The staff ate it later

It's the opposite of restaurants, usually they don't let their staff eat leftovers.

Instead: a discount for what you unloaded from the frozen truck last week... and just cooked

Restaurant staff usually eats before service, no? At least where I'm from.

This must be a high end/low end thing. When I worked at a family diner, it was a free for all on the buffet leftovers which could not be recycled for the following day.

From what I've seen, it's totally ordinary for "sandwich artists" to prepare lunch for themselves from the ingredients on display.

And it's usually made from leftovers in the kitchen, as I understand it.

I see both sides because you don't want staff intentionally making "mistakes" just to get some food but I worked for almost a decade in restaurants and only McDonald's didnt let you eat the food.

depends on how close to the bus/dish position you are. i used to eat leftover tiramisu from the bus tub all the time when i washed dishes at an italian restaurant.

...not that i would do that today, but i was poor, and it was good :)

If anything, the rodent staff will.

Crows will also help themselves.

Not really, at least where I worked. Just the daily meal as a customer would get.