Supermarket putting £2 chocolate bars in anti-shoplifter security boxes

12 June 2024 , 10:19

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Chocolates in security boxing at the Co-op store in Cambridge (Image: James Linsell Clark/SWNS)

Numerous products being kept in security boxes at a supermarket - including £2.00 chocolate bars.

The GPS protected cases were spotted on shelves on Tuesday at a Co-op in Cambridge in a bid to ramp up anti-theft measures, the supermarket has locked away meats, cheeses, chocolate, cleaning products and baby formula - with some items costing as little as £2.00.

Photos show Cadbury's chocolate bars safely protected by the boxes, whilst £3.00 blocks of cheese are also seen in cases. Bottles of fabric softener and packs of chicken thighs have also been locked up - retailing at just £2.00 and £4.25 respectively. The images also show four rows of various meats - including steaks and sausages - in cases to deter shoplifters.

Even dishwasher tablets are now in security boxes (James Linsell Clark/SWNS)

The Cambridge shop has additionally securely protected multiple shelves of baby formula, coffee and dishwasher tablets. The cases come with a caution warning shoppers they will need to be removed at checkout before leaving the store, and shoplifters will be prosecuted.

According to the ONS, shoplifting offences increased by 37 per cent in 2023, to 430,104 offences, the highest figure since current police recordings began in 2003.

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