Security staff say desperation at high cost of living is pushing people ‘to something they’ve never done before’

Food retailers have seen a “massive” increase in pensioner shoplifters over the last year, a security firm has said.

John Nussbaum, director of service for retail at Kingdom Security, said his staff were seeing a “different sort of shoplifter now” as the cost of living “pushes people to something they’ve never done before”.

  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    And yet they’re the only demographic who gets a pay that always matches or exceeds inflation. Seems weird that they’d see a disproportionate increase in shoplifting.