Restaurant offers paid-up meals to the needy
Updated | By East Coast Radio
This is definitely the sort of kindness that we all need...
We live in a world where poverty is something that greets us at every corner.
Surprisingly, even though that is the case, this world has so much food waste.
Many food establishments and grocery stores are trying to create sustainable ways of eliminating food wastage.
Therefore, seeing establishments such as restaurants offer people a free meal is really heartwarming.
A restaurant pinned up ticket slips of menu items that were already paid for on their notice board, with the board reading: "If you are hungry and have no money, these meals have been paid for in advance. Give a server the ticket and they will have the kitchen prepare your meal."
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It was such a positive post that attracted so much love from people.
In fact, many people felt like this was something that they'd hoped more restaurants did.
Of course, it is not always possible, but if food establishments are able to repurpose their food before it gets to the stage of becoming 'waste' by helping the hungry, can you imagine what this world would look like?
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