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Supermarket crime increases by nearly 60% over past year, report shows (i.stuff.co.nz)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz
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Almost like the cost of living is unachievable for those on the lowest wages.

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[–] 20 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

Hmm, how does that track with their annual profits over that last year?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Cuntdown's profits were actually down, citing inflationary pressures etc, despite an increase in turnover. Pak n Save may be in a similar situation.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    I mean, cuntdown still found the money for a $400,000,000 rebranding... Were their profits down by $400,000,000 or are they spending hundreds of millions on a vanity exercise with a side benefit of good PR?

    Also, reminder that they all made record profits over the pandemic and "slightly less than the most ever but still well above traditional levels" isn't a fair amount of profit for them to make.

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    • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    “We know many offenders are targeting premium cuts of meat, health and beauty products and alcohol and we know the biggest problem is repeat offending,” he said.

    I know some people are struggling, but someone doing this is likely doing it to resell the items. It's not like they're stealing bread.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Premium cuts maybe but in my experience, meat is honestly one of the first things you steal if you're poor and hungry.

    Eating nothing but rice, ramen, flour/water, and $1 bread all the time makes you tired and anaemic, and it just sort of feels like stealing some mince or a steak is going to fix that.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Hardly anyone steals from the grocery store to resell. People stealing at the grocery store are your neighbors. They're not happy about it. This is just something to make yourself feel better.

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    • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Remember kids, if you see someone stealing food or toiletries, no, you didn't.

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    [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Even I'm stealing and I can afford it. With the self checkouts it's to easy not to get a freebie each time.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    when I used to work for one of these types of stores, whenever a family came to the checkout, I'd intentionally forget to scan one of the items or put in the wrong number of potatos or something like that. I probably cost the company dozens of dollars doing that

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