What they do is swap bar codes, or they code organic fruit as regular, or they "forget" to scan in the self checkout, but yes.

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dewey 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

So it's just stealing with extra steps.

	▲	bombcar 4 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Amusingly enough the extra steps likely make it worse once caught as it shows intent to defraud and planning. In some places walking out with a MacBook Neo is a misdemeanor-but putting a barcode for bananas on it and checking out would be one or two felonies.

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walrus01 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This is a big reason why retail product barcode stickers (not barcodes printed directly on a package as it comes from the manufacturer) are now commonly printed on frangible stock with built in slices in it which breaks apart in 3, 4 or more pieces if you try to peel it off.

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rithdmc 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Hardly matters when one may print their own barcode on labels and cover the frangible one.

	▲	gruez 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		printing your own sticker requires way more prep than ripping one off a pack of ground beef and sticking it on a pack ribeye steak.