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Tesco’s put security tags on milk and Aldi and the Coop place them on cheese and pork chops amid a surge in ‘thefts’

by LLB Reporter
22nd Nov 22 1:57 pm

Tesco has been putting security tags on bottles of milk, tea bags, alcohol and sugar amid a surge in “thefts” over the cost of living crisis.

A shopper also spotted security tags on cheese and a pack of lamb chops in Aldi and the Coop.

Tesco Extra in Pool in West Cornwall said that they have seen a surge in thefts of milk as the cost of living crisis is deepening.

A spokesperson for Tesco said that tagging milk is “not” policy and a customer reportedly heard a Tesco worker telling a shopper that milk is being tagged due to theft.

They told Cornwall Live,I couldn’t believe it at first and thought it was some kind of joke or a mistake but I overheard a member of staff tell a customer that there had been a lot of thefts of milk and this was their way of trying to stop it.”

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A shopper wrote on Twitter, “If you think Lurpak is bad – the local Aldi and Coop have started security tagging food.

“There was a GPS protected tag on a pack of lamb chops as well…”

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Across the UK some supermarkets have been putting on security tags on packs of Lurpak as it has reached an all time high of almost £9 for a tub of butter.

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