Mcdonald’s employee who does food safety for one of the restaurants discusses the deep truth regarding how much the restaurant wastes food, as he is ordered to throw away food that is fresh and not frozen, and other workers admitted that they try to take some of the food home to eat or donate, but some corporate locations have policy guidelines preventing that option. The workers are told this policy stands because they don’t want to be held responsible if people get sick from the “expired” food. The article ends with Mcdonald’s discussing their in the progress of attempting to reduce food waste in any way they can safely.

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/mcdonalds-food-waste-reddit-employee/