Three dumpster divers convicted of stale food theft in France

‘A court in France has found three people who helped themselves to expired foodstuffs discarded by a supermarket guilty of theft. The convicts claim to be ‘freegans’ trying to live outside of a consumerist society.

Leah, 24, Adrian, 26, and Mike, 32, were caught in the act on May 27, 2014 in the courtyard of a supermarket in Frontignan, a commune in southern France. They had collected seven 100-liter bags with perished food, including delicacies like foie gras, which they scavenged in preparation for a long trip when a police patrol intercepted them, Le Figaro reported.’

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