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