Some of the things I used to buy have more than doubled in price ,why?

Cost of living is exactly why it is increasing, especially when the UK government are doing nothing to help and continue to live their luxury lifestyles

I really like David Wilson. He speaks very well

When we say our leaders need to be good examples, this is why. If they are corrupt and deemed to be stealing at the very top, why can't those nearer the bottom of society's ladder do the same - the difference is their 'stealing' materially, from businesses, not from the public purse.

I seen skinny older penshioner, talking small humble items in purse, and I felt my soul cry. It was hunger, not malice. It was put shame to place a person in such position.

Well since shoplifting has basically been decriminalised in the UK and there's no chance the police will turn up for it anyway, why not do it? When stealing is "allowed" of course it's going to happen in vast numbers

Stop ripping people off.Every time we have a cost of living crisis in this country the prices go through the roof ,retailers see it as a get rich quick scheme.

I work in food retail and our shoplifting has dramatically increased over the last few months. 99% of the time, it's either alcohol or baby milk (massive quantities). And we have had occasions where they have become abusive. I hardly see any police round now due to lack of funding, and there is no incentive for shoplifters to stop as the police don't have the resources to deal with it. The police are only doing there best but they are so stretched, it's impossible to keep up

Cost of living crisis affects the poorest the hardest. Get used to it or appease the masses with less energy bills and cheaper food prices.

The irony of Richard Madley and that bottle of wine.

Im a shopper i dont shoplift but i have seen 6 theft incidents since the start of this year its just so concerning and worrying and i feel like those shops will shut because of theft but then these shoplifters are selfish arent they?

I earn £70,000 per annum and my girlfriend earns £50,000. We dont have kids and steal constantly from big supermarkets. We are both in the public sector and the government has given us numerous paycuts against our will whilst demanding more from us. They then allow the cost of greed to spiral and all of these companies are making record profits depsite not giving payrises to their staff, reducing the size and quality of food and increasing prices. Those cookies that used to cost £1 for 5 and now cost £1.25 for 4 smaller cookies... thats getting stolen then. We need to stand up for ourselves against this corrupt government and greedy companies

I don't think we need a professor to tell us why such ASB is on the increase. Considering the high cost of living and food stuff ridiculously expensive. Not to mention energy bills rents etc

Maybe he could look into the criminal management of This Morning?

The public are demanding urgent action on the retailers price gauging

Years ago I worked for Paperchase on a temp contract, in East Central London. We were always understaffed, and the store had more customers than we could handle at times, especially at Xmas. I once saw a roughsleeper walk in and steal a £25 flask off the shelf, then leave. I couldn't challenge him because I was the only one on the shop floor, the queue was long, the phones were ringing, and the supervisors were on lunch break (and they couldn't hear the phone -_-). I thought to myself, I'm not paid enough, nor am I trained to deal with shoplifters, so I had to ignore him.

Robbers robbing the robbers

Good times when i used to buy bags of m & s steaks. i dont even have the money to pay shop lifters these days 😂

People will end up having to join the retailer's club to gain entry to the store in parts of the country.

It’s is terrible that this happening however I do feel that prices in these community stores are extremely high in comparison to the high street names . I do feel that if you are truly a community store you would be supporting the local people with affordable shopping . I’m not making an excuse for the actions for the minority to carry out such actions .These stores are usually in areas where the local community are on a minimum wage or benefits .The reply I got once was ,we are a connivence store where I replied it’s not convenient to be over charged .Back in the 70s 80s these were the backbone of Britain supporting the local communities with affordable prices and of course they had Green shield Stamps to encourage everyone to come back , they have basic stocks so people have no option to buy at the stated prices , they also have a captive audience with regard to AOP’s , disabled people , unemployed who have no choice to shop in their stores at inflated prices . I only use these stores if I’ve forgotten to buy an item also where at a lower price , it’s the same item and brand but at a much higher price .CO OP are not the only company to diversify into the community/convenience market as they have seen the opportunity to make excess profits , until they start to respond to the actual community needs with regard to price margins these incidents sadly will continue .

We don’t really need someone to explain it ? Do we ?

I'm wondering who is paying these gangs to steal.

