Is there any confirmation that this is just negligent waste and not that the donation accepter refused to take the product or even perhaps the refrigeration failed (it is Texas after all). I hate twitter news stories without context.

Unions will have zero impact on waste.

This PALES in comparison to what I saw Costco throwing out daily, and I'm sure it applies to all big box stores. Food waste in America is STAGGERING

This probably is not their fault. Their freeze/fridge could’ve went out, donation people not coming to pick up, or another issue. We never just throw out food unless there’s a reason. I worked a store where the donation people never came to pick up donations and they ended up getting tossed because they went bad. This is something that has nothing to do with unionizing.

1. Things like this post are why I think Starbucks unions are silly and just show how little people know about them

2. My store cant even donate food because the people don’t pick it up so this is probably something out of their control

So no donations in a dumpster is going to be part of a union contract?🤔

I don’t think you understand how unions work

no starbucks is throwing out this much waste daily, unless something unprecedented happened. y’all are too easy man

My store tries to give expired food and etc out they tell us no they can’t take it.. not their fault. Don’t be an ass this is nothing to do with unionizing

My Starbucks licensed store that was unionized wouldn’t even allow us to donate. Everything had to go into the trash and trash only. I’m much happier at my Starbucks corporate store that isn’t unionized!!!

I honestly don't see how unionization would prevent this.

idk my [texas] store will give some food to partners and we never have that much to actually get rid of. like, a dumpster full of food?? no way. i feel like i’m seeing majority paninis so it makes me think that the refrigeration was broken

Assuming this isn’t a fridge failure or the donation not picking up. I agree there’s too much waste at this company we do not need a pastry case and if they want to keep them we should make models. Also the amount of milk we waste is ridiculous. However this company is not going to fix the waste issue and it’s never going to reduce

My sm is very "by the book" about food and we can't take any of it even if it's meant to go to the trash, and as long as I've been there I've never once seen a donation bag. I'm thinking about getting a separate trash bag when I do the sandwich count in the morning and throwing it out next to the dumpster and then telling my gf to go get it and donate it because it makes me so angry how much food we waste. The bakery I used to work at would bring day old cookies to firehouses or shelters because they were so anti food waste.

the donation store never picked them up so we would either take all of it home or i would walk garbage bags full to the church down the road

Our trash has never been overfilled with donations like this. I'm calling bullshit

I hate to be this guy but this is not the case for every sbux. My manager drives them done to homeless shelters and city mission.

To be honest. I have never worked at a Starbucks and they ACTUALLY donated the food . Here in Charlotte NC ; it is not allowed and terrible.

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Sigh… why don’t they just do too good to go or something.

I don't even put the compost in the compost bin