Take Back Power Activists Redistribute Stolen Goods to UK Food Banks

Members of the activist group Take Back Power carried out coordinated thefts from supermarkets in four UK cities on Saturday morning, removing food and essential items from shelves and redistributing them to local food banks as a protest against wealth inequality.

The actions began around 8:30 a.m. and targeted branches of major chains including Sainsbury's, Morrisons, and Tesco in Exeter, Truro, Manchester, and southeast London. In Exeter, five supporters entered a Morrisons store on Prince Charles Road and filled boxes with produce, but security staff intervened and recovered two of the five boxes. The remaining three boxes were delivered to a nearby food bank collection point. Similar incidents occurred at a Tesco store on Parrs Wood Lane in Didsbury, Manchester, where three activists loaded items into boxes and later dropped them off at a food bank point in a local Aldi supermarket. In Truro, two supporters took goods from a Sainsbury's on Treyew Road and left them at the store's own food bank drop-off. At a Sainsbury's in Lewisham, London, activists filled labeled boxes and set up a stall outside to distribute the contents to community members.