They fly in front of a journalist’s camera without caring

2023-07-25 15:35:53

Shoplifting on the rise in Quebec, but also throughout North America, has become a plague for merchants who must multiply their efforts to reduce this scourge which generates astronomical costs.

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In the United States, refrigerators, freezers, and entire product sections are locked up due to shoplifting.

In San Francisco, a customer was shocked to find that all the refrigerators at the pharmacy near his home had been padlocked with huge chains.

“It was so weird! It’s something I’ve never seen before!” Richie Greenberg, a San Francisco resident, told CNN. “It shows us, once once more, that crime has become endemic and is part of our daily lives.”

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He ushered the CNN crew into a Walgreen store to show the condition.

For 30 minutes, while the film crew was on location, three people were seen leaving the store without paying, on camera, not even caring.

screenshot | CNN

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“Has this man paid?” asks the journalist to the cashier. “No,” replies the cashier.

Thus, not only the refrigerators and freezers are locked, products such as mustard, sugar, body creams, medicines, are also padlocked behind plexiglass.

screenshot | CNN

Of the 9,000 Walgreen stores in stores in the United States, this is the branch with the most shoplifting, more than a dozen thefts a day.

This store is not the only one struggling with endemic theft in the region, other businesses have also taken the decision to padlock their displays.

screenshot | CNN

In New York City, this approach has also been observed in several pharmacies and convenience stores.

In Quebec, merchants are also struggling with an increase in shoplifting.

The phenomenon, which is not new, would have exploded due to online resale sites, such as Facebook Marketplace, explained the Retail Council of Canada in an interview on LCN on July 17.

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