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If you are a regular reader of the Money blog, you will have seen us cover the topic of security tags before. We've noticed them on meat, cheese and baby milk, and now some chocolate treats are also getting the yellow security sticker treatment. We spotted the tags below at an Asda in Twickenham earlier this week. They were placed on a £2.50 box of Celebrations and Lindt Salted Caramel Lindors costing £5.Also tagged were a £9.30 box of Maltesers Truffles, a £6.
50 tray of Ferrero Rocher and an £8.95 Thortons Classic box. An Asda spokesperson confirmed to the Money team that 'individual stores may tag specific products at their own discretion as a precautionary measure'. Earlier this year, it was revealed shoplifting had hit its highest level in 20 years. The number of offences increased by 37% to 430,104 in the year ending 31 December 2023, compared with 2022, the latest Crime Survey for England and Wales found.
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