FIRST-time shoplifters are “stealing to eat” due to the cost of living crisis, supermarket bosses say. Crooks usually take more expensive items to sell on — such as booze and razors. But now stores…
FIRST-time shoplifters are “stealing to eat” due to the cost of living crisis, supermarket bosses say.Shoplifting is on the rise and stores have increased securityBut now stores are being hit by big rises in the theft of “daily essential and low-value items” — and say levels “are off the charts”.
To help track people coming in and out, some shops have reintroduced the one-way entry and exit points they set up during the pandemic.One store boss told trade magazine The Grocer: “With the cost of living, people are having to start making choices.” Food poverty expert and Ulster University lecturer Dr Sinéad Furey said: “The return of ‘stealing to eat’ instead of being able to afford to eat is proof we need policy solutions so resorting to crime does not become a mainstream means of securing basic essentials.”
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