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Spanish supermarkets lock up olive oil as shoplifting surges
(www.reuters.com)
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Which shows the issue. People aren't stealing out of a profit motive, or "criminal energy". They steal, because they struggle to afford living.
People steal for both
I don't know, stealing out of necessity would probably lead me to picking a smaller bottle of oil more often. Trying to run out of a store with 20 lb of oil seems to be a more problematic choice.