldn't be having video footage of doing it. Talk about it and take the high moral ground but if his boss hear about it, he could fight it. Using actual footage of you breaking corporate rules, yes, yiu should be fired.
This is happening EVERYWHERE!!!! My husband was devastated when he was promoted about 10 years ago and told now that ax the manager, he was forced to trash ALL of the food that was left at the end of the night in the A&P deli area at 10pm when they closed that department... 100% every night! They once didn't toss the uncut deli meat but ALL cooked foods like the rotisserie chickens, fried chicken, pizza, any pre made sub sandwiches and believe it or not ... The entire massive hot/cold salad bar!! He begged to and offered to take it himself a local shelter ...and here in central NJ WE HAVE MANY! He was emphatically told that at one time they did donate it .... Until one yes one shelter person threatened to sue the store because he SAID that he became ill, yet nobody else who ate the very same food ever got sick.... But the store was now in Fear of a lawsuit in return for a good deed and no donations have been made since .... They were so worried that even the employees couldn't eat the food it had to be visibly trashed and the store was open 24 hours...they could have at the very least fed the next shift of employees!
Same thing happen in all food Industries. And sadly it is true. They dont give away food because of future legal issues they going to face. Is sad but is truth. 😔
Starbucks does this too. My ex got fired for giving their pastries to a homeless guy at the end of the day, instead of throwing them away. Also employees aren’t even allowed to take the food home for themselves. They have to throw it all out
That's my understanding my dad said the same thing someone got sick and people stop giving out free food too.. I remember my aunt used to bring us free happy meals especially the demonic toys but it was a nice child hood not many greedy for money.
I was told we couldn't take stuff home, because that encourages employees to "over make" food, and we can't donate because if someone gets sick, they'll sue. Which has happened exactly NEVER! Same at large pet supply stores. If someone returns an open bag of pet food cuz their animal wouldn't eat it or whatever, it has to be thrown out instead of being donated.
Okay I get it's a bad thing that they're throwing that all away, but you should not make the people that are just working to make ends meet feel ashamed for doing their job take it up with corporate.
👏🏾👏🏾, Exactly they are just doing their jobs and we are just attacking them like it's their fault, like they said it shouldn't be a surprise that food gets thrown away, it's done every day at supermarkets too, and donuts aren't food they are deserts so even if they donate them they won't provide the protein that the homeless people need. 🥺 (But, they could still donate them, if you get me 😅 )
@@ktridente101 It really isn't that simple though. For most people, that job is quite literally their lifeline. You can't just quit or get fired, especially if you're older, got a family support, got a medical condition, etc. Money is directly tied to our living and well-being, which people need to healthily exist in society whether we like it or not, ESPECIALLY in America.
Throw out the hard/stale bagels & cooked meats that have been sitting out all day, those make *sense* but you can have donuts last at the VERY least 24 hours and you won't get sick from them. 0 reason why you can't just donate those, along with the containers of tea (idk about coffee tho; I don't drink the stuff)
@@Samsammiesamantha Then they shouldn't be selling food at all. If they had flies it shouldn't be purchaseable. That's clearly a health hazard. And if they were that stingy about it, how about half day old donuts? Even less?
This isn’t exclusive to Dunkin’ Donuts this is every restaurant in Los Angeles, it is food safety and health department protocol so be mad at the state.
Yep worked at McDonald’s in high school but I live across the country from LA so this is nationwide. Luckily, our managers usually didn’t care if we took home extra food if we worked the night shift
Our major food store supermarket did exactly that. Here's what happened: Certain individuals would take the donated food & containers back to the food store demanding a cash refund. If they were denied, they would rant & rave, scream & shout, and make a major scene which did result in some getting cash refunds for free. When the food was removed from original containers to circumvent this, there again was major complaining and threats of lawsuits from all the "food poisoning" that our supermarket was inflicting on the less fortunate. When management realized that they created a monster, the practice was stopped and the leftover food disposed of. When the man said they expect things, once they're started, he's right. The "less fortunate" hung around the food store for months afterward demanding free food and pan handling/ harassing customers. And even ransacking dumpsters leaving garbage everywhere. It took a long time to fix the problem that started off with good intentions.
Was told companies dispose of food because they don't want to be sued if they give it away and they get food poisoning. Also, homeless shelters don't accept it anymore either. So there's multiple things wrong in the chain of donating unsold products
People love to point out that there’s a problem with food waste, however that is just for them to feel better about themselves, the ratio of complaining about the problem: donating food and money is non existent. It’s all good and well addressing the issue however there are no solutions because no one will ACTUALLY go out of their way to do anything
Yeah, but some of us do care and DO go out there and do something! I’ve donated several things to homeless: old clothes, shoes, blankets, I’ve made care packages for them.. and every thanksgiving instead of cooking a meal at home I go out and bulk buy food and pass it out to homeless so they can have a thanksgiving meal.. so some of us do the best we can and it legitimately hurts to see so much food go to waste.. I’ve seen homeless people cry over me giving them two cheeseburgers.. imagine if stores donated all the food they had leftover to homeless..
This is why I love stores like chip city in New York because they make the cookies fresh right away and always keeping them warm while making a small quantity. I see people line up every time for their cookies because its fresh. This way their stuff always runs out.
yeah this is exactly what i was thinking! people can leave out a small batch, and make more while serving others. sure its gonna take longer, and karens would have a heart attack, but its better than wasting so much everyday.
As a former employee of DD...yes, we did this, difference was, we were not allowed to make fresh donuts, or food, after a certain time of the day, & the majority of what got thrown away had been sitting there for hours, & was food/donuts that were stale & dryer than usual. I get when we're hungry enough, we'll eat anything, but I'm glad there was either nothing or very little left at the end of the day, although I agree no food should be wasted.
it gets me so mad when people are getting mad at people just doing there job and if they do anything else (like donating) they could get fired. i agree that wasting food is wrong but some people need to do it to keep their job.
This is why stores in Europe likely runs out of foods and stuff around the hour of closing.. 'cause we don't want to have enough for a big rush, just to throw it out..
Is it that hard to put that food in the fridge and sell it the next day at half the price with a sign clearly saying "Yesterday's left over: The texture may not be perfect." I'm sure they would sell all the left over. Instead we still have this terrible pratice.
To everyone saying that we shouldn’t give donuts or fast food left overs to the homeless: Right, cause starvation is just better than having a donut. At some point you need to realize that food is food. If you haven’t eaten in a day or two or you only get small portions, you’d be begging for any type of food. Yes, sugar and junk food can cause diabetes but starvation can cause death.
Omg this isn’t how any of this works JFC. -someone has to WANT the food you’re donating. -there are a lot of regulations and policies at national and local levels that make donating itself difficult. -a lot of the homeless community doesn’t trust a rando on the street trying to pass out food. Nor should they with how they are treated daily. You want to get the homeless some donuts you better call the organizations turning the donations away.
did you even watch the video? the good samaritan food donation act literally protects against this liability. companies just say that as an excuse to be lazy and wasteful.
At my local dunkin they’re out of stuff constantly, and I honestly think it’s the employees making less stuff at the start of the day/ordering less supplies so that they don’t have to throw it out, since they know it’ll be required of them
A lot of companies could donate their items that are expiring and or going into the trash like that at the end of the day. I worked for a mom and pop grocery store as a baker, and we didn’t donate anything, but we would box up everything and sell it for half price for one more day. I now work for Walgreens and they donate their dry groceries, but anything that has to be refrigerated we have to dump down the drain. Just a week ago I had to dump 7 gallons of milk down the drain all because we don’t have a storage place for donated refrigerated items or drop off donated items every day so we didn’t have to refrigerate anything
Yes, you were absolutely correct if their inventory was better manage they would not be a throwaway food. I was a vendor for many years and kept a tight reign on what did and did not sell in my inventory and because I did had very little ways. If you are a small business waste does not create profits only losses you
Unfortunately better inventory management isn’t gonna really work because the major problem stems from customer side. Customer can come in and order say 1 donut or another can come in and order a bakers dozen. You never know just how much a customer is gonna buy so fast food places tend to make alot in the event for large orders
As a former Dunkin employee, I thought this was common knowledge lol, whenever people got donuts before close we’d dump extra in with their donuts. We weren’t “supposed” to even take any of it home, but we rarely got in trouble for it, I’d give it out when I could too.
I went to a dunkin shortly before close to buy some donuts I wanted 2 but an employee gave me a dozen to give to my coworkers for free. I later learned through a David Dobrik video that the employees likely realized I was the last customer(it was 8pm) and were trying to get rid of the donuts before they had to be trashed. I still paid for my donuts they also gave me a discount probably because they were slightly stale.
Weird how so many people are surprised by this. Every restaurant throws away food like that, its the nature of the food service industry. How come everyone outraged who tweeted at Dunkin Donuts doesn't show the same outrage to every restaurant? Seems like people just like to be outraged in order to have the chance to tell someone to "do better" so they can feel like they're on a moral highground. Thats why its kinda pointless to be outraged like that.
@@baffledbits3226 you don't need confirmation from every restaurant to know they all waste a lot of food. Its common sense that if you know one restaurant wastes a lot of food then can pretty much assume most others do as well.
Honestly, I understand them. We used to do the same thing and put a box with leftover food outside our restaurant for a couple of months. Worked out perfectly fine. Then we had one of the most busy days of the year and were completely sold out. So we couldn't put anything outside. About 5 homeless people were banging our window and yelling to demand food and in the end they threw a brick through our window. After that, the boss still wanted to try after warning them and we kept doing it for another 2 months. Another extremely busy day, nothing left. They were banging the window again.. I went outside, being nice and telling them we were sorry and I got attacked without warning and had a fractured jaw. Took 5 weeks to heal. After that, we started throwing everything away in the garbage..
Literally all that food can be given to people who are starving. So disappointing to see that being wasted when it can save a lot of lives. :/ though i understand if it's not safe to eat.
@@account9238 HORRIBLE? who feeds a homeless person junk food, you may as well give them a loan and expect them to pay a fee for not paying it right after acquiring it.
I work in a place that sells chicken and burgers. It's a good safety thing, but absolutely disgusting. In one night, over 300 pieces of fried chicken, 80 chicken rolls and countless amounts of nuggets, wings and tenders tossed to the bin.
