I’d say even if no one was starving it should we wrong to throw away perfectly good food if someone wants it.
Why do you put the concern for profit on people wanting the trash rather than the corporation producing too much supply and throwing the excess away? If the corporation is in that much hurt they could lower their production so they aren’t losing money to waste.
Profit is the alternative to loss if you make a loss you lay off staff and if you keep making losses you close down and your also unemployed. That is why a profit is important. I assume you also work for profit?
Producing too much supply for a Cafe or restaurant is more like you making too much dinner. How do you donate your cooked food if you don't eat it?
They're already throwing it away, so it's already a loss for them. They don't lose more money if someone in need eats it rather than it going in a dumpster. They'll probably save money in reality as they have less dumpster fees to pay. Or they could stop producing so much waste to begin with.
How do you donate your cooked food if you don't eat it?
I don't cook more than I eat so I don't have cooked food waste. I do however have a garden that produces more than I can eat and I put that out front on a table for anyone passing by to take if they want it.
Ok to put it in business terms. If you ever worked overtime that is your excess. You don't need it because it's above your normal hours so why would you want to be paid?
This way by not paying you, your employer can hire another person.
That doesn't make any sense as an analogy to the situation though because that's still costing the business money. Let's break the original situation down into smaller examples and see where we disconnect.
Let's say I run a hamburger stand. I sell around 100 hamburgers every day but I make 125 just in case. At the end of each day I throw 25 hamburgers into a garbage bin that I've leased. Here are some available scenarios related to our discussion:
Nobody eats the 25 burgers I throw away. At the end of the week the garbage service comes along and takes all the burgers and throws them in a dump.
After I throw the 25 burgers away, someone comes along and takes them out of the bin.
I don't throw the burgers away because I've partnered with a shelter who sends someone around to collect them at the end of the night.
How are my profits any different in these three scenarios? Why is the blame on my "lost" profits on the people who get a free burger from scenario 2 or 3 and not on me for making 25 extra burgers each day? I'm still losing 25 burgers regardless of the scenario.
Ok we don't actually disagree except on what this business's obligation is.
Their choice not to give the burgers away is exactly the same as our choice not to buy the leftover food and give it away.
Actually because the burgers will be thrown away and we strongly believe they should not be wasted then it is immoral for US not to try and buy that food.
Number 3 is obviously a wonderful idea If it's possible. Even better if the business is reimbursed.
Number 2 probably legal issues
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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '21
I’d say even if no one was starving it should we wrong to throw away perfectly good food if someone wants it.
Why do you put the concern for profit on people wanting the trash rather than the corporation producing too much supply and throwing the excess away? If the corporation is in that much hurt they could lower their production so they aren’t losing money to waste.