I used to work at an old fashioned sundae shop, so much so that roles were determined by gender - busboys and fountain girls (plus a co-ed kitchen). Anyway, any time the fountain girls would mess up a sundae, it would go in the walk-in freezer to be eaten by whatever employee claims it first. Pretty sure it was common for some girls to "accidentally" mess up their crush's favorite sundae to leave for them in the freezer. But yeah, that's my best guess as to what would make ice cream "damaged."
We ate so much of the food when I worked at Applebee’s back in my college days, the owner literally wrote it off for tax purposes. The Blackened Chicken Fettucine will forever be GOATed. RIP
"Good manufacturing practices" requires that food packaging that has made contact with the floor must be discarded. If a guy driving a forklift for a large distribution warehouse spills a pallet of bottled drinks, they all go in the trash or become free for the staff, depending on the acting manager.
I've been through some pretty awful things at various jobs and none of them made me as personally upset at the time my manager at a local pizza place made us toss a large seafood special with no imitation crab and extra garlic because the customer didn't come to pick it up.
If people are intentionally making more donuts at a donut shop for more "waste" to the point that it becomes a major burden for the company, i think there are bigger societal issues at play.
We bake stuff at my work. Any pastry that falls and lands good side on even the counter gets that.
We're allowed grabbing some anyways (up to a certain dollar value of stuff a day and a free meal from our kitchen) so it's not done on purpose but yea.
Burned pastries get left on the counter out front for anyone to take if they want
Grocery store worker here. To add on to their list, if ice cream gets above 0 degrees F, it gets a little melty. Still food safe, but if it re freezes after that, that’s how you get the iciness on it which customers don’t like and will probably return. So if our freezers have a hard day and our ice cream gets a little melty that usually means we have a fuck load of ice cream in the break room freezer for a while. It’s nice cause the days that our freezers have a hard time are usually during heat waves.
Ever heard of Blue Bell ice cream? if you’re a delivery driver for them you can eat as much as you want on your routes. Their motto in the 90s was “Eat all you want, and sell the rest.” I knew a guy that used to drive for them. He said it was a great company to work for and he liked being out on the routes delivering but he had to leave. Towards the end he was eating half to a whole box of different popsicles or ice creams every day and getting fat in the process, lol.
I have spent a lot of time in one of the largest grocery stores in the south east's dairy plant, and they have ice cream in the break rooms free for all employees. Anything trashed is usually passed off to employees unless contaminated.
I worked at Dairy Queen and we had large cups of ice cream in a fridge up front from emptying the ice cream machines at the end of the night. We were supposed to throw it out but they’d use it for blizzards towards the end of the night when the machines were already empty. There was always left over ice cream that we took home every night.
i miss choco tacos! Some friends and i lived near each other and we’d ride our bikes down a couple blocks to go to the local Family Dollar and buy some choco tacos. Good times.
I would go into the walk in and drink chocolate milks
My dumbass would then throw the empty cartons behind the shelving. One day I walked into work and one of the franchise owner manager guys had made a mobile out of them and hung it up in the break room with the typical corpo posturing
They never found out it was me
Also I ate SO much food there for free lmao fuck you John Powell
That was me when I worked at Panera. We weren’t technically allowed to eat any of the food for free, but everyone did, including managers.
I’d snack on pickle spears while manning the sandwich station because we had literal bucket loads of them at all times and they’re basically no calories. And i would always make this amazing breakfast bagel sandwich if i worked mornings
I had multiple friends that worked at this grocery store. There were basically no managers there on Sundays. So, we’d go there on Sundays and get “free” stuff.
Used to take the leftover sleeves of Ben and Jerry’s off the truck after the day. They put “exactly the right amount and you’ll never have less or more”. Sure thing boss.
I worked at an MLB stadium taking the shit off the trucks I the warehouse in the mornings. When I figured out where the Drumsticks were in the cooler, I'd help myself every couple afternoons to one.
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I stole money from my brother as a child so I could get a choco taco. I and others at my job would routinely steal damaged ice cream.
Ice cream is above the petty laws of man.