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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Maddy Mussen

Alcohol doors, security tagged salmon and anti-theft olive oil: How grocery shopping in London went insane

In an average London supermarket in 2024, you will encounter anywhere between one to five stringent security measures, like a strange grocery-based escape room.

As you stroll through the fresh produce aisle down to the meat and fish, you may notice that your desired salmon fillets are locked in a small plastic briefcase, as if for a cat to take to work.

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