Expiration Date is a Recommendation
Some people don’t believe in the concept of expiration date. Well, they believe in it, but they take it with a pinch of salt. Many people seem to believe there are some products you can eat several days after their expiration date. That might be true, but when eating out at a restaurant, we don’t expect them to serve expired food. That’s just common sense.
In order to avoid wasting food, this manager encouraged (or instructed) their employees to “promote” products that were about to be expired. We’d hate for any food to go to waste, but we’d also hate getting food poisoning after eating expired products at our local burger joint. This is a tough choice. Like always, things aren’t black and white, and there are many ways to avoid wasting food, that don’t include selling expired (or almost-expired) products.