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Supermarket chain bans unaccompanied minors after 6 pm, large bags amid out-of-control theft

Supermarket chain bans unaccompanied minors after 6 pm, large bags amid out-of-control theft  Fox News

FoxNewsFlashtopheadlinesarehere.Checkoutwhat’sclickingonFoxnews.com. 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’ Them