They just didn't want the food to spoil because they were abducting him the next day.
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Saved him a bundle on the exterminator bill had he left a fully stocked pantry unattended for a year.
Waste not!
Not like he had much of a choice did he, how do you think one hobbit would've done in direct combat against all these dwarves.
Hobbits are pretty great warriors once they actually start fighting. They defeated Saruman on their own in the books (admittedly, a severly weakened one).
Got that hanger going, who knows how it might shake out?