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Tesco Store Padlocks Meat In Fridges ‘To Protect Stock’

A Tesco store locked its bacon, sausages and ribs in a fridge to prevent theft amid a surge of shoplifting prompted by the cost of living crisis.

Read the full article on the Daily Mail website

NAM Implications:
  • For context:
  • If a customer steals a pack of meat selling at £3.50, with a net profit (generous) of 5%…
  • …then Tesco have to sell an incremental £70 to recover the loss.
  • i.e. be thankful that Tesco is simply locking the fridges…