Places I worked that did this had no issues with employees stealing.
It was only a problem in places that were assholes about the shitty food. When they gave food freely, most employees felt like they couldn't take too much without being a jerk but employees that worked in places with hard rules about the food didn't care if they were jerks.
I'm sure some employees took more than their fair share in the places that gave away food but not enough cause issues where the places that didn't give food had a ton of food loss problems.
Most don't anymore and people still steal food. During the worst parts of the pandemic we gave workers a free meal while they worked and then let them take home $15 worth of food for their families when they left. It cost us a lot and we still had to deal with some people stealing more food.
I mean… if you work there you can get shit super cheap anyway though? At least in the UK you do. Not sure they really need to give you free food just because you work there.
That’s stupid and not at all how any job works. You get paid for your job, that’s what you take home at the end of the day. Walking out with stock isn’t something you just get to do because you’re an entitled little shit.
I got a job at chipotle in college while I was doing keto years ago specifically because they gave a free meal that was relatively fresh food. I definitely pushed it pretty far, entire bowl full of meat every time I worked. Still cost them less than paying me a living wage, and it kept me happy and more productive.
Not to mention a lot of employees are going to only be able to go on break when things are slow and often are gonna end up eating food that would have been thrown out anyway, not just because it’s not going to be sold before it has to be tossed, but also because the employees then don’t have to do more work and prepare even more food if they just eat from what’s already made.
Honestly, all they'd have to do is give the employees a free meal. Like a burger and some fries. You earn the good will of your employees, and you're spending so little for each employee.
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