Chocolate kept in anti-theft boxes as shops warn it's being stolen to order
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Retailers and police forces tell the BBC that thieves are targeting chocolate and selling it on.

Chocolate bars are being locked in plastic boxes in some UK shops as retailers and police forces warn thieves are stealing them to order.

Sainsbury’s said it had begun using “boxes on products which are regularly targeted”, with £2.60 bars of Cadbury Dairy Milk locked up in one London branch.

Chocolate was more recently being “sold on by criminals and is now being targeted more frequently by prolific offenders,” according to the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS).

  • MurrayL@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    9 days ago

    I think that principle is intended to apply to staples, when people in poverty are forced to steal food so as not to starve.

    Stealing bars of Dairy Milk and then selling them on seems like a different thing.

    • Pricklesthemagicfish@reddthat.comEnglish
      2·
      8 days ago

      I think stealing from corporations is always ok, honestly if you steal that slop you deserve it. If you’re buying it you have already lost.

    • tetris11@feddit.ukEnglish
      1·
      9 days ago

      It’s bringing the price of that product back to reasonable market levels and having a knock on effect on the pricing of that product in general.

      Whilst I agree it’s different from stealing staple foods, it’s still something I’d happily turn a blind eye to as it’s an unofficial public service

      (Yes, yes, I’m leaving)

    • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      11·
      8 days ago

      Yeah, stealing £25 hipster honey is just theft. Stealing some spuds could be survival.