Shoplifting on the rise

[tonysingh]

They’ll be wanting people to pay for stuff too.

The bastards

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

They’ll be wanting people to pay for stuff too.

In the US at least, it was common in the mid- to late 1800s for stores to give credit. I have the books from a general store that my grandfather ran in the 1920s and there's all kinds of credit accounts listed. On the other hand, he was known more for being a pushover, rather than a good businessman. I'm sure even he had a limit.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Nationalise the supermarkets without compensation

I'm more and more convinced that local co-ops are the way to go with a lot of businesses. I've recently run into two rural movie theaters that run on that model. When the theaters went out of business, people stepped in with non-profit models that funded them with a combination of ticket and food sales, and donations. In both, the admission costs are $5 or so, with a drink and popcorn being another $5. You can't get into a movie in an urban area for less than $14, with popcorn and drinks in the range of $6 and up for pop, and $7.50 and up for popcorn. The co-op model seems to be the most efficient if your priority is providing a service, instead of making a buck.

Cooperative Movie Theaters in Small Towns (Lincoln, Kearney: rentals, buyers, high school) - Nebraska (NE) - City-Data Forum

How is the movie theater faring, in your small town? Ours is a co-op, funded locally and run by volunteers. I really enjoy the convenience and "ke

www.city-data.com

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

I'm more and more convinced that local co-ops are the way to go with a lot of businesses. I've recently run into two rural movie theaters that run on that model. When the theaters went out of business, people stepped in with non-profit models that funded them with a combination of ticket and food sales, and donations. In both, the admission costs are $5 or so, with a drink and popcorn being another $5. You can't get into a movie in an urban area for less than $14, with popcorn and drinks in the range of $6 and up for pop, and $7.50 and up for popcorn. The co-op model seems to be the most efficient if your priority is providing a service, instead of making a buck.

Cooperative Movie Theaters in Small Towns (Lincoln, Kearney: rentals, buyers, high school) - Nebraska (NE) - City-Data Forum

How is the movie theater faring, in your small town? Ours is a co-op, funded locally and run by volunteers. I really enjoy the convenience and "ke

www.city-data.com

bloody commies

 

[Orang Utan]

 

[klang]

Aptamil is expensive.
It's often kept behind the counter.

 

[Cerv]

co-op upping their security

Co-op supermarkets given AI tech and 200 secure tills after 44% rise in crime

Decision comes as grocery retailer reports 1,000 incidents a day in 2023, with shopworkers suffering physical assaults

www.theguardian.com

 

[skyscraper101]

In California they've now stopped prosecuting thefts of less than $1000. Mind you, it's almost impossible to steal that much anyway, because everything costing more than a dime is locked away behind glass. You have to call on a special phone to get them to come and open it. And that's for a packet of razors. People must be suffering.

I was in new york recently and trying to buy some toothpaste from Walgreens or Duane reade or something and all the items were on a display but behind locked plastic flaps. You had to ring a bell on the shelf to get an assistant to unlock it and remove the item. Load of bollocks.

 

[teuchter]

My local co-op here in south london now has empty bottles of washing detergent on the shelf - you have to ask at the counter to get a full one.

 

[klang]

My local co-op here in south london now has empty bottles of washing detergent on the shelf - you have to ask at the counter to get a full one.

Mine always seem to be empty too.

 

[AverageJoe]

When I was on community service one of the people "working" with me would take orders for food and clothes etc and go and steal it to order.

Then they'd bring it back to be distributed to whoever had ordered it on the next community service shift.

There was nothing the officer could do.

 

[klang]

When I was on community service one of the people "working" with me would take orders for food and clothes etc and go and steal it to order.

Then they'd bring it back to be distributed to whoever had ordered it on the next community service shift.

There was nothing the officer could do.

you still in touch with them?

 

[Artaxerxes]

My local co-op here in south london now has empty bottles of washing detergent on the shelf - you have to ask at the counter to get a full one.

Must remind you of the old days when you went to grocers

 

[pbsmooth]

My local co-op here in south london now has empty bottles of washing detergent on the shelf - you have to ask at the counter to get a full one.

are you sure you weren't in one of those hipster re-fill your own bottle shops?

