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Some cheering news on the This Is Money website, as it reports that reducing store thefts helped the UK arm of Whole Foods Market make a profit for its second consecutive year.

The upmarket American health food supermarket said its profit increased in relation to turnover, ‘primarily reflecting improved shrink’

The Hull Daily Mail reports that trusted warehouse manager stole leather goods worth almost £25,000 from his employer before giving them to a woman to sell on eBay.

Many of Mark Johnson’s stolen goods were handed to Helen Parsons, who then used her children’s eBay accounts to sell them online.

The Ipswich Star carries the story of a travel shop worker who stole money from her employer to pay the rent on the house she shared.

A court heard that the Co-op estimates Lucy Read – a travel consultant for the company – stole around £2,000.

As reported in The Scottish Sun, shamed ex-Hibs star Garry O’Connor pleaded guilty to shoplifting in Harvey Nichols in Edinburgh.

The former Scotland star has been ordered to pay a fine of £200 and an additional £700 in compensation for stealing items of clothing at the store last year.

The Huddersfield Daily Examiner reports that a serial shoplifter was given a suspended jail sentence after he told a court about his plans to go on The Jeremy Kyle Show.

Dean Grundell, who stole from TK Maxx and Sainsbury’s in Huddersfield, is in talks to feature on the ITV daytime show as he tries to quit his 25-year drug addiction.

The BBC News website reports that convenience stores’ losses from shoplifting tripled last year to hit a record high for the industry.

The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) came up with total losses of £131m, based on estimates from 7,123 shops in England, Scotland and Wales.