On Tue, 24 Sep 2013 13:48:45 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Ian Field" > wrote in message
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>> Austerity Britain: Starving families 'stealing meat and cheese' as cuts
>> continue to bite
>> 24 Sep 2013 00:00
>>
>> Lancashire Police officers are reporting a month-on-month increase in the
>> shoplifting of basic foodstuffs as families struggle
>>
>>
>> http://www.mirror.co.uk/money/person...ealing-2296520
>
>Very sad but it's happening here in the US too.


Except here in the USA food does not make the top 10 list of the most
shoplifted items.

Because the majority of American thieves are stealing what they can
resell.