 

[fucthest8]

My local Sainsbury's has installed gates at the entrance to funnel everyone through tills, or one very narrow exit right next to the security desk. And put up cameras at the end of every single aisle. I'll try to remember to take a pic of all the cameras, it's quite the sight.

 

[bcuster]

Maybe if expensive things weren't so easy to steal...

 

[Orang Utan]

Hardly shoplifting though

 

[Magnus McGinty]

There was a cop at Waterloo today handing out leaflets warning folk of an increase in mobile phone thefts in the area. Not specific to this thread particularly but the first time I’ve seen that happen.

 

[kalidarkone]

The sweet mart now has a security guard. First time ever. They are like a really big mini mart but with lots of health food and vegetables and spices etc. They must have been hit hard.

 

[ruffneck23]

My local co-op here in south london now has empty bottles of washing detergent on the shelf - you have to ask at the counter to get a full one.

My local co-op in a small surrey village got raided by 3 masked bandits a couple of weeks ago, if we are doing co-op tales.

Three masked men threaten Co-op staff armed with hammer and metal poles

The masked arm robbers allegedly threatened staff in the Bookham co-op

www.getsurrey.co.uk

 

[Elpenor]

My local Sainsbury's has installed gates at the entrance to funnel everyone through tills, or one very narrow exit right next to the security desk. And put up cameras at the end of every single aisle. I'll try to remember to take a pic of all the cameras, it's quite the sight.

I saw the gates / funnel tonight if it’s the one at Marsh Barton. Was most annoyed about the fact they sell clothes but have no fitting rooms. Didn’t seem to need to go through a barrier to exit.

The clothes I bought had no security tags on so perhaps still some shoplifting opportunities

 

[kenny g]

It was urinating rain today so I swapped my local lunchtime walk for a Tesco perambulation. Joined the throngs with no basket or trolley, wandered around and then left through the entry gates. Not challenged at any point. Solidarity

 

[bcuster]

 

[A380]

Bloody hell, been in there a few times.

 

[GarveyLives]

I dunno about this whole anti-shoplifting thing being an Usdaw priority, seems a bit "has nobody thought of the company profit margins" to me.

Welfare needs to go up significantly.

Some people will thieve no matter whether they get generous benefits or even a generous wage but it's hardly surprising that in the middle of a cost of living crisis that people are awarding themselves discounts on their weekly shopping.

This evening's Channel Four report based on today's release of the British Retail Consortium’s crime survey which shows a 50% increase in levels of retail violence and abuse, to 1,300 incidents a day, and that the cost of theft doubled to £1.8 billion in 2022/23 with over 45,000 incidents a day:

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[8ball]

This evening's Channel Four report based on today's release of the British Retail Consortium’s crime survey which shows a 50% increase in levels of retail violence and abuse, to 1,300 incidents a day, and that the cost of theft doubled to £1.8 billion in 2022/23 with over 45,000 incidents a day:

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Do you have any feelings about that?

 

[GarveyLives]

Do you have any feelings about that?

The feelings of people like convenience store owner Ben Selvaratnam on the facts shared are probably more important:

Store thefts: I've been hit by bottles, says retailer as crime soars

 

[nobody’s houby]

LG once did a promotion for their new smartphone on social media (twitter I think) and underneath the post it stated:

‘sent from my iPhone’

Fuck me couldn’t even give them away at times

 

[pbsmooth]

Highest recorded level in 20 years

Shoplifting hits record high in England and Wales Shoplifting hits record high in England and Wales

 

[imposs1904]

I was in new york recently and trying to buy some toothpaste from Walgreens or Duane reade or something and all the items were on a display but behind locked plastic flaps. You had to ring a bell on the shelf to get an assistant to unlock it and remove the item. Load of bollocks.

What's the bigger inconvenience: a bell on the shelf to get an assistant to unlock it and remove the item or going into the store and discovering you can't buy any toothpaste 'cos there's none on the shelf cos it's been nicked?