This is NOTHING compared to what the Casino I work at throws away, between the employee dining room, several restaurants & event center. We throw away enough food a DAY to feed an entire homeless shelter for a MONTH! I asked about why we don't donate it or at least take the meat to an animal shelter & I was told because there are laws & regulations that could be turned against us. So...basically "red tape" It's so incredibly sad that you'd have to worry about being fined or sued for trying to do such a good thing, but unfortunately that's the world we live in.
people who want to take advantage and sue companies for trying to do kind acts is why the world is this way. One person chokes on a stale dinner roll, or claims they ate old seafood that was given away and got food poisoning, and then the frivolous lawsuits start. No good deed goes unpunished.
So true and in Vegas they give the garbage in trash for the pigs at apex Nevada by the landfill the even chew up the bags n forks ext. I worked there that’s facts!
I've heard this argument from multiple stores and restaurants. the thing is there has literally never been a case where an establishment was sued for donating food. look into it, it's literally never happened. not once. it's management's excuse because transportation of that food costs money, and the almighty dollar is more important. edit :just finished the episode and saw that she covers basically everything I just said... sooo yeah
I used to work at Dunkin and this literally happened every single night like if someone came in and I was about ready to having to throw away the donuts I would give them to the last customer like as many as they could take to hopefully they won't go to waste
In my country (which is in Europe), if something isn't sold at the end of the day, it is packaged in a paper or plastic bag (e.g. muffins or even meat cutlets) to keep it from drying out, and then it is sold at half or even -75% of the price the next day. Same goes for produce that is nearing its expiration date. Bananas and other fruit that are no longer aesthetically pleasing (usually overripe or bruised) are left nearby on the shelf for free, usually for kids to snack on while shopping. If something isn't sold even the next day, then it is thrown away. Usually people who are not that well off financially buy things at a discount. It's still food waste, but nowhere as bad as it is in the USA. Y'all are insane for throwing away that much food.
When I worked at Arby's, our food being thrown out was minimal.. fries were the main thing to go, but we were always super careful to cook only what was ordered so we could abide by the hold times for each item. Other than fries or food that fell on the ground, nothing was wasted.
Nobody tell anyone about little Caesars… 😬 those “hot n readys” have to be dumped every few hours if no one buys them, and also at thee end of the night. The owners make you dump the pizzas out of the boxes into a garbage bag with other trash so no one can eat them, sometimes over 20 pizzas. That could feed 60 people… 🤭 restaurants should be required to feed the homeless.
having them dump pizza into other trash "so no one could eat it" does not apply to all Little Caesars stores. It is sad that it happens but I've personally been to many stores where they donate a lot of their food to homeless shelters and will even go as far as to have a special day set aside to go to communities in need to feed them for free. I have been a volunteer several times for this. It happens a lot in Detroit
My older sister works at little Caesars and they let workers take the leftover food home! I always assumed it was the same for everywhere else but unfortunately not I guess. Some of the people who work there are single parents or broke college students and it helps them out alot. Wish everywhere else did this.
I think them saying it's expensive to donate or they might get sued is total BS. My ex worked at a convenience store & he was told to pour bleach on the uneaten food because homeless people were digging in the dumpster. When he asked his boss why not just let them have the food, the boss's answer was they could panhandle for a few bucks then come in and buy the food. 🔥😠🔥
I can't believe people actually pass on a last item that looks totally fine in the store, I'm always like YESSS LAST ONE when I wanted something and there's only 1 left
That’s my first thought too. And I always like to get the messed up boxes and cans because I know no one will buy them and I don’t want them to feel bad about themselves
First world problems. Grew up in Jamaica then moved to Canada. Hurts my heart to see how much food my roommate throws away like it's normal. On a daily basis.
As someone whose husband is a district manager and is over multiple restaurants, there are more regular customers suing than homeless people or shelters. There is no reason not to donate.
There are so many students who would gladly accept that food to save money. There is the application Too Good To Go that helps with that. It would be good to see more initiative about food waste.
@Apple Genius Yes, I can see that. But it's not about expired or food that has gone bad. It's about food that is still good, can be eaten but hasn't been bought by the end of the day and that they will throw away.
Colleges waste a lot of food especially, the one in my hometown that offers buffet style food to college students. I know as I ate there with my friend on several occasions and we weren’t even allowed to take our leftovers back with us but, we would sneak it into our bags anyways. My friend worked at this food court and showed me how many trash bags of food went to waste at the end of each day. I posed the same question and my friend stated we weren’t allowed to give food to poor students and the homeless due to food safety regulations. Still, some of the fruit, sweets, & other foods that were tossed away were still good but, there was nothing we could do about it. It was upsetting but, nothing we could do to stop 🛑 this…
@@lokita114 I see that even colleges aren't safe from that. I don't know how it works here in France but I know that a lot of people would benefit from food donations.
I worked at a small business selling baked goods. (they get stale fast... ) Donuts were put in a green bin for the pigs... some lady picked them up every few days. Every night would brew a bunch of coffee for iced coffees in the morning. dunkin is a massive chain though... you'd think they'd have a food waste bin and minimize loss.
I love how Spill's character went from a high school/college student studying jounalism to now where she has the ENTIRE setup of a journalist. I feel kinda proud :,)
@@anaalina5964 Yeah she was more proffesional back then (if we're going into the Spill character lore xD): then she was very focused on journalism and now that she is one she can kick back and relax and be a little bit less proffesional
Exactly! Or sell the “day old” ones at half price or something- there’s a bakery here that does that - the day old ones are discounted- if they have a lot they just create “mystery bags” (bc the pastry bags are opaque) of day old pastries for like $1 or $2
That’s what most food places do here a hour or less b4 closing to save on waste and at least get somthing to cover the cost of the product rather then nothing
@@FM-fm1dg The only times I bought things like this is when I couldn't afford the full price item anyway, some money for the business is better than no money. I'd much rather pay a bit more and get a fresh one if I can.
When I was younger I used to think they would just leave it in the fridge over night but then I was like but if they leave it in the fridge overnight it could spoil so the next option for me was that they throw it in the trash
@@issusx A lot of the people on Tik Tok are literal children of 10-15 years old. So yes, they’re a bunch of children who just don’t know. And I’m not saying this in a negative way, everyone’s gotta grow and learn about the real world one day, right?
It didn't use to be like this. I worked at dunkin in 89 & 90 on the overnight shift. We had agreements with the local homeless shelters to take the leftovers. Every morning, usually about 4am or so, a few people from the shelters would stop by to get all the donuts and coffee so they could serve it for breakfast. Per management, we couldn't box it for them, so they brought their own trays and pots. We were happy to know we were helping someone in need.
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as an ex DD employee, I just want to add:
the guy said employees can take the donuts/bagels home, but I used to get yelled at/threatened to be fired for taking more than like 6 home. They want most of them to go in the garbage.
Obviously people are going to get mad if you are wasting seemingly good food !
Same, we were t able to take a whole lot home.
They want most of them to be sold.
That's so insane. Why???
My boss lets us take it all. He doesn’t give us a limit on how many we can take/get mad if we take a lot. He hates wasting food and doesn’t want us to just throw it out in the trash, he takes some home to his wife and kids too.
I worked at a dunkins a few years back. We used to donate our left over donuts to a food bank at the end of the night; until a consumer tried to sue us and said our donut made them sick. People trying to make a quick buck ruin it for the rest of us. After that we stopped giving away left over donuts.
Businesses just say that because they want everyone to feel like it's the fault of the greedy homeless people and not them that they're wasting all that food.
Wow.
@@CosmixAnimals it's not true. It can't happen, and even this video cites this hasn't happened since before 2015 because of a law made in 1996.
There is always a reason why things happened. If they donate food in the brand boxes, if the people get sick the Duncan donuts will be sued for their good will. They have to throw away food to ensure we don’t eat expired food.
When donating expired food to homeless, does that they deserve expired foods even if its free?
What people need to understand is that this issue is not Dunkin exclusive. A lot of other food-related businesses (food chains, supermarkets, restaurants, etc) are throwing away tons of food every day. Some countries have come up with initiatives to reduce food waste, but people need to be more mindful of their own purchases as well.
when I worked at target, we had the food area where you could buy pizza and popcorn etc... every 30 mins they had to throw out the pizzas and replace them. They never gave them to workers or to the homeless Bc it was against guidelines. It’s sad Bc it could at least help a couple of people but we couldn’t do anything sadly.
I will work at kfc and eat the left over food >:D
I used to work for Pizza Hut. Can confirm we'd throw the pizza's away and we used to be able to make some to take home before, then they decided they didn't want us to get free food so they stopped that and we just threw all of it away.
Perks of being a private own business is that my parents get to donate all the food at the end of the day to our local food pantry, and the bakers evaluate if they need to keep making more donuts or not to keep from having too much left over
Working at Walmart they do it there too but their reasoning behind them throwing away the food that's coming directly out of their stores or centers centers is people like to sue. If by any chance they ever get sick they can easily saying they got some food from Walmart and Walmart made them safe and because donating it straight outside the building or something on that level with me no receipts and not capable or able to show them when the food was made to dispute the Sue so they keep that happening they throw it away.
So I was homeless for 2 years, and I can honestly say that the highlight of my week, was when Starbucks dropped off their trash bags full of pastries and sandwiches and snack boxes. My favorite was always the cheese Danish. SO yummy. But yeah, when you're homeless, you get peoples left overs, so having it show up in trash bags really isn't something anyone cared about. We were just grateful to have the yummy food.
Yeah I find it strange that the organizations themselves say they don't want baked goods. Pretty sure a lot of people have lived off of bread for 1000s and 1000s of years.
Thank you for clarifying. Some people might not want to donate in a trash bag thinking that would look disrespectful. Your statement proves that much more how much these places need to be donating their leftover food to homeless shelters. Also, based on your experience, what kind of other items would you recommend donating to homeless shelters?
@@johnr797 That's probably not the case. It's a matter of shelf-life. Presumably, those are mostly yeast raised donuts, and they're only good for a few days, tops, before they become disgusting. Add to that the fact that they aren't nutritionally sound, and most food banks aren't even going to bother to collect it. The only reason they collect the stuff from the bakery I work for is that it's a part of a larger grocery store, so they don't have to make a second stop to look through it and some of the baked goods will be good long enough to process and hand out.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade I'm not talking about just donuts, though. Most shelters specifically state they don't want ANY baked goods.
