A former Vancouver grocery store manager says he was wrongfully terminated for helping feed some of the neighbourhood’s homeless.

Justin Grant was a manager for four years at Your Independent Grocer on Davie Street in Vancouver's West End. He said he would provide recently expired or low-value food to homeless people in exchange for help as a way to de-escalate situations in the store.

“I don’t know if you’ve ever seen a 14-year-old kid who lives on the street saying, ‘I don’t want to shoplift in the store, can I have a sandwich?',” Grant told Global News. “That is absolutely heartbreaking so I would say, ‘If you go and sweep the outside of the store, the sandwich is yours.'”

Grant said he had been doing this with the knowledge of store staff and fellow management.

However, in October, parent company Loblaws accused Grant of stealing $600 worth of product and without warning, he was terminated.

Global's Christa Dao has the story.

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