Every day, supermarkets remove food from their shelves because it is approaching its expiration or best-before date, even when it may still be perfectly safe or suitable to eat. Discounting these products could make them more attractive to consumers while helping retailers reduce food waste and giving people access to cheaper food. However, requiring supermarkets to do this by law raises questions about how such a system would work in practice, who should bear the costs, and whether businesses should be legally responsible for finding buyers for products nearing the end of their shelf life. The debate also touches on food waste, consumer choice, affordability, food safety, and the responsibilities of businesses toward the communities they serve.