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That is genuinely uplifting.
My cynicism wonders what they think they'll get out of it, but if they're doing something that beneficial, idgaf if they do
I fucking hope they get something out of it.
If a business does an ethical thing and they benefit, it could encourage other businesses to also engage in said ethical thing.
If they make their own publicity out of it, that indicates what they are getting is goodwill, essentially at no cost. I don't think that's a bad thing ethnically or from a business point of view.
They could also be saving minor costs on waste management, disposal, etc. I'm sure they don't remove organics from plastic before chucking it away, so they're likely paying for that process by the tonne.
Could be something intangible, like people associate this uplifting news with Tesco and thus are more likely to patronize Tesco.
Could be, which is uplifting in its own way tbh.
Are you British? Generally supermarkets in the UK are usually quite community oriented. They often have collection boxes where you can buy an extra item of something you were going to get anyway and they give it to charity, and host other local charity initiatives sometimes. They even have a signboard in my supermarket with local community news and stuff. I believe most food stores give away surplus expiring food to homeless shelters (it says Tesco already does in the article). Giving it away in store is new and welcome but not without precedent. Some stores have a free fruit section for kids already for example.
Ahhh, that's refreshing :)
We don't get as much community orientation here in the states from chain businesses. Local business, yes. The one, last, owner operated grocery in my area is amazing about supporting the community.
We had a nasty storm last year, and they kept some of the families that were without power going with free groceries. Yeah, it was the same kind of deal where it was stuff that would have to be disposed of the next day, but that's still huge when people can't keep fresh food fresh because there's no fridge working.
Hell, back when I first became disabled, they heard about it and when my dad would go shopping, they'd have bags full of stuff for him since he always shopped at a regular time and day.
For real, the idea of a grocery chain doing that is amazing. I'm smiling while I type this because it's the way we should all be able to think about a business. I'm glad y'all have that kind of thing over there :)