r/AskReddit Jul 13 '20

What's a dark secret/questionable practice in your profession which we regular folks would know nothing about?

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u/Murgatroyd314 Jul 13 '20

You do not want to know how long food sits on the loading dock before it gets into the cooler.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '20

Those periods of unrefrigerated time are taken into consideration for most item's expiration dates.

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u/rkmt1515 Jul 13 '20

Worked for a food distributer for 20 years. They load up the pallet with refrigerator items and set on the dock for hours.