Mixed feelings on this one with Waitrose in particular as a target. Whilst not exactly a workers cooperative, it is employee owned: staff have non-transferable shares. Thefts will hit employees directly as a result.
Clearly this is not going to be any kind of significant dent in the overall profits of the company - it is very much about the publicity - but, even so, couldn’t they have chosen one with a more standard corporate model?
Ah yes, equally symbolic of the upper classes: the crown jewels and Waitrose
So they’re just a criminal gang taking advantage of disenfranchised people and dressing it up as Robin Hood?
You’d think all this effort would be better spent elsewhere doing something more productive.
because literally stealing to give to the poor is somehow not like Robin hood
I know you. You’re the coworker who hears “we have to stop these shoplifters, they’re the reason you don’t get a raise” and goes all Dwight Schrute crazy ready to literally shoot someone for pocketing something despite the fact that you’ve worked there 20 years and never got a raise that even matched inflation. That’s you.
I know you
No you don’t. But thanks anyway 😊.
we go in there, we take it out and we redistribute it to the local community
Idk what about stealing overpriced food and giving it away for free is taking advantage of disenfranchised people?
@als @mannycalavera honestly it’s mostly not overpriced. That’s a perception. It just sells more of the expensive brands, but brand for brand and value ranges compared, it’s barely different from the others. Sainsbury’s would be a better pick if they want a) overpriced and b) money funnelled directly to outside shareholders.
