[jstanley]

How can you tell? And is this definitely universally true or just true of the 1 instance you happen to have personal experience with?

[foldr]

Same way I can tell that my next door neighbor isn't poisoning my water supply or that Tesco doesn't have a secret chemical weapons program. That major supermarket chains are running scam charity appeals just isn't a hypothesis worth entertaining in the absence of any evidence for it.

[gosub100]

Because the risk of fraud is too great for major corporations. They have accountants and businesses people who would report it.

[kshacker]

The risk with charity money is not the companies collecting a few cents but the charity itself.