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Stealing food….yeah I hope they get away with it in this evil dystopia
I didn't see nothing.
Damn, Santa has so many Elf mouths to feed. And don't act like we don't owe him one. Didn't see a damn thing.
Laurie: you were there, what did you see?
Me: sorry, mate. I didn't see anything. Must've happened while I was over by the bread.
Title is misleading. It's not theft. It's direct action.
Why can't this shit become a social media trend? Imagine countless youths getting together and doing this nationwide. Alas
When I lived in America, My local grocery stores have those push button security gates that block people from stealing food. It's a one sided gate and people coming in has a button to open the gate.
I saw a female with a baby in a cart at the gate, waiting for someone to open it. I'm glad to be the person that let the mom through.
Huh, I thought those were largely a commonwealth thing - like the cart returns where you have to give them a coin before they'll unlock themselves. I've never seen one in the US, though there are a few one-way gates at stores near me (they don't appear to do anything though, just prevent you from going out the wrong door - I think they're just there as traffic management, they're not active)
FYI, "stealing food" is an oxymoron. ✊🏼
I got 8kg or so of food today for £0.20, I don't even know how I could steal £3k worth. Loving the food discounts here before Christmas.
In an Instagram post, the Robins des ruelles said four masked "Santa Clauses" and a "swarm of elves" redistributed the alleged stolen goods after the symbolic “food drive” to community fridges across Montreal and under a Christmas tree in Place Valo
Fuck yeah
Santa Hood and his band of Merry Elves
God this story is getting better and better
Retail crime resulted in losses of $9.2 billion in Canada in 2024.
I don't think I really care how much money billionaires lose.
That's the thing. They lost $9.2 billion, but they still turned a profit.
They factor the cost of theft into their item pricing.
And yet, if theft stopped, prices wouldn't go back down.
Naturally. By not stealing you are giving them free money.
Wage theft fully eclipses burglary and other petty crimes
It fully eclipses every other form of theft combined. Wage theft totals over 51% of all theft.
Doubt they'd have these losses if they stopped throwing away the food and instead gave it to people in need.
"Retail crime resulted in losses of $9.2 billion in Canada in 2024."
I wonder how that compares to wage theft for the same period.
This is actual action, folks. This puts food in bellies and hurts the rich. Not a protest or a hashtag campaign.
BTW, if you see anyone stealing food, you saw nothing.
Sorry, I had an onset of sudden blindness. I didn't see anything.
when it comes to food , no ine stole shit, other than some fatass greedy cunt overcharging we humans
"No matter the reason, it is unacceptable and a criminal act,” Metro spokesperson Geneviève Grégoire told CBC News in a statement. ”Retail crime resulted in losses of $9.2 billion in Canada in 2024. Many factors influence food inflation, including disruptions in the global supply chain, volatility in commodity prices, changes in international trade conditions, and retail crime.”
Let me play the world's smallest violin
I wonder how much wage theft losses are
Take it up with the Employers under paying, the Landlords over charging, and the Goverment Officials that prioritize anyone but the poor. They got my money. Ask them for yours.
Metro would have done better to claim it was their idea.
Hell yea, new Christmas lore!
"stole" from a Metro. Good. in Canada all of THREE companies own ALL the grocery chains in the country. Metro being one of them. So I totally support this.
Also if you ever see someone stealing food from a Canadian owned grocery store, no you didn't. and if you ever report ANYONE for stealing from a Metro or Loblaws or Sobeys or ANY of their subsidiaries then you're a piece of shit.
