Activists from climate group This Is Rigged distributed food stolen from a Stirling Tesco store as part of the group’s campaign for more food hubs.
The two protestors stole fruit, vegetables, bread, and tinned soup and handed the items out to passers-by in the city centre.
They documented the event on their social media, filming themselves removing the food from the shelves. They also photographed themselves distributing it to people along Murray Place and Port Street.
One of the participants, Shoan, 24, a personal support worker from Yorkshire provided a comment on the This Is Rigged Instagram account. “Supermarkets are making billions of pounds of profit whilst people are struggling to afford the food in the shops.
“The big bosses of Tesco and other supermarkets are literally dictating who can afford to eat – this ain’t on.
“We won’t continue to accept this. It’s time to call out the greedy men in suits and refuse to pay their prices,” Shoan said.
The group have also recently stolen rolls, sausages, tattie scones, and hot drinks from Glasgow supermarkets to distribute on Buchanan Street.
The ongoing shoplifting campaign is a part of their ‘Robin Hood’ activism. These are acts of protest where the group “redistribute” goods from major supermarkets to food banks or people in the street.
In a statement released by the group on their activism, they described interrupting business “with a simple motivation: take from the rich, give to the poor”.
Recently, the protest group have been demanding the Scottish Government open and fund a community food hub per every 500 households in Scotland. They also demand a 24 per cent price reduction on baby formula, to match prices from March 2021.
Historically, This Is Rigged have been known for their campaign efforts for the abandonment of new gas and oil projects in Scotland.
Last year, members of the group damaged the glass surrounding William Wallace’s sword in the Wallace Monument.
With this act, they demanded the Scottish Government vocally oppose any new fossil fuel projects and create transition plans for workers in the oil industry.
This Is Rigged has interrupted Holyrood’s First Minister Questions several times with the same demands.
Their social media says they “will not stop” protesting until their demands are met.
Featured Image Credit: This Is Rigged on Instagram
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