you pretty much summed up how it works at the Canadian tills. It is just a PR “lookie at us being goodest” and the typical rich people doing nice things knobberey.

And a huge slap in the face and pain in the ass for their employees to which they don’t give a shit about and who have to put up with the asshole comments that follow the request put forth by the employer.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/costofliving/checkout-donations-nobody-gets-tax-benefit-1.6524462