I've had a few friends who have worked in restaurants, and they've gotten fired for taking leftover food home . I've never understood why . If the restaurant owner throws the food away, he takes it off his taxes . If he lets an employee take it home, he takes it off his taxes . What's the difference ? Does the law say that he can't takes it off his taxes if he lets an employee take it home ? How would the government ever find out what he's doing with his leftover food ?
2007-12-01 05:22:48 · 7 answers · asked by I_hate_being_single 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
Don't you think the rule is in place to keep employees from cooking too much food and then saying oops I guess theres enough leftover food for me to feed my entire family for a week. Making them throw away the food ensures they are not taking advantage of the owner.
2007-12-01 05:29:13 · answer #1 · answered by ck-cfp 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well, it depends on the restaurants. Some do allow this.
However, the problem here is similar to why you cannot carry out the leftovers of a buffet. Sure, in either case, too much food has been made or put on one's plate. It is wasted food as far as the restaurant goes regardless of whether is taken home or thrown in the garbage can. A lot of times, this is just an honest mistake. You felt that you could sell/eat more than you could. So taking it home under this circumstance would not be dishonest (though it may be forbidden).
However, if someone can get by with taking food out after an honest mistake, what is to keep them from deliberately creating such a "mistake?" There are people who will fill up their plates one last time after eating at a buffet, and they will demand to get to take it home. There are people who will deliberately make more of an item than they can sell so they can take it home. The only way to stop this is to not allow this practice at all regardless of the circumstances. Sure, it would create more waste under honest circumstances, but it would also create less shrinkage under deliberately dishonest circumstances.
2007-12-01 06:03:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think for the most part they don't want their employees to have it for the fact that once they are allowed to take leftover food, they might (just might) hide or try to take advantaged of it.
For example, if you work at a Cafe and are known for Novel Sandwiches and you allow your employees to take leftover home. Some might want to hide their favorites and say that they're out, when actually they're not.
There are many advantages for companies to allow their employees to take food home, but it might be a disadvantage for cost-wise.
2007-12-01 05:33:03 · answer #3 · answered by s.omner 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Leftovers can be offered to the employees to eat after their shift, but they can't take it home. Why? Because if they take it home and someone gets sick, the restaurant is liable, and nobody wants that headache. Also, yes, some cooks may accidentally on purpose overcook to ensure leftovers to be taken home to feed their families.
2016-08-15 12:15:24 · answer #4 · answered by Munchma 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not from personal experience but from what I've heard the plates are enormous and, being filled with food, the portions must be, too. All of which must contribute to waste, not to mention the increasing size of the consumers. Having an old fashioned hearty appetite is only acceptable if the energy is going to be used up. The modern interpretation of a hearty appetite should be to eat healthily for the benefit of said heart. There should be no embarrassment or shame in sharing a plate of food or using a doggy bag. If it's paid for, eat it or take it.
2016-03-15 04:11:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
restaurant employees allowed leftover food home
2016-02-03 06:24:41 · answer #6 · answered by Janean 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im not sure, we were always allowed to take it home.
2007-12-01 05:26:51 · answer #7 · answered by Danelle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