Here are the types of bags customers are barred from bringing into stores with them.
While some major retailers are investing in AI to combat shoplifters, Giant Food supermarket chain is taking a low-tech approach: It is banning large bags in some stores. 'Giant Food initiated a new policy at select stores that are experiencing high shrink to mitigate the unprecedented levels of product theft that have become unsustainable for our business,' the company said in a statement to CBS MoneyWatch.
, and select additional locations in the region, a company spokesperson told CBS MoneyWatch.'We need to be able to run our stores safely and profitably, and we take these responsibilities seriously. The tactics we deploy are only one of the solutions to our problem,' the spokesperson said. Giant added that retail theft is so pervasive at its stores that it's limiting product availability putting both associates and customers in harm's way.
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