{"id":84544,"date":"2026-07-19T09:18:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T13:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=84544"},"modified":"2026-07-19T09:18:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T13:18:37","slug":"supermarket-takes-drastic-action-to-prevent-meat-theft-welcome-to-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/supermarket-takes-drastic-action-to-prevent-meat-theft-welcome-to-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Supermarket Takes Drastic Action To Prevent Meat Theft: \u2018Welcome To California\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>New York Post (caution: tabloid):<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/www-facebook-com-reel-1335966431248846-134788299.jpg?w=692\" alt=\"A person's hand reaching for a package of ground beef wrapped in a security device in a refrigerated display case at Walmart.\" width=\"331\" height=\"490\" \/><\/p>\n<p>First it was spray paint. Then eye drops. Now, even ground beef is under lock and key.<\/p>\n<p>A San Jose Walmart has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/10\/27\/business\/shoppers-waiting-up-to-40-minutes-for-items-locked-behind-ant-theft-cases\/\">reportedly taken anti-theft measures<\/a> to a new level, placing pricey cuts of beef and even packages of ground meat inside metal security cages to keep would-be shoplifters at bay.\u00a0Influencer Tony Bartleson \u2014 better known online as \u201cMeatdad\u201d \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1335966431248846\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted a video<\/a>\u00a0from inside the California store showing rib-eye steaks and ground beef wrapped in wire security devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From New York Post (caution: tabloid): First it was spray paint. Then eye drops. Now, even ground beef is under.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84544","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84544\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}