Giant Food to remove health and beauty products from DC stores amid rampant theft

[rangerrebew]

Giant Food to remove health and beauty products from DC stores amid rampant theft
"We want to continue to be able to serve the community."
 

Giant Food to remove health and beauty products from DC stores amid rampant theft
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Sara Higdon
Sep 2, 2023
 
Due to rampant theft, Giant Food in Washington DC is terminating sales of all national brands from its beauty and health aisles, and will now only carry store brands. It will also require an employee to verify shoppers' receipts before exiting the store.

In a statement to the Washington Post, Giant's president Ira Kress said, "We want to continue to be able to serve the community, but we can’t do so at the level of significant loss or risk to our associates that we have today."


Earlier this month, DC News Now reported rumors that Giant was potentially closing its Alabama Avenue location because the issues with theft and violence were "getting worse, not better." Officials said at the time that they had no plans to close the store, but that theft has cost the company hundreds of thousands of dollars.

https://thepostmillennial.com/giant-food-to-remove-health-and-beauty-products-from-dc-stores-amid-rampant-theft

[LMAO]

How long until Giant Food removes the whole store from Washington DC

[Texas Yellow Rose]

Due to rampant theft, Giant Food in Washington DC is terminating sales of all national brands from its beauty and health aisles and will now only carry store brands.   It will also require an employee to verify shoppers' receipts before exiting the store.

... which is guaranteed to offend honest shoppers!

[Kamaji]

[Smokin Joe]

... which is guaranteed to offend honest shoppers!

Walmart has been doing that 'randomly' for years, here. I'm not offended, if it helps keep prices low. Nowadays they seem to focus on heavy carts coming out of the self-checkout, and I like using the human lanes.

[Kamaji]

Having receipts verified has been par for the course at many NYC retailers for years; it's no biggie, and if it leads to a reduction in theft, it leads to a reduction in prices that benefits me.