A while back my GF worked for an Organic Coffee company, doing delivery/sales to grocery stores and restaurants. Each day she would come home with breads, cookies, produce(mostly fruits), and tons of other stuff that was "thrown away" by the local organic type groceries. Apparently, all of the produce and breads would get chucked into seperate "dumpsters" then say ordinary trash, or simply left on the loading dock for employees/others to just take home. Most of the stuff would be expiring date of that day or the next, or just 1 bruised orange in a bag of 12.
It's ridiculas that this much food gets wasted...especially from a "green" grocery store...for me, it's a perfect example of American Corporate wastefullness of our enviornment, economy, and well being. C'mon corporations...give this stuff away to the hungry!