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Grocery stores that donate expiring food − instead of price discounting or discarding − make higher profits

This new food pantry opened on Long Island in September 2024. Alejandra Villa Loarca/Newsday RM via Getty ImagesAll major supermarkets and retailers that sell groceries, such as Kroger, Walmart and Costco, give large amounts of food to food banks and pantries. In 2022, retailers donated close to 2 billion pounds of food across the United States, which amounted to US$3.5 billion that year.

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