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A lot of ppl have been exposing what goes down at their restaurants / jobs and tbh I’m here for it
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i feel so bad for dunkin and others coz they have to do this because if they give out food at the end of the day then people will stop buying and get it for free. in the end its basically a lose lose situation
@@whatthedogdoing7240 okay yeah I see what you mean
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I worked at Tim Hortons for years. We used to give away all the extra food every night to the less fortunate. Unfortunately we had to stop because a couple of them tried to sue my boss for food poisoning. He was doing out of the goodness of his heart and that's how they thanked him. It's a bitter sweet thing. God bless ❤️
this!! yes food shouldn’t be wasted, but there is ultimately a reason as to why food businesses have no choice but to choose this path. and until there is a better option, i don’t entirely blame the companies either.
(plus, not to mention the unreliability of the data spill provided of businesses not getting sued at all these past few years, i highly doubt that.)
The reason is two fold. There is liability/ lawsuits from quality of food or food poisoning. There is also the concern that people will not purchase the product and just wait until the end of the day.
Doing anticipated portions based on sales history can reduce product waste.
Yep, this is the problem they try to use for food poisoning! Food has to be regulated, watched
@@marshmallows394 She’s probably trying to say that those businesses are protected from being sued for such a reason, that any attempt to do so gets thrown out
That is why most restaurants do this it is sad but true. This is no secret and the companies should fix this. It is definitely not the employees fault. I have gotten so free donuts from a Dunkin because a friend of mine used Togo in there after work on his way home and it was near when they closed so they always gave him some but they were not supposed to.
If only the USA adopted anti-food waste laws like France:
“In February 2016, France adopted a law on fighting food waste that meant supermarkets were forbidden to destroy unsold food products and were compelled to donate it instead. This law constituted the starting point of the fight against food waste through banning its destruction and facilitating donation.”
I know that is supermarkets but that is an example, food waste is a huge issue.
this has been happening for like 100 years
@@tempest585 food donation?
@@AmethystEyes I think they meant wasting of food
while I understand your point, to be honest, I also understand the business aspect of this. first of all, this is not your business or my business therefore the government shouldn’t be forcing businesses to donate or spent money on containers so that they can donate those donuts. the Government already meddles too much into our daily life’s as it is.
Businesses don’t donate food not because of
Loss of money or giving out something for free, I mean they’re already losing money by throwing the food away. They throwing it away to prevent a lawsuit, you could potentially give out contaminated food which is risky.
I worked as a elementary school lunch lady for years, the amount of food we threw out was disgusting. We were told giving it to kids was stealing, taking it home was stealing and that donating to a shelter was a liability.
ya thats because it would be. its their product they get to decide what happens to it. that being said i dont think throwing it away is the best solution to overproduction I would personally if it was my business sell the day olds at a reduced price or something. or have better managers that are not grossly overproducing food. Im sure there isnt suppsed to be 400 donuts at night that are getting thrown out every day. I would have maybe fought for being able to take it home though as part of your wage
The store should be renamed to "Dumpin' Donuts" because thats what they do.
every fast food chain does this almost so be mad at the FDA and plus these donuts are going bad since it’s been a long time soo
LOL
@@user-xd2xs2hn8g us at sonic we dont do that we eat it or at least ration out how much we cook
LOL FRRR
You didn't watch the whole video.
This is why I like supporting small businesses, because once they're out of something, they're out. Yes it sucks, but it reduces food waste and I'll gladly pay a bit more for a business that's local and more environmentally friendly
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@@malachi3558 ok
My dad runs a small to go restaurant, and once he is out of an item for the day -- he's out. I can't tell you how many times a customer gets upset that they "missed" that certain item!
@@malachi3558 thanks for sharing with the group
Its not just in corporate, its systematic. Kids in my city made lunches for homeless people to hand out in the park as a way to give back and learn about community service. The cops were called on them and the kids were forced to throw all the food away as it was 'unsafe and not made in a commercial kitchen'. Like the people were starving.
That's insane who would call the COPS on KIDS?
@@koyokoyo7519 bad people :(
@@mads1853 oh no someone maybe is going to sue me…. So let us throw good food in the trash to fix the problem 😂🤣💀 skyrim logic moment
@@tomizatko3138 The kids were forced to throw away the food
That just shows how sickening the world is
I remember the bakery I used to work at used to donate their leftover bread/baked goods for the day to the homeless shelters/charity until a homeless person sue them by saying they got a cut in the mouth from the bread crust. Because of that, homeless people are still seen dumpster diving for it in the middle of the night, and the mess they make usually gets gobbled by the seagulls in the early mornings. Was told if anyone got sick/food poisoned from eating the dumpster food, no one was liable but themselves
There's always that one
There's a bakery in the city I live in that when I was homeless could go there and get a whole loaf of Italian bread like 2 or 3 times a week it was literally life saving.
Then we should also educate people on how not to ruin thing for everyone. I also heard a story of a woman who used to donate her donuts to the homeless, then stopped when the police complained to her the homeless was littering with her wrappers too much. Couldn't she just donate without wrappers to tell them?
Many Walmart stores will place their dumpsters behind locked gates or walls so no one can binifit from the blatant waste.
This is why we’ll never solve the issue of world hunger. It’s not that there isn’t enough food to go around. The problem is that the countries have an abundance of food that goes to waste.
Yup! You said it, and it’s disgusting! If we took all the food that goes to waste not one person would go hungry! It’s sickening.
We should distribute it, it's OUR food after all *comunist anthem plays*
In countries people crawe for just water
Exactly
What I been saying
as a old assistant manager, corporate hates homeless people. LITERALLY.
It's the individual workers who are kind, but risk their jobs in making the end-of-the-day excess accessible to the homeless. ;( If you don't LOOK homeless, or can be profile as homeless, you're more likely to not get the person who is giving you access to the day's excess in trouble because corporate doesn't want "beggars" that make their establishment look "dirty" so that those with deeper pockets don't turn up their noses and leave. Sometimes employees let individuals know when the window period is between the dumpster being filled with excess food and it being locked up for the night, implying that individuals can dumpster-dive to get it. It's a method so they're not on camera giving the food away, but it's still accessible to those in need. The homeless community spread tips through word-of-mouth on where and how to get the excess. My uncle was homeless, and though my family was low-income and not far off, we always chose to spend what money we did have loyally at the locations that helped feed those in need. It's how the local indie donut shop flourished, donating all leftover food as standard practice. They had affordable prices and kind hearts that increased public image and generated loyalty. I wish more establishments worked like that.
Oh yea I agree! I used to work in a corporate building of a medical organization as a cook for the cafe and homeless who had saved their money for the food eventually couldn't have anything because they shut the cafe down due to complaints from the office workers saying that they didn't want homeless eating their food when they didn't even eat it all themselves. They even made the restrooms employee only so you could only use them if you had an ID card.
Yeah I DEFINITELY agree. Like I can guarantee that the corporate people are those kinds of people who would say something like “If you’re homeless then just buy a house” like LITERALLY. It pisses me off so much. Smh to them.
I was homeless and I can agree. I've been rejected from jobs that I cleaned and dressed up for and did amazing in the interview and was perfectly qualified for because I was homeless and had to take a metro bus to work..
@@pocketpj2722 im so sorry to hear that, i honestly wish you the best in life and yeah theres rude people but that shouldnt bring your hopes down. maybe you can be ahead of them. 🙏🏻 again im so sorry to hear that
People blaming the employees prolly never had a job in their lives.
right
They rly think it's easy to stand up to the ''big corporate people'', and that rebelling will go over well for you and your coworkers
@@plebweeb8868 Actually tho? Like they think it's worth going through all that trouble getting paid measly minimum wage?
@@michaelalouise5147 Right? Do they genuinely think the money is worth the hassle? Most employees at stores like this don't have much of a choice, lest they want to lose things these ppl can't imagine going without (food, roof over their head, etc.)
People need to work in food service and retail before they're considered adults. That would change a lot in our society, IMHO. Like before you can drive? Three months working in retail or food service. That would change a lot of minds.
The fact that these fast food places are able to throw away so much food and stay in business clearly demonstrates just how much they are ripping off customers. The margins on coffee and doughnuts for example are absolutely insane. I would never waste my money on any national chain fast food establishment.
No, what it says is that customers need to be less ridiculous about restaurants having everything through the entire day. A lot of the extras are the result of stores needing to have enough for everybody, because somehow only having 2 of the 3 types of vanilla ice cream in the same size from the same brand isn't good enough. The actual cost of the food at a typical restaurant is one of the smaller costs when compared with the cost of rent, employees and equipment.
EDIT: And yes, there are people who will only eat french vanilla, homestyle vanilla or classic vanilla ice cream and won't buy any of the other possibilities, so all of them have to be stocked to avoid losing sales.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade The OP and you are right, and both can be right. People shouldn't just blame only others or only certain groups like just businesses or the government, but everyone should be responsible and help, including customers or regular people.
Dunkin’ Donuts really took their name to heart.
dunkin em straight to the dumpster buckaroo
Dumpin donuts
That’s actually pretty funny lol xD
*sad..😢*
😂😂
As a Starbucks barista, we have to do the same thing at the end of the shift. I do know that Panera donates their food to homeless shelters and other organizations!
Ooh I was just thinking about applying to work at Panera. Maybe I will now
I know of a Panera that actually encourages homeless people to work there and has a "pay if/what you can" kind of policy. People with bluetooth headphones and business suits abuse that policy but it helped me when I was homeless and a lot of other people in the area.
Previous Shift manger here, our store donated all items “going out”. The only items tossed were case items.
panera may be expensive, but they're pretty cool. If youy're homeless you can go in and get free food or pay what you can! and you can get good, nutritious food and still even order and get something you like :) plus coffee!
