Security measures have become common and hint at deeper issues with a rise in shoplifting.
When Mark Dallas posted a video on TikTok showing steaks locked up in a "security contraption" in a Scottish supermarket, the replies showed others were as baffled as him.
Measures like this have become common in shops across Scotland and hint at deeper issues with a rise in shoplifting.Mark Dallas said the steaks looked like they were on life support in incubatorsThe supermarket's media team did not want to comment on why security measures were needed for items such as steaks.One explained that shoplifting expensive cuts of meat was common and the security tags and boxes made it harder for the thieves to get away with it.
that 76.7% of retailers were unlikely to report shoplifting because most believe nothing would happen afterwards.Stephanie Karté from Retailers Against Crime said: "Retail crime is at its highest because it has been getting swept under the carpet and has been for years.”
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