Anthea Harding , 41 , was suspended from the Subway store in Harrods she worked at after she was accused of stealing because she tried to take her lunch - part of her food allowance - home . A Harrods worker was suspended after she was accused of stealing when she tried to take her half-eaten lunch home . Anthea Harding , a mother of one , has worked as a team leader at a Subway outlet in the food court in Harrods in Knightsbridge , London , for almost a year and a half . When the 41-year-old only managed a few mouthfuls of her lunch - which she gets as part of a staff allowance - because she worked through her break in the busy Subway outlet in the staff restaurant , she wrapped up the rest to take home at the end of her shift . But as Ms Harding , of Bloomsbury , tried to leave the store she was stopped by security guards who told her she was not allowed to take food off the premises , and it was considered stealing . She was suspended on February 3 and is still waiting to find out from her employer , Eurest , whether she will lose her £7.50 an hour job . 'They took all my cards away , my Harrods card , my ID store card , ' Ms Harding told the Evening Standard . Ms Harding , who has worked at the Subway outlet for 14 months , said she was not aware of the company policy that free lunches must be eaten on the premises and said she was desperate to get back to work . On the day of the incident she had chosen a chicken and mushroom pie , mashed potatoes and baked beans . But after taking a couple of bites she returned to work and wrapped up the box in her apron , which she took with her as she left to go home . She added : ' I got to the ground floor and there were plain-clothes security doing checks . They said I was n't allowed to take food out - it 's considered theft and I would be contacted by the manager . ' Ms Harding said she received a letter from Harrods , which explained it had been alleged she concealed a box of food in her apron . Ms Harding claims all her ID cards and Harrods cards have been taken away from her since she was accused . The mother-of-one said she is desperate to get back to her job as a team leader at the Subway outlet . It added : 'You did not declare this item and did not pay for it . ' Eurest said a formal disciplinary process is currently taking place following the incident . A Harrods spokesman told MailOnline : ‘ While Ms Harding has worked within the Knightsbridge store , she is employed by our contractor , Eurest , which operates Harrods ’ staff restaurant . ‘ We referred this matter to Eurest for their investigation , and they are handling it in line with their procedures . 'As part of our company policy , Harrods notified Ms Harding that her store approval has been removed pending this investigation . ’
Anthea Harding was a team leader at Subway in Harrods , Knightsbridge . Mother of one is allowed a the day food allowance from the staff restaurant . She did n't manage to eat all lunch during her break because she worked . Ms Harding decided to take the remaining food home with her in an apron . But she was stopped as she tried to leave the store and accused of theft . Was accused because she was taking food from restaurant off premises . Ms Harding has been suspended and claims she was not aware of policy .