This is very common sadly. Legally some companies cannot sell food that expired to customers (even if some are still good). I've had to throw out over 100 baked goods
Honestly the dunkin I work at throws out so many donuts but if we actually sell out towards the end of the night we have angry customers going off at minimum wage workers for idk??? Selling donuts like we’re supposed to?? Almost like they want to see waste
OMG YES!!! I 100% get that too :')
They can guve the leftovers for pigs farmers ! I mean that's a pretty idea ..
Exactly! And if we keep feeding the homeless piles of donuts, then we aren't properly caring for them because of how bad donuts are for health. Imagine the blood sugar levels of someone if they eat these constantly.
@@AikoSilver yea that's true but it's still better than throwing it out...
This is why Krispy Kreme will always be better
One of my employees used to be a manger at Dunkin. She told me how she had to fire a girl who was taking donuts at the end of the night and bringing them to homeless shelters. And I said, you fired her because of liability? Like if someone got sick from those donuts? so they couldnt sue? And she said, no, I fired because every night she was stealing tens of dollars of product. And I was like, but it's going in the trash??? And she said it didn't matter. If she didn't pay for it, it's stealing. I was stunned. Total corporate brainwashing.
Brainwashing... spot on
Does it really matter though? Whether it's theft or liability, it is still a problem for the store.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade But giving employees leftovers is very common. They chose to not let her off, like many companies. Even in this video, the dude says he's allowed to bring donuts home. It's just a stingy, no good owner who made the police above.
I mean by law that is right. Suppose your maids (or someone comes into your house) and then take your old clothes & makeup out to donate because those things are old and they know you’re going to throw them away soon, is it ok? No, they are YOUR things. You decide what happens to them.
@@piriyaj1347 you're not really comparing apples to apples here. There is a big difference between those two situations.
This doesn’t just happen with food. Some places still destroy products that don’t sell like clothing, books, makeup, soap/shampoos. Employees are made to destroy and toss items so they cannot be dug out of the trash.
yes, especially makeup stores!
god this makes me so mad..so mad
Yes because they can be sued if the product is found and defective
Walgreens does this, Its been a few years. Maybe they have stopped.
Even at auto-parts stores if we have to take out perfectly good oil out of the system we then have to dump it in our recycling oil bin.
As a former homeless, I would've preferred a stale donut or two over digging through random dumpsters in hopes there's something edible in there. If places like bakeries made things to order there would be astronomically less waste.
I'm happy for you to read *former* here :D Wish you all the best :)
you cant make bagels and pastries to order though. some of them have to rise or sit all night before you can make them. my job gave donations to church every night. one time a guy came in and asked for food. we have day old stuff, which i ate all the time on breaks because it was super good still lol i just let him take whatever he wanted
Many many many companies used to do this which is donate to charitable organizations and the homeless then they were sued by the people that gave the food to claiming it made them sick so the companies had to stop this because of immoral greedy people
Employees are not to blame. It is the store's policy.
Because everyone in the US sue others. Thieves sues homeowner for falling as they stepped on a kids toy. And the thief won.
Which is why giving a helping hand is hazardous. So many people in the news getting sued for helping out. Heck even buying hot coffee. They got sued for serving hot coffee.
That's the great USA.
@@starkimage_jrs7710 nobody has money here, nobody's suing anyone over this. We are all 1 bad decision away from being the loser in this food distribution scenario. Id rather see constructive conversation than this nihilistic whining. No solution? No ear from me
"The world has enough for everyone's needs, but not everyone's greed."
-Mahatma Gandhi
i just put it in english notes as per a chapter
@@fighterxofficialYT indians always help :)
"poverty exists not because we cannot feed the poor, but because we cannot satisfy the rich."
👏🏽
wise words from a racist abuser wow
This is not just about throwing them out - it's also poor asset management in that they're making more than they can sell. They should use their sales/crm data to create a more accurate amount of donuts for each shop. It's better to sell out than to make too many and have to find a way to get rid of them.
It’s sugar water and yeast, covered in sugar. Not really nutritious. Nobody should ever eat it.
Oh man those lifesaving donuts being thrown away let's cry about it.
When I worked at Disney we would throw away bags of perfectly delicious sandwiches, deserts, etc. When a coworker asked if they could have a sandwich the manager told him he couldn’t and I almost got fired for eating one of the desserts that was being thrown away. This happens at almost every food and beverage organization. I’m not sure why it’s not talked about more.
Why would the employees not be allowed to have stuff that will literally be garbage? That makes me so mad like tf😠😤
Bc they’re freaking greedy. If they can’t make money off it, then no one can have it. Such a disgusting waste of food. Literally hurts my heart.
Part of me wants to say it was for the safety of your health. But if the food wasn't sitting out all day, then I don't see a problem with it. Deserts are a different story though, since they perish much quicker and have things like dairy in them. But, in most cases, i would agree that places are just simply greedy. I worked at CFA, and while they tried their best to reduce food waste at the end of the day, and we'd only have a few sandwhiches left at the end of the day (and sometimes the managers let us take them home) most of the time they did not, and these were sandwhiches they just came fresh out of the kitchen.
I know a lot of places that they just give the food to the employees to take it home. That's something I guess...
I feel like donating 400 donuts to local shelters each day would be a worse solution to just tossing them. Maybe they should just get taxed for food waste. They do that in France... use that money to fund healthy food for the homeless.
I don’t know about the homeless in other countries, but many homeless people are homeless cause of their addiction and they like to have free things. Also, the reason why business don’t give out food to prevent lawsuits…giving our food to people could potentially be risky. It’s to prevent giving them contaminated food….
@@Moonlight-yx5sg welp, i guess you kinda have your point.
@@Moonlight-yx5sg They may be homeless for addiction, so giving them food to free up their time so they can get help works. If you put people on the streets, they develop addictions and then its suddenly "welp cant help them now" it seems hyppocritical (to be clear the US government is making people homeless with no universal healthcare and with all of its issues)
@@Moonlight-yx5sg But not everybody is homeless because of addiction. The majority of people are homeless veterans, people who lost their jobs because of covid, immigrant families, lgbtq youth, and just people in general experiencing financial hardship. Those people sometimes can't even go to shelters because there are so many homeless people. And if the food is straight from the store, it isn't contaminated (unless it's stale, like the guy in the video states). So they can donate it to companies like Feeding America, who take groceries and sometimes baked goods to donate to the less fortunate. The same can be said about some food banks. Companies who donate to food banks are given tax breaks to encourage donating. Which is why I find this situation rather unreasonable. :/
someone tried that and the guy got sick and sued
This is how it is EVERYWHERE and it’s OUR fault for wanting food and drink at a snap of a finger. Most places don’t donate the food because some places have gotten sued for “food poisoning”
this is so true, im from Argentina, and this has happened here to with Mc Donald's. Years Ago they used to separate the food from the trash so ppl living in the streets can eat it if they want, but they got sued because of food poisoning. I think big companies are greedy to. I mean, they could produce an amount per day (the one that actually got selled) and thats it, but no... "who cares, we got our pockets full of $$$"
This is actually very true. I new a catering that did it a lot and it got sued for food poisoning. You can't win.
I was the 100th like!
I used to work for Panera Bread and they absolutely DO NOT throw out their pastries and unsliced bread. Any sliced breads are trashed because they were used on the sandwich line and have been touched all day long.
@@Pandy879 yeah, I was about to say. Panera corporate calls it “Dough Nations” or something, and we legit donate everything- pastries, bagels, baguettes, bread bowls, sliced bread, loaves, alladat. The only thing that’s tossed is mac n cheese that’s been in the therm because it can’t be reheated
I was a manager at Dunkin as a 19 year old and this is very true. We aren’t allowed to do anything with them other than throw them away. And yes we have to count every single one. And those bags are SO HEAVY! And I was always told we weren’t allowed to donate them to homeless for “legal reasons”
The thing is, employees don’t have a choice. It would be dangerous to give it to homeless people because if they get sick, they can get sued for it.
Or they become entitled and expect free stuff daily instead of trying to work for themselves
@@breekat3785 People dont choose to be homeless and decide they dont want to get a job because people donate. They really dont have homes and thats not a happy experience. Helping them is letting them not go hungry.
@@breekat3785 Congratulations humanity have now reach a new low
@@breekat3785 food, water and shelter are basic needs for life sustainability. Higher education is required for most well paying careers which is something most impoverished americans can not access due to the high expenses. Most jobs pay minimum wage, which is hard to live off of especially in a city and some jobs require experience even with a degree. If you left your priveliged bubble you'd see that basic needs are a right not a privilege.
@Sarah the Spiciest salad
He's literally throwing out fresh food, dd has to change its food/drinks daily. He stated that they can give away the food but it must be in a garbage bag which makes him uncomfortable. Ffs pay attention!!!@2:31
It’s weird that people are just now finding this out. I remember driving past a Dunkin’ one night to go get a coffee and saw food on the ground next to the trash. Kept looking around there was bags full of donuts. I always wondered how these workers carried large, full bags, expecting it to be heavy; but it’s just airy and full of light weight donuts.
Don’t let them fool you 300 donuts are heavy
I’ve worked there and bags full of donuts are EXTREMELY heavy.
I feel been throw away for very long time nobody knew about it I did 2 years ago my friend work at Dunkin he used give it to me for free but don’t say I tell you this I don’t want him to be fired because of me he very good person have good heart
Ok I like how people are speaking up but don’t go harassing the employees. They literally have no control over it. Like me, I need my job but I don’t have control over what we have to do at the end of the day. Yes it sucks and it pains me everyone I have to do it but I need the money. Pls don’t harass us for something we can’t control
No one at my work is willing to buy a cookie if it's broken in 2, so, it gets thrown away and put into waste. People become entitled and think they deserve free stuff if it isn't perfect, so garbage it is
I felt the same way until I found out that a person who received leftover donuts from my local Dunkin’ sued for food borne illness. They used to donate to the local mission and a person who received them got sick- probably not from a donut. He then proceeded with litigation and the local owner said rather than worrying about frivolous lawsuits he would rather throw them out. This is just one example and you have to look at both sides of the argument. It’s a a shame that this incident has caused him to feel this way. He regrets throwing out perfectly good food but doesn’t want to be tied down with possible legal action.
why not give it to their employee ?
i used to be homeless & lived in a shelter for 2 years. i don't know where they came from but most mornings we got left over donuts donated to us. they were always stale (to be expected if they're old/been sitting out) sometimes inedible but for the most part they were usually safe to consume. one woman found *GNATS* _inside_ of her donut once so that put some people off from eating them for a while. so, while there's definitely a sanitary/health perspective to worry about, when the donuts were okay the sentiment was nice at least. there's no reason to be throwing away *that* much food. everyday. from multiple food companies.
