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Originally Posted by Piwoslaw
What happens to the bread that a bakery doesn't sell? Often, it is given away to homeless/poor people.
That used to be the case here, until a few years ago when new tax laws prohibited giving away stuff which should have been sold, or even selling it for less than its cost of production (anti-dumping law?). The media showed a baker who got a huge fine for giving away a few day-old rolls (he was a local hero for a short time). So perfectly edible bread was being thrown out 
Only after a lot of protests did our Enlightened MPs pass a law allowing stale bread to be sold off for 1 grosz (~1/4 eurocent).
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They used to do the same here, Churches,Shelters, non-profits........ Then somebody got sick, blamed it on the day old/ left over food and sued. Won tons of money and ever since the stores throw it out to protect themselves from the lawyers.