Olive oil next door, or cheese in France, and chocolates in the center of Europe. In countries that are at war, the target is cigarettes.
It’s a different list than usual: the grocery products that are stolen most in each country.
The portal brought together issues from Mashed, The Guardian and Retail Gazette; and starts by highlighting Spain: olive oil is what is stolen most.
Interestingly, the oil It is the product that is most stolen in the two countries closest to Portugal: Spain and Morocco.
Still nearby, in Andorra and France, cheese reigns; in San Marino, the Netherlands and Sweden too; in Italy it is also cheese but a specific cheese, parmesan.
More in the center of Europe, the expected chocolates, both in Germany and in Belgium. In Switzerland, what is stolen most are luxury chocolates.
Further east, in Ukraine, what is stolen most are cigarettes, while thieves in Russia prefer alcoholic beverages – just like in Poland.
Cigarettes are what is stolen most in two countries that are in guerra: Ukraine and Israel.
And in Portugal? Canned fish. Apparently, sardines, tuna, salmon… All canned. They are the favorite target of thieves in Portugal, in this context.
Portugal is not alone. Far from it: Indonesia, Belize, Cape Verde, Fiji Islands, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Samoa – in all these countries, canned fish is the most stolen.
A carne It is the most stolen product in Austria, Argentina, the USA or Venezuela.
In the UK, thieves look more at packaged meat. In Australia and China the focus is different: formula milk. In India, therefore, spices.
Still in Asia, products from cosmetics They are the most stolen in Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Iran.
In Portuguese-speaking countries, meat is the most stolen item in the world. Brazil, em Angola is cooking oil, in Cape Verde It is also canned fish, fish is what is stolen most in São Tomé and Príncipethe Guinea-Bissau and in Timor-Leste It’s rice. Mozambique is not on the list.
The grocery product that leads, by far, in thefts is rice: 37 countries not total.
Most Stolen Grocery Items by Country:
🇪🇸 Spain: Olive oil
🇺🇸 United States: Meat
🇫🇷 France: Cheese
🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Packaged meat
🇨🇦 Canada: Cheese
🇺🇦 Ukraine: Cigarettes
🇮🇹 Italy: Parmesan cheese
🇩🇪 Germany: Chocolate
🇧🇷 Brazil: Meat
🇷🇺 Russia: Alcohol
🇦🇺 Australia: Baby…— Global Statistics (@Globalstats11)
Nuno Teixeira da Silva, ZAP //
