A supermarket in New York City is protecting $6 ice cream cartons with bolted plastic tops to prevent shoplifters from stealing them this summer.
was busted after strolling out of the upscale Morton Williams market at East 22nd Street and Park Avenue South with 20 pints of Haagen-Dazs, according to police.
In 2016, four suspects also snatched at least 1,249 frozen treats — including tubs of Häagen-Dazs and Ben & Jerry’s — from chain stores such as Duane Reade and CVS during a 10-month period,It got so bad that billionaire supermarket magnate John Catsimatidis even offered a $5,000 reward for information on a gang of crooks stealing ice cream — including a couple who stuffed 80 cartons into four bags and bolted from Catsimatidis’ Gristedes shop in Chelsea.
“This is the age we live in now, unfortunately. This is the New York that we know,” the shopper said. “This has nothing to do with anything other than people coming in and ripping off places that are trying to make money.” Another Manhattan store, Duane Reade at Broadway and 71st Street, also protected its ice cream freezer door with a padlock, the
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