When i worked for Sainsburys. I was workign shift one night. Come to the store for work at half 4. Saw all the lights were off and the doors were shut, so went in back entrance, a lad told me, danny there giving sandshwhiches away to staff because we've had a powercut and the sandwhiches have been out the fridge than more than 30 mins, so i was eating and sandwhich is the bailier room (big thing that crushes cardboard)m not hiding or owt, casually standing there in front of loads of people eating this sandwhich, store manager walks in and tells me to go upstairs, week later im in a full disciplinary and suspended for a week on full pay. Depending on the company, thats the action they should take. BUT, they couldn't class mine as theft seeing as the items were due for disposal...Regardless, in the colleuge handbook it does state "Items that are due for diposal are not to be consumed by staff or anyone else". Best of luck man. EDIT: This was on probationary period.