"NeedforSwede2" <carl.robson@bouncing-czechs.com> wrote in message
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> In article <pan.2005.01.20.23.02.49.902635@ae86.GTS>, [email]Trueno@ae86.GTS[/email]
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>> Man fired for taking candy from trash for his kids
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> Unfortunatley, while it is trash, it is either Zellers trash, or the
> cities trash, not his trash.
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> He stole. Crap rules I know, but rules is rules.
> I know when I worked for Safeway, similar rules were in place for
> "stale" cakes and bread. It would be recorded then trashed and claimed
> back as spoilage against insurance.
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Claimed back against insurance? They were pulling your leg. I guarantee
you that Safeway was self insured for millions of bucks. Big companies
don't buy thousand dollar deductible policies.
Many stores give day old bread to soup kitchens. Same with restaurants.
