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Susan Dennison recently had an unsettling experience at her local grocery store, a Loblaw-owned Fortinos in Burlington, Ont.

Just as she was leaving, the wheels on her shopping cart locked up β€” making it immobile.

She said a store employee rushed over and demanded to see her receipt.

"I felt like I was ambushed," said Dennison, who scrambled to find her bill. "She's badgering me, like, 'Is it in your wallet? Is it in your pocket?'"

She said she was finally cleared when the employee found the receipt β€” in one of her shopping bags.

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[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 95 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

In response to customers' complaints about its security measures, Loblaw, Canada's largest grocer, has repeatedly said that organized crime is to blame.

Loblaw has not provided data to support its claim.

According to Statistics Canada, police-reported organized crime makes up only a small portion of retail theft, and it has declined between 2018 and 2022.

Fuck Loblaws.

[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 63 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] pbjamm@beehaw.org 12 points 5 months ago

The call is coming from inside the store!

[–] stelelor@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 months ago

The boycott is "organized crime" in their eyes.