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up, making sure to ditch the wrapper. The cart full of items, used as a
decoy, can just be left in an aisle before you leave the store.
Case the joint before pulling a big rip-off. Know the least crowded
hours, learn the best aisles to be busy in, and check out the store's
security system. Once you get into shoplifting in supermarkets, you'll
really dig it. You'll be surprised to learn that the food tastes better.
Large scale thievery can best be carried out with the help of an
employee. Two ways we know of work best. A woman can get a job as a cashier
and ring up a small bill as her brothers and sisters bring home tons of
stuff.
The method for men involves getting a job loading and unloading trucks
in the receiving department. Some accomplices dressed right can just pull in
and, with your help, load up on a few cases. Infiltrating an employee into a
store is probably the best way to steal. Cashiers, sales clerks, shippers,
and the like are readily available jobs with such high turnover and low pay
that little checking on your background goes on. Also, you can learn what
you have to do in a few days. The rest of the week, you can work out ways to
clean out the store. After a month or so of action you might want to move on
to another store before things get heavy. We know one woman working as a
cashier who swiped over $500 worth of food a week. She had to leave after a
month because her boss thought she was such an efficient cashier that he
insisted on promoting her to a job that didn't have as many fringe benefits
for her and her friends.
Large chain stores like Safeway throw away day-old vegetables, the
outer leaves of lettuce, celery and the like. This stuff is usually found in
crates outside the back of the building. Tell them you're working with
animals at the college labs, or that you raise guinea pigs. They might even
get into saving them for you, but if they don't just show up before the
garbage is collected, (generally early in the morning), and they'll let you
cart away what you want.
Dented cans and fruit can often be gotten free, but certainly at a
reduced rate. They are still as good as the undamaged ones. So be sure to
dent all your cans before you go to the cashier.
Look up catering services and businesses that service factories and
office buildings with ready-made sandwiches. Showing up at these places at
the right times (catering services on late Sunday night and sandwich dealers
at 5:00 PM on weekdays) will produce loads of good food. Legally, they have
to dispose of the food that's left over. They would be more than happy to
give it to you if you spin a good story.
Butchers can be hustled for meat scraps with meat scraps with a "for my
dog" story, and bakeries can be asked for day-old rolls and bread.

WHOLESALE MARKETS

Large cities all have a wholesale fruit and vegetable area where often
the workers will give you tons of free food just for the asking. Get a good
story together. Get some church stationery and type a letter introducing
yourself "to whom it may concern," or better still, wear some clerical garb.
Orchards also make good pickings just after the harvest has been completed.
Factories often will give you a case or two of free merchandise for a