Protesters stole items from a Glasgow Tesco store and handed them out to the public. 

Hannah Taylor, 23, and Belle, 31, of This is Rigged, entered the Union Street shop on Wednesday morning and removed bread and roses from the shelves.

The pair left the store without paying and handed out the goods to people passing them on Buchanan Street.

Bread and roses were chosen as a nod to the speech by American women's suffrage activist Helen Todd, who called for “bread for all, and roses too.”

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They dressed as Tesco workers and wore lanyards reading 'Tesco: Very Little Help' with a picture of the firm's CEO Ken Murphy on them.

This act comes as part of the group taking part in what they call “redistributive actions” where they demand that supermarkets slash prices to what they were in March 2021.

The group also demands that the Scottish Government fund and install a community food hub for every 500 households in Scotland.

Speaking about why they took action, Glasgow-based writer Belle said: “I’m taking action today because we desperately need food systems that support people’s basic needs for food and dignity, instead of the profits of the richest.

"What’s it all for if we can’t make sure everyone in Scotland is fed?”

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Hannah added: “Food is a basic human right. It's ridiculous that we have placed the power of deciding who gets access to this basic right into the hands of profiteering companies.

"We demand that the government provides this necessity for all people in Scotland and we will continue to redistribute food until this demand is met.” 

Supermarkets have been accused of “greedflation”, increasing prices beyond inflation to make profits during the cost of living crisis.

In a statement released on social media, This is Rigged said: “We are asking for the bare minimum: our inalienable human right to baseline food security; but we are also asking for dignity.

"No longer will we beg for scraps from the tables of greedy CEOs. No longer will we be at the mercy of corporations who price us out of eating on a whim, dependent on them to provide us with our foundational needs.

"No longer will we tolerate a criminally incompetent government that refuses to address the crisis of food insecurity in this country.” 

Police Scotland said they were not made aware of the incident.

Tesco has been contacted for comment.