Living in halls or shared accommodation will most likely result in your food being 'borrowed'. There is nothing you can do about this if you don’t know who it is, but there are some ways to make the temptation less enticing:

• Bagging all your products in supermarket carrier bags prior to placing them in the fridge – increasing the time it takes to open your food. Hopefully this will reduce the likelihood of thieves opening your goodies again.
• If you repeatedly find that your milk is ‘stolen’ fellow victims have recommended dropping a few drops of blue or green food colouring into your milk – deterring theft at no loss to you.
• Even if you are in catered halls you can still keep some snacks in your room. There are even a few snacks you can make with just a kettle – for example, couscous, pasta, noodles and rice.
• If this doesn’t stop them consider buying a small fridge for your bedroom, to keep some of your food in. Electrical123 have a fridge for £74. Use moneysupermarket.com for the latest cheap deals.

At the same time don’t enter university with an attitude of “all my flatmates are going to steal my food”. Be open-minded, only take action if you are a victim of 'theft'.