Ben Popken discussed the results of the WorldWide Shrinkage Survey. Some highlights include:

• Cheese is the most shop-lifted food in the world.
• However a lot of the cheese is likely being stolen for resale to other places such as restaurants and markets.
• Cheese is easy to steal because it comes in small packages. It is also difficult to trace once you remove the label.
• Other popular items for shop lifters include meat, candy, and infant formula.

To read the lengths that one store owner went to, to protect his cheese, as well as more about what shop-lifters like to carry, click here.

Source: The Consumerist