The store might have insurance for that, but yeah in the end they are the ones that have to deal with the loss. Some just take the hit to their profits while others try to get it back from costumers or employees. Long term they could stop their most stolen products, which could be bad for the "bad company" as they lose distribution. But this scenario is unlikely as there are not really any coordinated stealing campaigns

This would be very regionspecific, you should probably add atleast add which country you are hoping for tips.

But tbh this community never really managed to become a hub for tips / sharing experiences, so idk how much replies you will get

I think the shoplifting community on the dread forum has something like that, but the site seems to be down rn

this might be a stupid question but: when stealing stuff from bad companies, woudlnt they still get paid since the store gotta replace their stock n they still got the money?

just like abbie hoffman says, it is morally correct to steal from pig empires. in fact, its incorrect to not steal from them. its the least we can do

if you see someone shoplifting: no you didn't

IME, the base fine when I was younger (eg. MI, IL, etc.) for such shelf to register discrepancy was ten times said difference —though it's a fairly obscure law, to the point that people more often believed it was an urban legend.

Makes me wonder if that store was getting ahead of things, just in case. ☝🏼

I recall a grocery store in the US having a store policy to give double the difference on price errors and double the refund on returns of expired or spoiled food. It was not law AFAICT but just a competitive voluntary policy.

Sounds like the perfect thing, when perfected, to keep people away from bigger stores¹. Just go in and discreetly change tag prices to make people think prices went up so much that everything there is unaffordable.

¹ as long as there are actual alternatives people can go to.

IANAL, but I'm fairly certain that listed price has to match the actual charged price at checkout or the customer gets an award of the difference multiplied by n (check your local laws). ☝🏼

Don't think I've ever seen an IR one in the wild, I think most here are RF or Bluetooth. Pretty cool though, they seem like really neat little displays!

Would be cool if the db auto updated when the tag changes.

Lmao what "social contract"?

You should definitely read (or listen to) the NYT podcast I linked.

Theft? You mean like wage theft?

Thanks for the tip! I’m not in poverty or at the edge of starving. I just try to eat cheaply and simultaneously try to fight food waste. I tend to kill 2 birds with 1 stone by buying food marked down 50% on the day it expires. But the pizza and bakery ideas are in line with that.

Cost of living was my first thought as well!

Thats entirely fair, thought you'd done a cliff notes for those of us that haven't got the mental fortitude to listen to the BBC's pontificators without wanting to go Guy Fawkes on the mass media circus

Trust the BBC to take a widely observed economic downturn during the biggest corporate price hike almost anyone would call “once in a lifetime” if they hadn’t lived through the 80s, 90s, '08… And spin it as just a factors of organised crime, self service checkouts and a lack of door greeters.

To be clear, I cherry picked points I thought were interesting. I think inflation was covered but IMO boring and expected.

Sounds like dumpster diving would be an easier approach

Not in any city I have lived in, AFAICT. Where I am now, the dumpsters are kept out of sight. When dumpsters are in sight, they tend to be in cages, as they worry about liability of unsafe consumption. Maybe i'm not scoping it out well enough but it looks like shoplifting would be easier.

(edit) though I should mention there is some kind of program where students can cheaply subscribe to receive food that is either expired or nearly so. I don’t know the details but that would be the easiest option (for students).

Also in many places its legal to sell expired food, its just not common practice.

I think I recall asking a cashier to lower the price on something that expired (they will usually do that on the last valid day), and they said /no/ we cannot sell that, and took it from me. So apparently it's illegal where i am.

I would imagine one of the causes nowadays is a single basket 'quick shop for some dinner things' can easily run up 60 to 100 if you're not careful.

Even back in 2017 you could get more than a week's worth of food for somebody bulking up with only 50 quid, and still have money for a crate of cheap beers after.

Trust the BBC to take a widely observed economic downturn during the biggest corporate price hike almost anyone would call "once in a lifetime" if they hadn't lived through the 80s, 90s, '08... And spin it as just a factors of organised crime, self service checkouts and a lack of door greeters.

Sounds like dumpster diving would be an easier approach

And no, most companys would care. Because if you could get expired but good food for free, you would be able to just wait till a product is over the expiration date instead of buying it.

Also in many places its legal to sell expired food, its just not common practice.

Probably got sentenced to 10 years hard labor and transportation to Australia...

Hearing that your words are coming across as ableist might feel like you're being attacked when you're actually just feeling defensive. That feeling ought to be a cue to self-reflect rather than retaliate. They didn't even call you ableist; it sounds like they were actually giving you the benefit of the doubt. Some of what you've said sounds a lot like the things that badguys say, and that seems worth reflecting on and reconsidering.