Chocolate bars are being locked in plastic boxes in some UK shops as retailers and police forces warn thieves are stealing them to order.
Sainsbury’s said it had begun using “boxes on products which are regularly targeted”, with £2.60 bars of Cadbury Dairy Milk locked up in one London branch.
Chocolate was more recently being “sold on by criminals and is now being targeted more frequently by prolific offenders,” according to the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS).
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No Sainsbury’s, I don’t think I will care about you having to lock up chocolate. I don’t think I’ll buy any chocolate you lock up.
I’m super-suspicious of the “massive increase in shop theft” stories. I’m sure it has happened, does happen and has increased as poverty goes up in the UK. I’m just dubious about the gangs robbing stored made-to-order.
It’s funny how there is no chocolate without slavery. And yet they somehow make billions in profit.
If you see someone stealing food, no you didn’t
Cost of living skyrocketing, housing crisis worsening, a fifth of the population in poverty… shop owners can cry all they want about crime in their area but wont lift a finger to help their communities or will actively vote to increase wealth gaps. Then they try to get the BBC to run interference with drek like this to… what? Shame poor people in to stealing less? Solid plan.
Who the fuck is stealing cadburys since they replaced most of the chocolate with palm oil?
Yeah, if you’re gonna steal chocolate, at least steal nice chocolate
