News: Supermarket Throws Away an Entire Store Worth of Food

I guarantee if the ex store owner just opened up the doors a day ahead of time and said it was all free he would be in court later in the month after somebody got a stomache ache from bad food and sued him. Why would the banks want to have legal issues over food that could be expired and tainted,

If that was the case there would be no food banks. Here in Ind. part of the food is bought by donations from the public, some is Gov't funds. Then you have the food donations from the public and from the grocery stores.