Dennys FREE Grand slam breakfast tomorrow

[RARECJ8]

my partner holds a CFM and CFE and works in the wholesale food service industry and yesterday Denny's picked up 300 -- three hundred-- cases of fresh eggs. so there goes that part of the claim of giving away expired food.

[PhantomRage]

my partner holds a CFM and CFE and works in the wholesale food service industry and yesterday Denny's picked up 300 -- three hundred-- cases of fresh eggs. so there goes that part of the claim of giving away expired food.

I want some food... ;0

[thedevl]

When Meat goes bad you can smell it. When you cook bad meat the smell gets worse. When eggs go bad you can't be in the same room with a cracked one. Hence the term Rotten Egg. Pancake mix, well unless it is full of weevils it is not bad. I have made pancakes with mix that was years old and they came out just fine. Getting sick from food is usually a cleanliness issue in the kitchen not a bad food problem. If you are not smart enough to taste or smell rotten food you deserve to get sick from it. Most food poisoning cases are from dirty dishes or cross contamination(human error) and not from the food it's self. Personally I would be more cautious of fresh food in a dirty kitchen than leftovers from a spotless one. Just my .02 of course.

[PhantomRage]

I have made pancakes with mix that was years old and they came out just fine.

Yummy...

[thedevl]

Yummy...

It's just extra protein once they are cooked!



Seriously though flour will last for years if it is stored properly.

[junkyardkid]

well i dont know about the rest of you but i was there at 6 this morning, got my free breakfast and felt FINE the rest of the day
and you cant forget about all the money they make on all the coffee and oj people buy too

[Rockindoc]

Well, someone has to use facts in this conversation so I guess I will:

First off, the FDA does not regulate the Restaurant industry (Although their Food Code is used as a guideline for most local agencies):



Nor do they regulate Meat or Poultry:


And the FSIS referenced above focuses on the plants that produce and distribute products.

The USDA does not regulate Restaurants either.

The National Association of Restaurants does however provide guidelines for it's members, but it is a private organization and although they work closely with the Gov on restaurant issues, they are not a gov agency.

Restaurants are the domain of local health inspectors for each city and county the restaurants reside in. So in order to get one of these "Golden Ticket" waivers, Denny's would have to contact each of these local agencies for their 1600+ locations. am pretty certain they would not undertake that, and more certain that most of these agencies should they be contacted with a request like that would most likely not approve it.

Washoe county will not let you give away food for free within a commercial establishment without a permit, and in order to get a permit you must follow these guidelines, which focus a lot on safe food handling, storage and ensuring that your food comes from approved facilities.



Additionally, no food other than baby formula is required to have an "Expiration Date"



So technically a restaurant cannot serve "expired" food (well, I guess all meat products can be considered expired in some ways since an animal had to expire for the meat to be produced...but I digress...back on point), and any restaurant which knowingly served spoiled food would open themselves to a lot of legal liability.

Also, a fairly exhaustive internet search turned up no reference to "Free Grand Slams" in April of last year, only February of 2009 and 2010.

So in conclusion, there is a ton of information that would go against a lot of your claims and a fair amount of data that would make it very unlikely that Denny's would participate in the practices you outlined.

I certainly am not saying you are wrong........but I certainly am of the opinion that you may have a few of your facts off.

Shane, you are THE man!!!!

[BCa$h]

It's nothing special that the FDA grants it's a law that releases liability of the company because they aren't charging for a service that would otherwise require a "fee". Don't ask me how it works or why they do it but it happens. It's not just at dennys either.

As I said previously believe what you may but I know how they operate. Because again, I worked there...

You're correct that they did it after the superbowl last year, but they also did it April of last year as well.

I could be wrong but I think it was IHOP that gave away a breakfast around April last year.... I don't mean to be an a$$, but you seem to be really misinformed with your facts-

As a side note, some people need to admit when they're wrong- ( not pointing fingers here or anything, just in general)

[wishfulthinker]

I could be wrong but I think it was IHOP that gave away a breakfast around April last year.... I don't mean to be an a$$, but you seem to be really misinformed with your facts-

As a side note, some people need to admit when they're wrong- ( not pointing fingers here or anything, just in general)

I'm purely stating the facts of when I worked there. Not current but a YEAR ago, so you could be right facts change.