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Ryan Paton

Iceland boss issues warning over worrying new trend as food prices rise

A supermarket boss has issued a warning on Good Morning Britain over a rise in a "worrying" new trend.

Today's edition of the ITV news programme was hosted by Ed Balls and Susanna Reid. They interviewed Iceland's managing director, Richard Walker, on the problems the UK faces over the mounting cost-of-living crisis.

Mr Walker said soaring food costs have sparked a rise in shoplifting and aggressive incidents across Iceland stores. He added: "I get the serious incident reports every week of aggressive behaviour that goes on in our stores and unfortunately it is going up because people are struggling.

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