You legitimately listed a reason why they don't give out food, if they do they become liable if something happens
@@lilhum9529 You didn't watch the video. The Good Sumaritan Act is a law that protects companies and individuals that donate food in good faith from lawsuits against them.
@@anti.bctards7376 Know your laws. It can help you one day. 😉
@@kittyakara1 Ok Italian macaroni
@@anti.bctards7376 girl what
It’s sad to be honest as a person who grew up not much food in the house this hurts
I understand that but doughnuts, bagels, and muffins are difficult to keep fresh. Some doughnuts get hard as a rock by the end of the day. We are only doing what we are being paid for. I started working there to help my family from starving so I completely understand.
@@melaniearteaga1018 I know but homeless people could get them.
@@ikickchildrensforliving4740 actually they couldn't
@@ikickchildrensforliving4740 could get sued for stuff like stomach aches
@@ikickchildrensforliving4740 It's not even healthy to be sending sweets everyday to people. That's how people get diabetes or become obese.
it amazes me that people don’t already know that most restaurants and food places do this at the end of every night
Ikr if you go to kfc as it’s closing they sometimes give u massive amounts of food that is gonna be thrown away otherwise they will throw it out
@@yoshithing6216 some restaurants will even sometimes donate
@@mischuhvus Most DON'T though... They don't want to give their time, money or energy to donating honestly because humans are selfish..... I tried to tell my boss who is a small business owner of four restaurant chains in the area I live in and surrounding cities to recycle, reduce waste, donate, but it's just easier to shove things into a trash can I guess for some people🤷🏼♀️ I stay at my job bc I have to... And I take what food & cardboard boxes I can home with me to put to use but I can't take it all :(
Gen Z are a special kind of breed. I’m pretty sure just about anybody else is aware of this
Exactly!
This is heartbreaking when you know some people out there doesnt even have anything to fill their stomach 😢
Not only Dunkin does this. Every restaurant throws food away at the end of the day it’s part of the cdc guidelines. I worked in fast food everyone goes in and blames but think if Dunkin donated it would be the managers going out every night. The managers aren’t paid as much as you think. If people think they should donate the donuts so bad go at the end of the day and do it themselves
Please dont think I'm trying to be rude but the managers dont have to take anything anywhere places that help the homless will come and pick it up voluntarily once I worked at kfc and people came every night to pick up right as we closed
That’s what the guy did
He took the donuts himself to give to people
And that’s how he got fired so....
Yep. Even if Dunkins was okay with it, no manager is going to do an extra 30-90 minutes of work at the end of every shift in the name of charity. They have a family waiting for them at home and little Bobby would be very sad if Mommy got stabbed by a nutjob homeless person one night while she was trying to give away free food.
It doesn't have to be managers. It can be volunteers from shelters or volunteers in general
If the managers are good people they wouldn't mind not being paid for feeding homeless and hungry people
News flash - ALL restaurants and supermarkets do this. Not just DD
Yeah, but we’re not talking about every restaurant. We’re talking about Dunkin Donuts rn
@@StrawberryFeildsforNever we're talking about all restaurants
@@StrawberryFeildsforNever Treating DD likes it's the only one that does this is mindless lol. People commenting "my respect for DD went down" are morons. You can't shop at ANY fast food restaurant without them dumping every single food item they have at the end of the day. I worked at Tim Hortons, we did the exact same thing.
No all
That’s what I’ve been saying!!
I'm surprised people didnt know this already.... they literally do this pretty much EVERYWHERE, not just dd
@DOA yeah ://
@DOA you'd eat a stale cake that been sitting out all day. Not like it violates fda guidelines.
@@ryanlindahl1353 if food places didnt overproduce food, this wouldnt be a problem sooo what's ur point?
Yep unfortunately
Village Pantry, Concannons and Speedway.. that I know of. Mainly because ‘waste’ is a better tax right off.. then donation
As a RM for Dunkin’, this is standard. We have to protect our business so we don’t get potentially sued for food poisoning.
How do you get food poisoning from a donut
That you were gonna sell before closing? Puhleaseee.
Thank you we did the same at the little Caesars I worked for
It’s sad the laws around this are harsh though I get it, just sad to see good food going like that
Doesn’t the Good Samaritan Act or sth protect you from being sued for donating food in good faith?
When I was a child, after supermarket closed, my parents would go on the hunt for dinner.
Back then they threw everything in the trash but open for homeless to take.
As I turned 5, the law forbade homeless to trash hunt for food, and instead, every baking good,
food and freezer good, gets fed by pigs. We are less than pigs and since then we struggled.
Germany made it impossible for people to dumpster dive for food because somehow they think it's stealing
So there are laws that make supermarkets and restaurants and such destroy useable food items before dumping them.
@@DaemlichesStueck Yes, I am indeed talking of the European continent. Now it's purging and thus 'stealing' they'd rather throw it away and feed the pigs for coins
@Shayne Meidle Bless Canada. It made my whole day reading this. There is still hope for humanity across the ocean ♥
You have the right to do that but don't say you are less than pigs when you know the pigs will end up dead, even if they will keep em alive everyone have to eat, animals too just like you.
@Shayne Meidle and france doesn't throw it out either cause its the law.
They do this because homeless people have “sued” in the past for “allergic reactions” or whatever that’s what I was told at Starbucks and the aquarium I worked at every time I tried 🙃
That's what my manager at sallys told me. We had to be very careful. He would sneakily donate things, but we couldn't donate returned electronics because of a fire hazard. But hair care could be donated, after we said it was destroyed. Sallys introduced a new way to discard returns though, so I think it's harder now. But we tried.
Yeah, sadly businesses can get sued. It’s a real thing. I’ve met some homeless people who feel entitled to anything that those who aren’t homeless have. It’s those people that ruin it for the others who would appreciate it.
I used to work for a restaurant and we used to donate food to the homeless shelter. We stopped because of 3 reasons
1. We almost got sued
2. They became entitled
3. Homeless Vegans (that’s a story for a different day lol)
Because of those reasons we stopped donating. Is it wrong? Yes but people got to remember that by doing nice things, somehow a small group is always going to ruin it for everyone.
@@luissegura907 That is sadly accurate. The store I work at used to donate a lot of food and sometimes gave away free food at the end of the day so it didn’t spoil or go to waste. But then ONE guy sued them and that was it. No more donations or anything.
Some ruin it for the rest. Take the entitlement as you will
I'd like to give starbucks a shout out. They donate to a group home agency in my town. Yes, it shows up in green clear-ish bags, but it is extremely appreciated!! They donate desserts, sandwiches, and even lettuce! Anything that they are going to throw out anyways, they give to the agency
It’s illegal to do that in DC.
Yeah I worked at Starbucks and at night all of the pastries would go in a transparent orange colored bag and we’d donate to The Downtown Rescue Mission in town and they’d come and pick them up.
@@MomeGnome that's says more about who people in your area vote into office cause federally it's not illegal if done properly.
@@iadesigns the good Samaritan act is illegal in DC?
Starbucks help give money for israel's weapons
I worked as an on-site baker at a Whole Foods many years ago, and they donated from our bakery directly to a pig farm. We made our old bread into the next day's croutons or bread crumb mix, but the rest went into the pig farmers' bin. Is that an option for Dunkin or others who are concerned about stale food? I mean, if it isn't good enough for people, is it good enough for slop? The pig farmers near my old place thought so.
We did this at Starbucks too. All of it is still perfectly fine. Things were out of date after 1,2 or 7 days…but not expired. We could take “out of date”food home with us, but was strictly told we were not allowed to take to any shelters. I would take trash bags full to the local halfway houses where I knew the house managers, but I wasn’t suppose to.
Exactly!!
Do you work at Starbuck?
I mean at least we have fresh food
My freezer use to be full of Starbucks sandwiches we couldn’t sell anymore.
@@chaotic_pineapple i mean knowing they just said "we do this at Starbucks" should mean they work at Starbucks
Bro literally every single fast food restaurant does this, this isn't new.
Not EVERY single some dont
You’re like 10 shut it
Right
RIGHT
@@cheecheecho8086 funny for an anti vaxxer lol, u just ignorant
I worked at KFC and McDonald's and we threw out a lot of food. They wouldn't let us employees take anything even though it was getting thrown away anyways. I feel like they should be like "go ahead and take it but of you get sick or anything you can't sue us" or something
I think some companies do that but ONLY for the staff and not for outsiders
The food court I used to worked in use to. But employees were taking advantage and started making more or fresh food right before closing so they could bring it home. So, they stop letting us take it.
Worked at McDonald's for 9 months throwing up everyday before work because I wasn't getting enough to eat at home then had to throw away perfectly good French fries and hamburgers by the pound, occasionally someone would "steal" something that was getting ready to be thrown out and I'd just be sitting there jealous I didn't think about stealing something too :/
Unfortunately I don't think people would see it that way. They will invariably get sued because it has their name on it. Looking at today's social climate, I understand where they're coming from.
@@zaqwanbadli9697 I guarantee homeless shelters would take food in garbage bags provided it contained just food and no garbage, but they also need other foods, not just donuts and baked goods
At Krispy Kreme a customer asked why they didn’t donate the imperfect donuts rather than throw them in the trash. The manager told her they donate good donuts to charity why should the charity have to get the bad ones. He went on to say they are mostly just bit of flour so the cost in minimal.
US: *throws away food*
Meanwhile also US: OUR POPULATION IS GROWING HOW ARE WE GOING TO FEED THEM ALL???
Ikr
Also (some) US Citizens: WE NEED TO FEED THE REST OF THE WORLD WHILE WE HAVE OUR OWN HUNGRY STILL NOT BEING FED.
🙄 can't please them all.
Plus, the HOMELESS need more nutritious food, hardly Dunkin Donuts.
