Tesco unveils high tech cases to hide booze from shoplifters
The supermarket chain has locked up an item in security netting at one of its stores in Derby in a bid to deter shoplifters.The lock-up of Cathedral City's 550g blocks of mature cheddar has sparked outrage not only from its new layer of protection but from it's hefty price tag of £5.95.: "I don't know what would be worse, to be honest, the crime of stealing or the crime of selling a block of cheese for nearly six quid.
One user wrote: "Do you have to ask for a security officer with a key to a shiny cabinet to inspect a lettuce?"Wetherspoons to open huge new pub at London station after £2.8million investment But cheese isn't the only item that Tesco has been 'going ham' on in terms of security with some stores locking up theWhat was once considered a cheap source of protein was imprisoned in anti-theft boxes a London store earlier this month after a price jump to £3.36.
The Greenwich branch marked spam up by 6.7 percent in a year leading to a an increase in shoplifters targeting the pork and ham combo.With higher costs of living, inflation, and continued effects from lockdown there has been a nationwide increase of shoplifting.Essexresponded: "I mean, what are you going to do with one of them? Is there nothing these people won't nick?"
Tesco declined to comment, however it is understood that the change has not been introduced at all stores, and is not a universal policy.
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