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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Sarah Butler

UK food shops report ‘massive’ rise in pensioner shoplifting

An anti shoplifting sign in a shop
More than 500,000 shoplifting offences were recorded last year in England and Wales. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Food retailers have seen a “massive” increase in pensioner shoplifters over the last year, according to a leading store security firm, amid the rising cost of living.

John Nussbaum, director of service for retail at Kingdom Services Group, has said his staff were seeing a “different sort of shoplifter now” as the cost of living “pushes people to something they’ve never done before”.

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