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Ex-undercover detective shares top five tips for hiding snacks from your family


Walkers crisps have this week revealed that two-thirds of Brits resort to hiding their food to stop their partners, friends and family members from eating it.

According to their research the average British householder has up to four different places they regularly hide their snacks – from putting them in their underwear drawers to hiding them in the bedside table.

Yet more often than not, these hidey-holes are uncovered and the food is devoured by a hungry housemate.

If this is something you’ve been struggling with at home, then fear not, as ex-undercover detective from Scotland Yard, Peter Bleksley, has shared his top five tips for keeping your snacks out of other people’s hands.

Here’s a look at what he had to say.

Peter has shared his top tips

 

1. People never look up!
When people enter a room they tend to focus on objects and places around the area that meets their eye level, so consider looking up for inspiration.

A ceiling speaker, a loft hatch, a loft ladder, or a central light fitting could all be the ideal places to hide your treasured snacks.

Dad and inventor Colin Furze went to extreme lengths to keep his Quavers safe from would be snack thieves by creating an ‘expanding magic lamp’ device, check out the build on his YouTube channel here.

Inventor Colin Furze has been coming up with unique ways to hide food – including an expanding lamp

 

2. Hide it right underneath them
Similar to looking up, looking down is also often overlooked, so turn your focus to the ground that people walk upon, because under floor concealments can be the ultimate sneaky hiding place.

3. Something they use everyday
People walk in and out of doors all day long, but no one ever thinks to look insidethe door! Colin Furze liked this advice so much he hollowed out a door in his house and turned it into one of his ultimate snack hiding places.

Colin also hollowed out a door to hide snacks inside

 

4. Give your snacks the ultimate disguise

Empty cans of food can be excellent places to stow away snacks. Wash and clean them out, hide the tasty snack then put it back in the cupboard and no one will ever know.

5. Everyday items make great hiding places
The things people use and see everyday can be the most unhackable. Whatever it is, just make sure it looks, sounds and works like it ought to. No one will suspect that snacks have been hidden in there. Furze turned an old book of his into the ‘Sneaky Snack Stasher’ and his television flips out to conceal a snack-safe.

Inspired by the tips? You can have a go at creating your own ‘Sneaky Snack Stasher’ to protect irresistible snacks by downloading a simple self-assembly manual here – www.colinfurze.com/sneaky-snack-stasher-instruction-manual.html

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