There is more than enough food to feed everyone, the problem is that people will not pay for things like apples if they do not look perfect! Same for these donuts, they don't last much more than 24 hours without being frozen and businesses do not have time freeze things and then give them away. I used to work for a food bank and people constantly complained about what they were given. They don't really want food, they want high end food or sweets to give their kids! The average American family throws 25% of all the food they purchase and more is thrown out in the form of left overs! Stores could sell things that are past the date on the package, particularly jars and cans, but we have been told that the food goes bad by those dates! Those dates do not signify the food going bad, they are meant to help grocery stores keep their food in rotation! In reality, the food is perfectly fine for years to come! Same for frozen foods...we are told that meats only 'last' about 6 months if we freeze them, but again that is supposed to be a guide line. Frozen food is perfectly fine for a year or more, but people don't use common sense!
@@mjrotondi5086 I used to work at a food bank and people whined about getting cans of beans and such. They all wanted chips or sweets!
When I was in high school I had a friend/classmate that worked at Dunkin Donuts. He would bring in 4 boxes of donuts multiple times a week for our English class to eat.
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I'm guessing most of the people on tik tok commenting are younger and haven't worked many food service jobs. Pretty much every big chain throws away tons of food at the end of the night. Most of it perfectly fine to eat. The employees can get fired for giving the food away, and it sucks throwing out perfectly good food. When I worked food service jobs I tried to take home as much as I could but even that is against the rules at a lot of places. I think it's great that people are speaking out and getting upset, hopefully more companies will try to work out ways to donate some of the leftover food. But its not the employees fault, a job is a job and there's only so many jobs available. Especially nowadays, it's not really an option for a lot of people to be picky or risk a steady paycheck. Customers speaking out with their words and their wallets are the best way to make companies change their policies.
Same. And some even point the finger at the employees? I work at a chain (UK)too, we have to throw them away otherwise everyone else will be furious. We can take home as much as we want, but at some point it's too much. I feel guilty and horrible everytime, since there are homeless people in town as well. But Corporate has to be the one to do something-we employees can't decide that for ourselves even if it's out of kindness.
A lot of those tiktokers might have ruined their chances of further employment cause it's now out there on the internet and future employers may not like a person willing to do this to their place of employment. Seems like trouble.
honestly you are right. a lot of fast food chains do this and plus a job is a job and money is money tbh
I couldn't of said it any better, and it's NOT just Dunkin Donuts there's alot of companies that do this....
@@loralynne646 EXACTLYYY
if my dad sees one last item displayed there, he'd be charging to buy it lol
Staff have been loudly trying to break the news on this for years, I’ve probably read 100s of articles and social media post on this. I’ve seen people fired for taking even scraps of the food for themselves or those in need, I’ve even seen it written up as “feeding the animals” companies wou rather dump tons of food a day than lower prices or give it out free/cheap
If they made food cheaper as the day goes by then they could probably make more money too
@@AnAirConditioner that’s basically a thing already where I’m from and it really helps out those struggling financially especially if they can’t bring themselves to reach out for help they still get to feel like they’re buying it for themselves. Unfortunately a few bad actors (who are usually better off) try abuse the system to the point some place have to make barriers and/or queue system because of a vocal minority that starts fights or try’s to buy everything for themselves.
Thank you!
The gas station/convenience store I worked at had a policy of immediate termination if any of the pizza, taquitos, hot dogs, donuts, etc-that we threw away EACH NIGHT-were to be consumed, given away or donated.
If we did not throw each and every bite of food into the trash, then we lost our jobs.
That is true, where I work we can take a burger or nuggets thats not going into an order and eat it for ourselves, as long as we don't eat in front of customers or cameras
While I was watching this I stopped the video and called my father (because he has two restaurants) to ask him what he does with the food wastes and he told me "we rarely have food wastes because we make the food after each order" I was so happy to hear that
thats because its a restaurant. These food stores have the food prepared before its even ordered.
There’s a story on Reddit of a Tim Hortons that used to give their leftovers to the homeless shelter next door, but had to stop because someone pretended to choke on a Timbit and tried to sue.
There has to be a way to avoid lawsuits and have quality control, while still being able to donate excess food.
All people want is money I swear money can’t give you happiness
How is it Tim Hortons's fault that someone doesn't know how to chew?
That's why you can't have nice things like Kinder Surprice in your country.
Maybe a waiver form
It's disgusting someone tried to do that. I'm tapping out, this is enough disappointment in humans for today.
@@deadinside8781 it's actually pretty common unfortunately.. I've seen it happen too
This is common in the fast food industry throughout all franchises it’s not just Duncan but every fast food restaurant it’s more of a way to protect themselves from getting sued in case someone gets a very bad case of food poisoning
As a Dunkin’ employee I would like to clarify something. At least in the northern region of the states, we fill out a donut waste sheet at the end of the night and then from there the manager at that location order donuts based on that. It’s not the employees faults and along with that a lot of times it’s not corporate. If done correctly, by the end of the night you should not have many donuts left. At my location we usually only have a tray or two. I’m not sure how these locations are having these many donuts left but this is not the normal!!!!
This one right here. It isn’t hard to project how much food will be sold in a day and make donuts accordingly.
I also worked at dunkin and we barely threw away donuts because of this same reason.
We do the same thing at caribou
yeah!! at my dunkin, when i leave usually around 2pm we're already through 1/3s of our donuts, i have NO idea how they're making wayyy too mant
Dude I never got a raise… I was supposed to and I’ve asked 3 times.. they were too busy hiring minors and now they complain about labor being too high like bruh
This happens at EVERY restaurant. Not just dunkin donuts. It makes sense that they don't want the value of their donuts to go down because it becomes well-known that they donate a lot, but of course they could still donate. It should be more on the down low. The internet is ruining a lot of things like this. Also I'd like to mention donuts are not a very nutritious food to be giving to people in need, who should have diets based more on essential nutrients. If you want foods donated to shelters they should be protein, fruits and veggies, whole grains, etc.
Everyone just sees sweets and expects to get spare for free
I once worked at a hotel. The amount of food waste in one day was insane. All the food waste from the various on site restaurants, and stalls would be sent to a special area for disposal. Very sad. The hotel wouldnt even give/sell the food waste to a local pig farmer. Employees could not take food home. The amount of food tossed in one day could feed maybe 2 or 3 small village (About 250 people.)
I remember this time when there was 70 minutes left before closing out a buffet but the food was running low. A supervisor came by and ordered that the whole line be restocked (he was new to his position and always caused problem) we had aleady called for a few things and was getting ready to down size the option for the reminder of the time (it was a slow night and most guest were dining at the Italian restaurant or at the pool side eatery due to an ongoing event). I was so mad. Full cakes, fresh baked goods, soft and still warm cookies, large batch of pasta dishes and salads, cheese platters, pans of chicken dishes...just trashed. (We could only send a few items over to the other restaurants).
You have a good point but it's better than Nothing.
Tbh any food is welcomed and wanted. I've been homeless off and on since 16 and I'm just now getting my feet on the ground and off the streets at 19. I wouldve loved a donut in some shelters I've been to, donations to shelters and the homeless in general isnt as common anymore so anything really and truly helps especially to those that dont even know when they'll eat again
I’m sorry how does value go down cause one donates leftovers if that’s our way of thinking as humans, we certainly won’t remain long on this planet cause at some point our resources and luck is gonna run out and we’re gonna wish we didn’t waste as much sh*t
This happens because there were law suits in the past that companies had gotten sued for causing food poisoning from giving away food. Every restaurant has to do this by law.
Sueing a restuarant for givong away free food
Ngl but that seems like ignorance by the consumer
@@gawizard4980 hard to assume consumers are rational all the time 🤷♂️
@@gawizard4980Have you worked on customer service? People are literally insane.
I use to work in a gas station and I use to bring home all the unsold donuts and warm food (which wasn’t much) at the end of the day or else we had to trash it. The manager allowed this. I had a family of 11 and after doing this for a few weeks my family became sick of eating donuts. I think I stopped eating donuts for like 10 years after that too.
He did the right thing giving away the donuts to the homeless they shouldn’t have fired him
Homeless people can sue them for food poisoning even though the restaurant didn't commit it. It's plausible and they are doing this for free money.
@@doridoriyaki5311 oh no someone maybe is going to sue me…. So let us throw good food in the trash to fix the problem 😂🤣💀 skyrim logic moment
He shouldn't be having video footage of doing it. Talk about it and take the high moral ground but if his boss hear about it, he could fight it. Using actual footage of you breaking corporate rules, yes, yiu should be fired.
@@tomizatko3138 some of the food is old. its not fresh, so if someone gets sick, they could sue
A lot of fast food places just don't care :c like at all
This is happening EVERYWHERE!!!! My husband was devastated when he was promoted about 10 years ago and told now that ax the manager, he was forced to trash ALL of the food that was left at the end of the night in the A&P deli area at 10pm when they closed that department... 100% every night! They once didn't toss the uncut deli meat but ALL cooked foods like the rotisserie chickens, fried chicken, pizza, any pre made sub sandwiches and believe it or not ... The entire massive hot/cold salad bar!! He begged to and offered to take it himself a local shelter ...and here in central NJ WE HAVE MANY! He was emphatically told that at one time they did donate it .... Until one yes one shelter person threatened to sue the store because he SAID that he became ill, yet nobody else who ate the very same food ever got sick.... But the store was now in Fear of a lawsuit in return for a good deed and no donations have been made since .... They were so worried that even the employees couldn't eat the food it had to be visibly trashed and the store was open 24 hours...they could have at the very least fed the next shift of employees!
That's crazy. It's a gift not purchased. You shouldn't be able to sue over a gift. 🙄
Same thing happen in all food Industries. And sadly it is true. They dont give away food because of future legal issues they going to face. Is sad but is truth. 😔
Ever got sick .... But the store was now in. Fear lawsuit in return for good deed and no shift of employees
Starbucks does this too. My ex got fired for giving their pastries to a homeless guy at the end of the day, instead of throwing them away.
Also employees aren’t even allowed to take the food home for themselves. They have to throw it all out
That's my understanding my dad said the same thing someone got sick and people stop giving out free food too.. I remember my aunt used to bring us free happy meals especially the demonic toys but it was a nice child hood not many greedy for money.
The fact they fired him for doing something good in his community. Terrible.
