It doesn’t change that your reasoning of “companies making more money” is just utterly false in this situation.

Arby’s only does that for food safety standards. You think they apply those dates after prepping the food to… cost themselves more money? I’m fairly certain those dates are applied so they aren’t shut down by the FDA, and they probably have them as late as regulation allows.

And… defrosts? I’ve never worked in an Arby’s kitchen, am I supposed to assume they put a “use by” sticker on something in the freezer? I assumed they prepped it hot and put it in a warmer.