Daily Mail UK:
A major supermarket is tracking £5 rump steaks by satellite to deter thieves as the UK’s largest dairy firm warned of shortages of milk and butter with more price rises on the way with a large Lurpak pushing £10.
A Co-op in West Bridgford outside Nottingham has put some ‘high value’ meat items in GPS tracked security cases and blocks of cheese have also been security tagged, a shopper said this weekend.
Customers in Bournemouth, Dorset, have reported the same satellite tracking security packs on pork loin joints and other supermarkets have tagged staples such as butter.
The retailer said today the security measures are not related to the cost of living and are to do with theft – although experts say the rising cost of food influences shoplifting rates.
A spokesman for Co-op said: ‘Co-op has been involved in a small scale trial of new packaging for higher value products such as meat for several years, with the additional security providing a further deterrent if a store locally experiences shoplifting issues’. The rollout appears to have started in March, with some shoppers claiming they are ‘baffled’ by the policy. more
Stealing has been normalized. Thanks liberals.
Why should I give a shit? I always thought the Brits ate garbage anyway.
next they’ll be cattle & steer rustling again just to cut out the middle man and the GPS’s.
I know, they already GPS the farm animals, but thieves don’t know that yet, Sssshhhhhhh!
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