Dunkin is pathetic
I was told we couldn't take stuff home, because that encourages employees to "over make" food, and we can't donate because if someone gets sick, they'll sue. Which has happened exactly NEVER!
Same at large pet supply stores. If someone returns an open bag of pet food cuz their animal wouldn't eat it or whatever, it has to be thrown out instead of being donated.
the pet food kinda has to be thrown out in fear of tampering
Okay I get it's a bad thing that they're throwing that all away, but you should not make the people that are just working to make ends meet feel ashamed for doing their job take it up with corporate.
👏🏾👏🏾, Exactly they are just doing their jobs and we are just attacking them like it's their fault,
like they said it shouldn't be a surprise that food gets thrown away, it's done every day at supermarkets too, and donuts aren't food they are deserts so even if they donate them they won't provide the protein that the homeless people need. 🥺
(But, they could still donate them, if you get me 😅 )
Right
but ppl need to stand up or nothing will change , Ill take morality over a paycheck any day!!!
@@ktridente101 It really isn't that simple though. For most people, that job is quite literally their lifeline. You can't just quit or get fired, especially if you're older, got a family support, got a medical condition, etc. Money is directly tied to our living and well-being, which people need to healthily exist in society whether we like it or not, ESPECIALLY in America.
@@ktridente101 then remain jobless for the rest of your life bc this is reality
Throw out the hard/stale bagels & cooked meats that have been sitting out all day, those make *sense*
but you can have donuts last at the VERY least 24 hours and you won't get sick from them. 0 reason why you can't just donate those, along with the containers of tea (idk about coffee tho; I don't drink the stuff)
Keep in mind Dunkin’ has their donuts sitting out, flies land on them all day long that’s nasty
@@Samsammiesamantha rarely eat or eat donuts that had flies that landed on them🤔🤨
@@Samsammiesamantha Then they shouldn't be selling food at all. If they had flies it shouldn't be purchaseable. That's clearly a health hazard. And if they were that stingy about it, how about half day old donuts? Even less?
@@disgusted2704 all most every foods get flies on the produce
They need to invest in some plastic storage containers instead of just leaving everything out on the shelves to get stale and crawled on by bugs.
This isn’t exclusive to Dunkin’ Donuts this is every restaurant in Los Angeles, it is food safety and health department protocol so be mad at the state.
It's like that everywhere not just in LA. I don't know why people can't comprehend this
Donuts are full of sugar and have no nutritional value.
@@areascoda2912 That’s what I was thinking but at least it probably would make a kid or two happy 🤷🏾♀️
*every resturant in America
Yep worked at McDonald’s in high school but I live across the country from LA so this is nationwide. Luckily, our managers usually didn’t care if we took home extra food if we worked the night shift
Our major food store supermarket did exactly that. Here's what happened:
Certain individuals would take the donated food & containers back to the food store demanding a cash refund. If they were denied, they would rant & rave, scream & shout, and make a major scene which did result in some getting cash refunds for free.
When the food was removed from original containers to circumvent this, there again was major complaining and threats of lawsuits from all the "food poisoning" that our supermarket was inflicting on the less fortunate. When management realized that they created a monster, the practice was stopped and the leftover food disposed of.
When the man said they expect things, once they're started, he's right. The "less fortunate" hung around the food store for months afterward demanding free food and pan handling/ harassing customers. And even ransacking dumpsters leaving garbage everywhere.
It took a long time to fix the problem that started off with good intentions.
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Was told companies dispose of food because they don't want to be sued if they give it away and they get food poisoning. Also, homeless shelters don't accept it anymore either. So there's multiple things wrong in the chain of donating unsold products
Oh yeah and then they've also made bin diving illegal...
People love to point out that there’s a problem with food waste, however that is just for them to feel better about themselves, the ratio of complaining about the problem: donating food and money is non existent. It’s all good and well addressing the issue however there are no solutions because no one will ACTUALLY go out of their way to do anything
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And i’m still going to dunkin after watching this, TF? 🙄
Actually a lot of factors prohibit places from donating but I mean sure yes go off.
@@wildnxii4634 same same b
Yeah, but some of us do care and DO go out there and do something! I’ve donated several things to homeless: old clothes, shoes, blankets, I’ve made care packages for them.. and every thanksgiving instead of cooking a meal at home I go out and bulk buy food and pass it out to homeless so they can have a thanksgiving meal.. so some of us do the best we can and it legitimately hurts to see so much food go to waste.. I’ve seen homeless people cry over me giving them two cheeseburgers.. imagine if stores donated all the food they had leftover to homeless..
This is why I love stores like chip city in New York because they make the cookies fresh right away and always keeping them warm while making a small quantity. I see people line up every time for their cookies because its fresh. This way their stuff always runs out.
Cookies are not the same as bagels, muffins, or doughnuts.
True, they take at least 15 minutes prep then at least 30 minutes in the oven based on what I’ve seen (my mother bakes cookies around Christmas)
Quality > Quantity
yeah this is exactly what i was thinking! people can leave out a small batch, and make more while serving others. sure its gonna take longer, and karens would have a heart attack, but its better than wasting so much everyday.
Large corps can't do that... think of 40 people all waiting for donuts or breakfast sandwhiches...etc
As a former employee of DD...yes, we did this, difference was, we were not allowed to make fresh donuts, or food, after a certain time of the day, & the majority of what got thrown away had been sitting there for hours, & was food/donuts that were stale & dryer than usual. I get when we're hungry enough, we'll eat anything, but I'm glad there was either nothing or very little left at the end of the day, although I agree no food should be wasted.
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@@vanceagherIt’s alright to correct them but you didn’t have to add that last part.
it gets me so mad when people are getting mad at people just doing there job and if they do anything else (like donating) they could get fired. i agree that wasting food is wrong but some people need to do it to keep their job.
Yeah donating would probably get a lawsuit from the person because of food poisoning
This is why stores in Europe likely runs out of foods and stuff around the hour of closing.. 'cause we don't want to have enough for a big rush, just to throw it out..
Even in india they cook per countity And Stuff will get over At end of The Day
In phillipines is a bit different, if we got like leftovers.. we will take it home or just eat it or store it even it will not be as good as it was.
in Bali i saw they were having clearance sale near the end of their closing hours
Is it that hard to put that food in the fridge and sell it the next day at half the price with a sign clearly saying "Yesterday's left over: The texture may not be perfect." I'm sure they would sell all the left over.
Instead we still have this terrible pratice.
To everyone saying that we shouldn’t give donuts or fast food left overs to the homeless:
Right, cause starvation is just better than having a donut. At some point you need to realize that food is food. If you haven’t eaten in a day or two or you only get small portions, you’d be begging for any type of food.
Yes, sugar and junk food can cause diabetes but starvation can cause death.
Diabetes could also cause death
@@blxeberrybobaa5591 oil and sugar are form of energy. And any energy is better than no energy, that is how bodies work.
Donuts is fine eating everyday. You need sugar too. Food is food
@@blxeberrybobaa5591 if everyone was donating there would be more options. Stop it. Legit stop it.
Omg this isn’t how any of this works JFC.
-someone has to WANT the food you’re donating.
-there are a lot of regulations and policies at national and local levels that make donating itself difficult.
-a lot of the homeless community doesn’t trust a rando on the street trying to pass out food. Nor should they with how they are treated daily.
You want to get the homeless some donuts you better call the organizations turning the donations away.
If they did donate, someone will find a reason to sue. It's a liability. It's sad but we are living in a greedy world.
They can literally enact a clause to relieve liability but we don’t push for that like we should. Don’t accept bad laws, reform them
ikr bc someone would blame them for something like allergies smh
did you even watch the video? the good samaritan food donation act literally protects against this liability. companies just say that as an excuse to be lazy and wasteful.
Its not just today. 25 yrs ago it was the same. I dont blame any store for tossing the leftovers.
oh no someone maybe is going to sue me…. So let us throw good food in the trash to fix the problem 😂🤣💀 skyrim logic moment
At my local dunkin they’re out of stuff constantly, and I honestly think it’s the employees making less stuff at the start of the day/ordering less supplies so that they don’t have to throw it out, since they know it’ll be required of them
100% CORRECT
Honestly, I think Covid has a lot to do with this. Ppl are no where near going out to fast food places like they used to.
A lot of companies could donate their items that are expiring and or going into the trash like that at the end of the day. I worked for a mom and pop grocery store as a baker, and we didn’t donate anything, but we would box up everything and sell it for half price for one more day. I now work for Walgreens and they donate their dry groceries, but anything that has to be refrigerated we have to dump down the drain. Just a week ago I had to dump 7 gallons of milk down the drain all because we don’t have a storage place for donated refrigerated items or drop off donated items every day so we didn’t have to refrigerate anything
Better inventory management would probably solve this. How they aren’t tracking what they sell and adjust is crazy to me.
Because this isn't a 24-hour store
Exactly! Why are they making so many donuts if they throw them all away every night..
Yes, you were absolutely correct if their inventory was better manage they would not be a throwaway food. I was a vendor for many years and kept a tight reign on what did and did not sell in my inventory and because I did had very little ways. If you are a small business waste does not create profits only losses you
not realy since some days you get a ton of people and others you get almost no one amd its completely random.
Unfortunately better inventory management isn’t gonna really work because the major problem stems from customer side. Customer can come in and order say 1 donut or another can come in and order a bakers dozen. You never know just how much a customer is gonna buy so fast food places tend to make alot in the event for large orders
As a former Dunkin employee, I thought this was common knowledge lol, whenever people got donuts before close we’d dump extra in with their donuts. We weren’t “supposed” to even take any of it home, but we rarely got in trouble for it, I’d give it out when I could too.
I went to a dunkin shortly before close to buy some donuts I wanted 2 but an employee gave me a dozen to give to my coworkers for free. I later learned through a David Dobrik video that the employees likely realized I was the last customer(it was 8pm) and were trying to get rid of the donuts before they had to be trashed. I still paid for my donuts they also gave me a discount probably because they were slightly stale.
Weird how so many people are surprised by this. Every restaurant throws away food like that, its the nature of the food service industry. How come everyone outraged who tweeted at Dunkin Donuts doesn't show the same outrage to every restaurant? Seems like people just like to be outraged in order to have the chance to tell someone to "do better" so they can feel like they're on a moral highground. Thats why its kinda pointless to be outraged like that.
