Prompt: 'What has the world come to?' cry shoppers as Tesco forced to put NETS over kitchen staple to stop shoplifters............copy below.......TESCO bosses are locking up extra virgin olive oil in anti-tamper netting to deter shoplifters. It has been dubbed “liquid gold” after lower harvests and higher production costs led to prices soaring.
Teabags are the latest everyday item to be slapped with anti-theft security tags after sneaky brew-lovers began pinching their favourite teas
The boxes, containing 80 of the popular brews, cost £3.50 in Tesco Express stores — where the tags have been spotted insource told The Sun: “Which products are secured with stickers is reviewed regularly, based on what’s most likely to be taken. “So with big multipacks, they are more likely to be broken into or tampered with than small packs. Ultimately it doesn’t change anything for honest customers and the stickers can just be deactivated at the checkout.
"Our latest survey showed losses to theft doubled in the last year to £1.8billion, and retailers had to spend a further £1.2billion on anti-crime measures.Moment serial shoplifter steals bags of goods in £500k crime spree - as she's jailed for 'tsunami of dishonesty'
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