Not completely true!
For emergency preparedness, I keep a few hundred cans of food around. I live in a rural area, and this is prudent.
I never eat them all best-before, and as this is canned food, best-before is not an expiry/safety date, even remotely.
It is a flavour date.
So I donate my stuff, before purchasing new. And before anyone gets all weird about it, I eat from the same stock I donate, even the day of donation.
This means people get good quality food, I get to renew my stocks, and the grocery store with the donation bin, may or may not have been where I bought the food.
If more people did this, we'd all be better able to handle disasters, and those in need would be better fed. A real win-win.
For emergency preparedness, I keep a few hundred cans of food around. I live in a rural area, and this is prudent.
I never eat them all best-before, and as this is canned food, best-before is not an expiry/safety date, even remotely.
It is a flavour date.
So I donate my stuff, before purchasing new. And before anyone gets all weird about it, I eat from the same stock I donate, even the day of donation.
This means people get good quality food, I get to renew my stocks, and the grocery store with the donation bin, may or may not have been where I bought the food.
If more people did this, we'd all be better able to handle disasters, and those in need would be better fed. A real win-win.