{"id":4798,"date":"2026-07-18T20:36:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T20:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4798"},"modified":"2026-07-18T20:36:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T20:36:34","slug":"supermarket-takes-drastic-action-to-prevent-meat-theft-welcome-to-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4798","title":{"rendered":"Supermarket takes drastic action to prevent meat theft: &#8216;Welcome to California&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>First it was spray paint. Then eye drops. Now, even ground beef is under lock and key.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4796\">Knicks, Moussa Cisse agree to two-year offer sheet \u2014 but deal for Mavericks center far from complete<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A San Jose Walmart has reportedly taken anti-theft measures 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.<\/p>\n<p>Influencer Tony Bartleson \u2014 better known online as \u201cMeatdad\u201d \u2014 posted a video from inside the California store showing rib-eye steaks and ground beef wrapped in wire security devices.<\/p>\n<p>Holding up a cowboy rib-eye priced at nearly $16 a pound, Bartleson quipped: \u201cWelcome to California.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video also showed a three-pound package of ground beef locked inside its own metal cage. The clip has racked up more than 3.8 million views.<\/p>\n<p>Bartleson said he was stunned by the response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeeing basic food items locked behind cages is sad,\u201d Bartleson said in a statement to The Sun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy hope is that we can get to a point where measures like this aren\u2019t necessary anymore\u2014where people don\u2019t have to steal just to eat, stores don\u2019t have to lock up food, and everyone has reliable access to the necessities they need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think most of us want to live in a world where people can put food on the table with dignity, and I hope we continue moving in that direction,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4794\">Mystery solved after sisters find \u2018eerie\u2019 old family photo hanging on the wall of an Airbnb rental<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters <\/strong><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><strong>California Post News<\/strong>: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedIn<br \/><strong>California Post Sports<\/strong> Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X<br \/><strong>California Post  <\/strong>Opinion <br \/><strong>California Post Newsletters<\/strong>: Sign up here!<br \/><strong>California Post App<\/strong>: Download here!<br \/><strong>Home delivery<\/strong>: Sign up here!<br \/><strong>Page Six Hollywood<\/strong>: Sign up here!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The unusual security measures sparked fierce debate online, with many shoppers saying they understood why the retailer resorted to locking up meat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith people stealing what they haven\u2019t paid for, I don\u2019t blame Walmart for doing this. If you\u2019re an honest person who plans to pay for it, why would this bother you\u2026 bruh,\u201d one person wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have a problem with any company protecting its merchandise from thieves. But it seems like people have more sympathy for thieves. When this stuff is constantly stolen, that drives prices up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not locked up, it\u2019s tagged for shoplifting because it happens more now with prices the way they are,\u201d another added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLocked up meat? For what reason? Theft? No!\u201d a third person wrote.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The clip is similar to one that went viral last year of a Walmart shopper depicting the store\u2019s butcher aisle with meat inside cages.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear from the video which store in California the influencer was shopping at and if this was a decision made by one store or statewide.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4792\">NYC woman, 70, shoved and tossed onto subway tracks \u2014 as suspect remains at large<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The California Post reached out to Walmart for more information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First it was the spray paint stores in California locked up to combat shoplifting, next it was eye drops and now its meat?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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