The fuck? How/where do they sell them? Who in their right minds would buy cheese or meat from a sketchy source?
Streetfood vendors mostly don’t care about sources as long as the goods are good. I had a favorite place before that sold chocolate bars with no markup compared to nearby stores, and I was wondering why they’d even sell them given that chocolate doesnt really go well with their main offerings. Until I witnessed a junkie carry a box to them from the nearest supermarket and it all fell into place. Selling stolen product right across the road might’ve not worked in their favour though as the place changed hands not long after.
My brother in law used to work in an off licence (booze store) so got to know a number of customers, some of which were drug addicts. They would steal from the local supermarket which was right next door. Things like expensive meats, cheese, coffee, spirits, etc. high value products which are easy to shove in a bag or jacket. They then go and knock on the door of anybody they remotely know who lives nearby, ask if they want to buy some cheap goods. Often about 50% off.
I know people who would buy this stuff. It’s usually stuff straight from the shop but I suppose you can never say for sure.
A long time ago, I lived in a trailer park, and a homeless guy would come by once a week selling steaks at a lower price than you could buy at the store. Some people would buy them. Needless to say, everyone there was in a pretty bad situation, so a luxury like cheap steaks was tempting.
I would have bet this was gonna be a trailer park boys reference when I started reading but holy shit, it may be a real thing. Meat theft rings
I doubt they sell it, I bet they go back to the same chain of stores and try and get a receipt-less return for cash.
They sell to people they know. And they’re still in their packaging and you know they’ve recently stolen it, so why not. Really cheap too
Because I don’t know if they’ve been storing it at the appropriate temperature for it not to spoil?
If it’s stolen the same day then there’s no huge risk, if you prepare it soon after. With cheese even less risk. But of course there’s always some risk buying stolen shit from junkies.
Often from what I know it goes like this: they owe money to someone, can’t pay it back because naturally all the money goes to drugs so instead they’ll steal shit for you. So you’d be sending them to steal specific expensive shit and would be waiting for it and know it’s stolen the same day and whatnot.
Though it’s fucking idiotic to loan money to junkies in the first place but I guess this way you’ll recoup some of it at least.
A lot where I live. It’s not like turbo fancy cheese but bigger pieces and stuff. It gets expensive.
I bet there are restaurants that will. Especially if it’s still packaged.
Why is this downvoted? I personally watched a local foodbank handout kick out somebody because they found out she was a local restauranteur trying to score free food in bulk lol.
