Survey: Stolen food, drinks from work fridge very common

Thursday, June 2, 2016
Have you ever put your lunch or snack in the office fridge, then discover hours later that it's gone?

If so, you're not alone.

A new survey from online grocer Peapod.com found 71 percent of people had food and drinks stolen from a work refrigerator.
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Men were nearly twice as likely as women to admit to have taken food that didn't belong to them.

Only about a third of those surveyed admitted taking something that wasn't theirs.

So how do you prevent your lunch from being stolen?



One company sells anti-theft sandwich bags, which has green spots that look like mold. The mold look aims to fend off lunch poachers.
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