Exactly
because they literally don't know???
Yes, also supermarkets...
No no it’s not
@@baffledbits3226 you don't need confirmation from every restaurant to know they all waste a lot of food. Its common sense that if you know one restaurant wastes a lot of food then can pretty much assume most others do as well.
Honestly, I understand them. We used to do the same thing and put a box with leftover food outside our restaurant for a couple of months. Worked out perfectly fine. Then we had one of the most busy days of the year and were completely sold out. So we couldn't put anything outside. About 5 homeless people were banging our window and yelling to demand food and in the end they threw a brick through our window. After that, the boss still wanted to try after warning them and we kept doing it for another 2 months. Another extremely busy day, nothing left. They were banging the window again.. I went outside, being nice and telling them we were sorry and I got attacked without warning and had a fractured jaw. Took 5 weeks to heal. After that, we started throwing everything away in the garbage..
Literally all that food can be given to people who are starving. So disappointing to see that being wasted when it can save a lot of lives. :/ though i understand if it's not safe to eat.
EXACTLY! Look at that food. That could feed tons
So...are you going at 10/11pm or even later to look out for people to give them the food? It sucks that food is wasted, but be reasonable
I mean it does expire but if it wasn’t expired dang they are horrible
@@account9238 HORRIBLE? who feeds a homeless person junk food, you may as well give them a loan and expect them to pay a fee for not paying it right after acquiring it.
I work in a place that sells chicken and burgers. It's a good safety thing, but absolutely disgusting. In one night, over 300 pieces of fried chicken, 80 chicken rolls and countless amounts of nuggets, wings and tenders tossed to the bin.
This is NOTHING compared to what the Casino I work at throws away, between the employee dining room, several restaurants & event center. We throw away enough food a DAY to feed an entire homeless shelter for a MONTH! I asked about why we don't donate it or at least take the meat to an animal shelter & I was told because there are laws & regulations that could be turned against us. So...basically "red tape"
It's so incredibly sad that you'd have to worry about being fined or sued for trying to do such a good thing, but unfortunately that's the world we live in.
people who want to take advantage and sue companies for trying to do kind acts is why the world is this way. One person chokes on a stale dinner roll, or claims they ate old seafood that was given away and got food poisoning, and then the frivolous lawsuits start. No good deed goes unpunished.
Short answer? Compliance
So true and in Vegas they give the garbage in trash for the pigs at apex Nevada by the landfill the even chew up the bags n forks ext. I worked there that’s facts!
Exactly same in any retail store they titled the video like u gonna see something so crazy but its just about waste lol
I've heard this argument from multiple stores and restaurants. the thing is there has literally never been a case where an establishment was sued for donating food. look into it, it's literally never happened. not once. it's management's excuse because transportation of that food costs money, and the almighty dollar is more important.
edit :just finished the episode and saw that she covers basically everything I just said... sooo yeah
I used to work at Dunkin and this literally happened every single night like if someone came in and I was about ready to having to throw away the donuts I would give them to the last customer like as many as they could take to hopefully they won't go to waste
Same here. The amount of donuts we threw out every night was ridiculous.
In my country (which is in Europe), if something isn't sold at the end of the day, it is packaged in a paper or plastic bag (e.g. muffins or even meat cutlets) to keep it from drying out, and then it is sold at half or even -75% of the price the next day. Same goes for produce that is nearing its expiration date. Bananas and other fruit that are no longer aesthetically pleasing (usually overripe or bruised) are left nearby on the shelf for free, usually for kids to snack on while shopping.
If something isn't sold even the next day, then it is thrown away. Usually people who are not that well off financially buy things at a discount. It's still food waste, but nowhere as bad as it is in the USA. Y'all are insane for throwing away that much food.
Yes!! Whenever I ordered donuts at night I always got triple the donuts I paid for lol
Omg I love ppl like you. Stuff like that would make my day.
Now i know why its named "dunkin donuts" is because they dunk donuts at the trash 💀
When I worked at Arby's, our food being thrown out was minimal.. fries were the main thing to go, but we were always super careful to cook only what was ordered so we could abide by the hold times for each item.
Other than fries or food that fell on the ground, nothing was wasted.
This is frankly what should be happening. Donating food is all well and good, but they should be managing food waste a LOT better than they are.
Nobody tell anyone about little Caesars… 😬 those “hot n readys” have to be dumped every few hours if no one buys them, and also at thee end of the night. The owners make you dump the pizzas out of the boxes into a garbage bag with other trash so no one can eat them, sometimes over 20 pizzas. That could feed 60 people… 🤭 restaurants should be required to feed the homeless.
No way!! That's gotta be a whole lot of pizza! Ugh
having them dump pizza into other trash "so no one could eat it" does not apply to all Little Caesars stores. It is sad that it happens but I've personally been to many stores where they donate a lot of their food to homeless shelters and will even go as far as to have a special day set aside to go to communities in need to feed them for free. I have been a volunteer several times for this. It happens a lot in Detroit
Look up "Little Caesars Love Kitchen"
My older sister works at little Caesars and they let workers take the leftover food home! I always assumed it was the same for everywhere else but unfortunately not I guess. Some of the people who work there are single parents or broke college students and it helps them out alot. Wish everywhere else did this.
I think them saying it's expensive to donate or they might get sued is total BS. My ex worked at a convenience store & he was told to pour bleach on the uneaten food because homeless people were digging in the dumpster. When he asked his boss why not just let them have the food, the boss's answer was they could panhandle for a few bucks then come in and buy the food.
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I can't believe people actually pass on a last item that looks totally fine in the store, I'm always like YESSS LAST ONE when I wanted something and there's only 1 left
When i see theres only 1 left i assume that it must be good because its popular
That’s my first thought too. And I always like to get the messed up boxes and cans because I know no one will buy them and I don’t want them to feel bad about themselves
Well there’s one type of people who looks at a cup as half empty and another type that looks at it as half full, right?
Same! I never think of it as bad, just good luck. And I didn't even know that people felt that way. I mean, at least inspect it for yourself first.
Same, I sometimes feel lucky that I found at least one man
I can feel the sincere heart of Bryan. DD please share 💔💔💔 it breaks my heart to see food being thrown just like that 😔
It’s not food
First world problems. Grew up in Jamaica then moved to Canada. Hurts my heart to see how much food my roommate throws away like it's normal. On a daily basis.
Unfortunately, I believe some restaurants have actually been sued by shelters/people for giving someone a “bad” donut. It can be a lawsuit sadly.
As someone whose husband is a district manager and is over multiple restaurants, there are more regular customers suing than homeless people or shelters. There is no reason not to donate.
There are so many students who would gladly accept that food to save money. There is the application Too Good To Go that helps with that.
It would be good to see more initiative about food waste.
@Apple Genius Yes, I can see that. But it's not about expired or food that has gone bad. It's about food that is still good, can be eaten but hasn't been bought by the end of the day and that they will throw away.
Colleges waste a lot of food especially, the one in my hometown that offers buffet style food to college students. I know as I ate there with my friend on several occasions and we weren’t even allowed to take our leftovers back with us but, we would sneak it into our bags anyways. My friend worked at this food court and showed me how many trash bags of food went to waste at the end of each day. I posed the same question and my friend stated we weren’t allowed to give food to poor students and the homeless due to food safety regulations. Still, some of the fruit, sweets, & other foods that were tossed away were still good but, there was nothing we could do about it. It was upsetting but, nothing we could do to stop 🛑 this…
@@lokita114 I see that even colleges aren't safe from that. I don't know how it works here in France but I know that a lot of people would benefit from food donations.
I worked at a small business selling baked goods. (they get stale fast... )
Donuts were put in a green bin for the pigs... some lady picked them up every few days.
Every night would brew a bunch of coffee for iced coffees in the morning.
dunkin is a massive chain though... you'd think they'd have a food waste bin and minimize loss.
I love how Spill's character went from a high school/college student studying jounalism to now where she has the ENTIRE setup of a journalist. I feel kinda proud :,)
But we never got to see her graduate... :(
@@DallySkyeAnims ....thats for another video lol
idk, in my opinion she seemed more professional back in the day...
@@anaalina5964 Yeah she was more proffesional back then (if we're going into the Spill character lore xD): then she was very focused on journalism and now that she is one she can kick back and relax and be a little bit less proffesional
the solution: having clearance sale (all must go) in 30minutes before the store/shop closed for the day rather than dumping it to bin/trash can
Exactly! Or sell the “day old” ones at half price or something- there’s a bakery here that does that - the day old ones are discounted- if they have a lot they just create “mystery bags” (bc the pastry bags are opaque) of day old pastries for like $1 or $2
This doesn't work because most people wouldn't buy these items for the full price anymore.
That’s what most food places do here a hour or less b4 closing to save on waste and at least get somthing to cover the cost of the product rather then nothing
@@FM-fm1dg The only times I bought things like this is when I couldn't afford the full price item anyway, some money for the business is better than no money. I'd much rather pay a bit more and get a fresh one if I can.
@@FM-fm1dg It’s better than throwing them away. At least you’re getting something out of it.
Y’all are just now figuring it out??? Every donut shop does this.
they're children, tik tok generation, they dont know better, haven't live long enough
When I was younger I used to think they would just leave it in the fridge over night but then I was like but if they leave it in the fridge overnight it could spoil so the next option for me was that they throw it in the trash
@@dani_life4044 i had friend work for Karma Kolaches, they save the kolaches for the next day and all the donuts in the trash. :(
More like almost every food place, I can't tell if this generation is growing or just clueless
@@issusx A lot of the people on Tik Tok are literal children of 10-15 years old. So yes, they’re a bunch of children who just don’t know. And I’m not saying this in a negative way, everyone’s gotta grow and learn about the real world one day, right?
It didn't use to be like this. I worked at dunkin in 89 & 90 on the overnight shift. We had agreements with the local homeless shelters to take the leftovers. Every morning, usually about 4am or so, a few people from the shelters would stop by to get all the donuts and coffee so they could serve it for breakfast. Per management, we couldn't box it for them, so they brought their own trays and pots. We were happy to know we were helping someone in need.