SpaceAngel2001 t1_ja8ezrv wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:47 PM

Reply to comment by FormigaX in ELI5: why do grocery stores in the US keep such a large inventory? Aside from being prepared for episodic panic buying like toilet paper or bottled water, is there an economic reason to do this? How much of the food ends up going bad? by DrEverythingBAlright

You can also get huge discounts for near expiration food from restaurant supply companies. For $25 - 75, I buy a pallet, generally 2000 lbs of food. We don't know what we'll get and the deal is we have to take it all.

We distribute anything human usable thru our network. Anything we can't give away goes to our cattle, pigs, chickens, and a wildlife sanctuary that feeds bears, wolves, tigers, etc.