Fast food

It was reported last week that one of the more bizarre repercussions of the credit crunch is that supermarkets have had to start putting security tags on meat. That took me back to when I was working in Co-op in Splott a couple of years ago, when we had to start keeping the roasting joints in the walk-in fridge out the back, with customers having to ask over the counter for it as though it was Hilary Briss's "special stuff" - all because of the actions of a shadowy figure known only as the Beef Thief, who repeatedly made off with them under the noses of the security guard and cameras. We never did catch him or her...