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   Hello Charles!   
      
   ** On Tuesday 10.11.20 - 10:12, Charles Pierson wrote to August Abolins:   
      
   (FYI. The original of this message does not seem to have     
   arrived on the TgM side.)   
      
    AA>> They don't have "cash" to give away. They are simply   
    AA>> offering   a lower price for the foods they serve.   
      
    CP> What they "lose" in profits with these discounts,   
    CP> whatever goodwill it might generate, could just as easily   
    CP> be done in a different manner.  See my other reply on the   
    CP> subject for an example.   
      
   Do you mean the one where you describe Cracker Barrel?   
      
   Any business can give a donation anytime. They don't need a     
   customer to "participate" in a program to justify it.   
      
   For example, our domestic Tim Horton's conducts a "Smile for     
   Cookie" program every year. The idea is that if YOU buy a     
   cookie, they (Tim Horton's) will donate the proceeds to a     
   charity to help a kid's summer camp program.   
      
   My response.. Either don't make those pathetic sugar laden     
   cookies and just give the damn money to the charity. Or just     
   give the cookies to food banks that could use them, and give     
   $'s to the summer camp program anyway.   
      
   Tim's collecting the money from the cookie sale and making the     
   donation. Who's doing the donation, really? The customer, not     
   Tim's. Tim benefits in the tax-credit for the donation they     
   file.  The whole process seems selfish.   
      
   Buying the cookie only serves as a metric to blame the public     
   for not reaching a donation goal.   
      
   Another progamme that irks me.. Every year one of the grocery     
   chains conducts a "Round up for Cancer.." or something like     
   that. The idea is to ask the customer to "round up to the     
   nearest dollar" from the grocery bill.  The difference will go     
   to charity. Fine. But then after the programme, the grocery     
   store gets a front-page story complete with picture of giant     
   cheque stating "local grocery store raised $X for donation!"     
   No mention of the CUSTOMERS who selfishly rounded up. There is     
   no out of pocket expense to the grocery store at all.   
      
      
    CP> And as an added bonus, if your corporation donates the   
    CP> money to a 501(c)3 charity, for example, it not only   
    CP> generates goodwill, but gives you a tax write off.   
      
   In Canada, a donation is not a 100% write-off. It's far more     
   efficient to claim a legitimate expense such as advertising or     
   maintenance than a donation.   
      
      
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