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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Harriette Boucher

GPS trackers fitted to sausages, steak, and beef in supermarkets due to shoplifting fears

A supermarket chain is tagging its grocery items, including sausages, steak, and beef, with GPS trackers in a bid to stamp out shoplifting.

Co-op sausages, which cost less than £4, are being locked away in plastic security boxes which are labelled as fitted with a GPS tracker. Other meat products, including Angus beef and sirloin steak, are also stored in the boxes and protected by the same security device.

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