• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I watched someone run out of a M&S store and into an awaiting car with a huge bag full of meat around Christmas time, probably several hundred pounds worth.

    And yet Google tells me that M&S has a revenue of £11.93 billion.

    So why are you caring about them losing a few hundred of that?

    • EnderMB@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Because others can’t buy meat because some bellends wanted to steal it to sell during Christmas?

      I don’t give a fuck about M&S losing profit. I do give a fuck about obvious crime that puts people out…

      • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        7 months ago

        Are you unaware of the amount of meat that gets thrown out by grocery stores? In the US, it’s billions of pounds a year.

        I highly doubt they ran out of the store with an amount that did more than make someone’s job easier that night, or force someone to pivot their dinner to a different cut of meat.

        Like, I get it. I do. It’s a lot of money, and it’s against the law. But the idea that someone is going to go hungry because of the action is ridiculous.