Butcher's burglaries epidemic in France ; are we back to 1788 ?

[Shinzenbi]

Around 12 butcher’s reported robbed in France in 2012. This is the list of the shops attacked.

What strikes me is that mainly food is stolen, up to 30 kg of meat in a single burglary, not only money. The links are in French (except the last one from the british Telegraph), but it is to give an idea of the situation. Furthermore, please take a look at the photos of anti-theft devices on meat, cheese and butter in some french supermarkets. I can’t believe it. Is it the same in your country? Hopefully it will stop or at least remain "clean" robberies like these ones. Isn't the next step violence for food ?


2012/12/20 : Grainville la Teinturière, butcher’s burglary, only money stolen
_http://www.paris-normandie.fr/actu/cambriolage-dans-la-boucherie

2012/11/07 : La Roche-en-Brenil, butcher’s burglary, food stolen
_http://www.bienpublic.com/haute-cote-d-or/2012/11/07/cambriolage-a-la-boucherie

2012/11/02 : Bressols, butcher’s burglary (4th time), food and 40€ stolen
_http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2012/11/02/1479823-bressols-le-boucher-cambriole-pour-la-quatrieme-fois.html

2012/10/25 : Cap Breton, , butcher’s burglary, food and gear for more than 10000€ stolen
_http://www.sudouest.fr/2012/10/25/capbreton-40-les-cambrioleurs-font-le-plein-a-la-boucherie-des-halles-860688-3327.php

2012/09/26 : Orgère en Beauce, 2 butcher’s burglaries, food and money stolen
_http://www.lechorepublicain.fr/eure-et-loir/actualite/pays/pays-dunois/2012/09/26/deux-boucheries-cambriolees-en-plein-jour-1277956.html

2012/08/02: Morestel, butcher’s burglary, food stolen
_http://www.ledauphine.com/isere-nord/2012/08/01/les-voleurs-emportent-de-la-viande

2012/07/24 : Ambrault butcher’s, money stolen
_http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/Indre/Actualite/Faits-divers-justice/n/Contenus/Articles/2012/07/24/AMBRAULT-La-boucherie-cambriolee

2012/07/09 : La Bourriette, Les Halles gourmands (huge grocery store), food stolen, and the butcher’s cold room completely cleared up
_http://www.midilibre.fr/2012/07/09/les-halles-gourmandes-cambriolees-a-la-bouriette,530805.php

2012/06/14 : Butcher’s (30 kg of meat stolen ) and frozen food factory burglary
_http://www.letelegramme.com/local/cotes-d-armor/guingamp/region/stagathon/deux-cambriolages-en-une-nuit-zone-de-bellevue-14-06-2012-1737336.php

2012/05/02 : Butcher’s of Crouy and Soissons, in 2 days in succession (3000€ of meat and 6000€ of cash stolen)
_http://www.lunion.presse.fr/article/aisne/deux-boucheries-cambriolees-en-deux-jours

2012/05/08 : Villars le Pautel : A 500 kg cow killed in field for its meat
_http://franche-comte.france3.fr/info/haute-saone--une-vache-executee-pour-sa-viande-73820502.html

To conclude, an article of the Telegraph is entitled “Unilever sees return to poverty in Europe”.
_http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9501771/Unilever-sees-return-to-poverty-in-Europe.html

 

[Jono]

Wow, that really is striking. In the UK I've seen a few stores put the 'peel off tags' on some fish/meat, but never anything quite like what is happening in France.

Isn't the next step violence for food ?

It certainly looks that way to me, but at least grass fed bones still only cost pennies! :)

 

[Laura]

I expect that figure to more than double in the next year.

 

[Joe]

At least they have the sense to go for real food!

 

[hesperides]

At least they have the sense to go for real food!

How true, maybe just another apparent "coincidence"... Same procedure with anchovies here, even those at a fair value.