Supermarket chain bans unaccompanied minors after 6 pm, large bags amid out-of-control theft Fox News
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Asupermarketchainisbanningunaccompaniedminorsinsideselectstoresafter6p.m.andlargebagsinWashington,D.C.,andMarylandaspartofanewpolicyaimedatcurbingrampantretailtheft.
GiantFoodconfirmedtoFoxNewsDigitalinastatementonMondaythatthechain’srevisedpolicywillaffectselectstores“tomitigatetheunprecedentedlevelsofproducttheft”thathasmadebusiness“unsustainable.”
“Retailtheftinourmarketareaaffectseveryone,”GiantFoodssaidinastatement.“Itlimitsproductavailability,createsalessconvenientshoppingexperience,and,mostcritically,putsourassociatesandcustomersinharm’sway.”
Thechain’snewpolicy,whichwentintoeffectonThursday,willaffectallsevenlocationsinD.C.,twoinBaltimoreandthreeinPrinceGeorge’sCounty,Maryland.
UNSUSPECTINGSHOPPERSINMULTIPLESTATESFALLVICTIMTO‘DISTRACTIONTHEFTS’
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