San Francisco stores lock up frozen food to deter shopliftersBy Yaron Steinbuch
July 18, 2023
Buying a microwave dinner in San Francisco now requires a security clearance.
Frozen food customers in the crime-plagued city have been forced to put their purchases on ice and find a clerk to unlock chained coolers, as retailers take drastic measures to keep shoplifters at bay.
The doors in the frozen foods section at one local Walgreens are seen locked from the customers, who apparently need the staff’s assistance to access the products.
“Workers said normally shoplifters clean out all the pizza and ice cream every night. They’re usually hit 20x a day. The whole store is virtually locked up,” KPIX’s Betty Yu tweeted Monday.
She also posted video of rows and rows of products – including household goods, cosmetics, and snacks — locked behind plastic barriers on the shelves, a tactic that has also been deployed at Target.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/07/18/san-francisco-stores-lock-up-frozen-food-to-deter-shoplifters/
