The boss of Iceland has said his stores are reporting more instances of shoplifting as the cost of living crisis bites. In an interview, he said that the UK Government had to use all the levers it had "because ultimately, it's the consumer that will pay for it and it'll be jobs that will pay for it as well".
Iceland boss Richard Walker, whose company is based in Deeside, told Tom Newton Dunn on Talk TV's The News Desk he also admitted he had seen a rise in the number of shoplifters, as people struggle to afford their weekly shop.
"Some of it is is just more stories that we're hearing from our colleagues, like customers getting to the till and asking the cashier to tell them when it gets to £45 so they can stop and leave the rest in the basket or indeed the rise of shoplifting because people are really struggling out there… I get a serious incidence report every week and it is starting to tick up we are seeing that and that's obviously because people are really struggling."
