Current Events > Are there places that accept expired non-perishable food?

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I feel bad attempting to donate expired food, but I'd feel even worse throwing it out.

It's mostly dry stuff. Like vacuum sealed beef jerky (exp: Dec 16), raspberry shortbread (exp Aug 17), chocolate chip cookies (exp Apr 17), several cans of tuna (no listed expiry but I'm sure some date back to 2010).

Or should I just throw it out? I doubt factory expired crackers will cause harm. The tuna cans were stored in the appropriate conditions (no bulging or rusted cans).
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it's a kind gesture but just throw that shit out dude lmao
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Nah man toss it. I wouldn't even attempt to offer it.

So I ended up donating it to my local gym. They were running a food drive for Christmas. They accepted expired non perishables since food was going to assessed and filtered.

I saw peanut butter that expired back in 2015 so I ain't even mad.
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Pretty sure they tossed it
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Irony posted...

Pretty sure they tossed it

Exactly what they do, they'll probably throw it out anyways because it doesn't meet their nutritional requirement.

fyi, canned food drives are terrible because they have to process this crap out and they could just buy in bulk.
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Can't you give the beef jerky to dogs or something
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c'mon man

if you won't eat it out why would you want someone else eat it

JimmyJumper6 posted...

c'mon man

if you won't eat it out why would you want someone else eat it

Well, I'm sure someone existing in the whole world would accept and eat 2016 factory sealed beef jerky.

It's not like I'm donating soda, candy or chocolate. I know that stuff turns after a while.

Plus only about half my stuff was expired. So it wasn't all for naught.
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Now you got a place to chuck out stuff you didn't eat
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hakujo posted...

Now you got a place to chuck out stuff you didn't eat

It was more a once-a-year thing for Christmas. So maybe next year (assuming I'm still at this gym).
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ill take the beef jerky forreal
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