Thieves dressed as Robin Hood raided a food retailer in Montreal on Tuesday night time and gave away the stolen items in a protest in opposition to rising food prices – simply weeks after the identical group focused a grocery dressed as Santa and his elves.
An activist group calling itself the “Robins des Ruelles” (Robins of the Alleys) mentioned roughly 60 individuals, some dressed in Robin Hood-style feathered caps, had entered a Rachelle Béry well being food retailer, taken food with out paying and redistributed it to “many community fridges in the city” in what it claimed was a “political act” in opposition to food inflation.
The theft follows the same incident in December, when members of the identical group flooded right into a Montreal grocery retailer dressed as Santa Clause and his elves, stealing food and leaving a few of it gift-wrapped below a close-by Christmas tree.
The value of dwelling is a serious matter in Canada, the place inflation grew 4.7% between November 2024 and 2025 – greater than double the speed of general inflation, in accordance to NCS’s Canadian broadcast accomplice CBC.
“Everyday, we are working relentlessly, only to be able to buy food in those profit-driven supermarkets,” the assertion from the Robins des Ruelles quotes one group member, Francis, as saying. “When having two jobs is not enough to eat, have a roof over your head and take care of your family, every means become legitimate.”
An edited video revealed by activist group Les Soulèvements du Fleuve on Instagram exhibits the raid on the Rachelle Béry retailer, interspersed with the title credit for the 1938 movie “The Adventures of Robin Hood.”
In the video, individuals carrying masks amble by way of the aisles, grabbing food, drugs, cleaning soap and different objects. Others use spray paint to block safety cameras throughout the retailer and outdoors. At the top of the video, one particular person sprays “F**k Les Profits” on a brick wall.
NCS has reached out to Rachelle Béry’s mum or dad firm, Sobey’s, for remark.
Montreal Police media relations officer Jean-Pierre Brabant instructed NCS that the police opened an investigation into the theft and the graffiti on Wednesday. No one was damage throughout the incident, Brabant mentioned, and to this point, nobody has been arrested.
“Concerning the amount of money or the amount of the stolen goods, we don’t have it,” Brabant mentioned. He estimated the worth of the products as “thousands of dollars,” the identical tough determine revealed by the Robin des Ruelles on Wednesday. He added that the police had not recovered any of the objects but.
As for the Christmas-themed theft in December, Brabant mentioned it was “still under investigation as we speak,” however there hadn’t been any arrests.