Category Archives: Shoplifting

The Gloucestershire Live website reports that Aldi has added security tags to packets of sweets worth as little as 85p in at least one of its UK stores.

Yellow stickers, which activate security systems if stolen, have been pictured on Kinder snack bars priced at 85p and Maltesers, Minstrels and Revels costing £1.35.

The Birmingham Live website reports that a thief went on a shoplifting rampage, stealing more than £4,000-worth of goods in two months, including a £500 haul of condoms.

Ashley Roden committed a dozen incidents, striking six times at Co-op, five times at Boots and once at JD Sports.

According to the Birmingham Live website, shoppers should be wary of goods being offered at discounted prices, as they may have been sourced by criminals who are increasingly stealing to order.

Once an order is received, thieves are given a ‘shopping list’ of the exact items that they should steal from a certain shop or supermarket such as M&S, Lidl and Asda.

As reported on the Retail Gazette website, shoplifting cases have surged 16% in just three months as thieves steal essential products from supermarkets amidst soaring living costs.

According to Freedom of Information requests by The Telegraph, Sainsbury’s and Tesco accounted for two-fifths (40%) of overall cases.

The Talking Retail website reports that supermarkets’ self-checkouts are being particularly targeted by first-time shoplifters who have no criminal background.

According to retail artificial intelligence specialist Scanwatch, UK retailers have reported an 18% rise in theft in the second half 2022 and, in nine out of 10 incidents, self-checkout tills were being used.

According to Mail Online, increasingly hard-up Brits are stealing milk as supermarkets put security tags on butter amidst the current cost-of-living crisis.

With shoplifting increasing by 18%, recently Tesco shoppers reported that security tags had been fixed to milk and Aldi put tags on blocks of cheddar.