Unfortunately, retail theft is not consequence-free, whatever the ethics of stealing. What is happening in the US is that retailers are simply shuttering stores, leaving neighborhoods without decent, affordable shops. This what happens when you cut Police and Justice staff numbers.

I work for a supermarket chain , a in convenience store in quiet village we are fortunate that we don’t get a lot of incidents but when we do it is verbally abuse and threatening behaviour and we have to wear body cameras plus on a night time we operate with only 2 staff and any staff who attempt to stop a shoplifter will be dismissed from employment for the efforts to protect the stock

Knowing a lot of people are likely doing it out of sheer desperation is so heartbreaking

In a pub a few months ago 2 guys walk in with carrier bags full of Tesco Finest Beef Steaks 😂all just stolen selling them for £10 each

absolutely shocking

Shops also need to not have so much valuable stock in easy reach of thief's, like having vapes, high value spirits and the like on the shop floor when they should be locked up or behind a kiosk.

What these awful gangs are doing is looting. We saw it on a massive scale during lockdown here in South Africa. Shoplifting is a whole other thing.

No one's talking of falling wages and rising prices. Social deprivation is a bad word because it shows that our actions are the result of what goes on around us.

The old fashioned way ? They used to call them " hoisters " The golden days , no garment tags , no security . Say no more .

When people get hungry they go crazy, I've seen baby foods with security locks on them

The point will come that people wanting to shop will have to book a slot online before they visit and have ID confirmed before they visit.

And this is what happens when we now have a generation of kids/teens with no morals or respect for anyone it’s disgusting.

Gee, I wonder what all the shoplifters have in common 🤔 it boggles the mind

No wonder the prices of food and everythink elles who never see this one comeing ffs😂

this shop lifting awful and does mean us who do not shop lift pay higher prices because of those who do.i been many times without food on the sick at 63 yrs but i never shoplift and i rather go without plus hungry untill im able to buy more food again.

OUTRAGEOUS , SCANDALOUS .

There is a difference with a shoplifter stealing items from Tesco for example that are about 1000 pence (£10) to one who steals electrical appliances about £1000.

This should be classified as robbery and looting

Should take a closer look at what goes on with staff in charity shops...especially if they are YMCA shops...

I don’t agree with Dermot about ‘just a loaf or pint of milk’. If someone is that desperate they could ask every shop in the area for a loaf until payday, or go to friends/neighbours. The act of sneaking around a shop and making sure they are not caught by the shopkeeper is 100% immoral.

If you all used your brains for once, the police don't get involved with it.!!because they have been ordered not to ,a certain sector wants ,shop premises to suffer and the only way to buy is on line ,heading quickly to the cashless society!!!!! More control over you 😊

Obviously its frikin sad

People will end up hunting for their own meat at this rate.

Has anyone else noticed that since we have had 13 years of Conservative corruption, everyone is thousands of pounds poorer than before and now shoplifting increaes? Says more about the government that the individuals

Sometimes the side handled baton offends .

When the U.S sneezes the U.K catches a cold.

Don't agree with stealing to sell on or hurting anyone

Why doesn't he get a few security guards then? Those aisles of his look quite isolated and there are obvious structural problems with the store. Part of it is bad floor management. Putting a 17 year old on your self scans with no communication / experience etc. No doubt his staff couldn't spot a shoplifter to save their lives because he doesn't train them. Also has probably cut staff to save his store profit. It is also a societal problem as our government has been making very bad economic decisions. It is also a policing problem as the support isn't there. He won't employ security because he is thinking of his profit.

I noticed my local had security tags in the black beauty products but not the white beauty products! How racist is that!!

To say shoplifting is by drug addicts is discrimination because that is not always the case…..shoplifting lifting goes back centuries…people in market places all over the world have experienced it….why do you think some people where put in “Stocks” back in the day….it was designed to name and shame the person…maybe it’s time to bring back “Name and Shame” by showing who they are publicly in shop windows etc when they get caught…. shopping online may help but if you’re things are left unattended when delivered you risk pouch pirates taking your good too.

Its only going to get worse and we all know what the elephant in the room is that no one will dare talk about

OR the huge chains that the thieves often target could you know,Dip into their huge profits...employ more security...if you look at the huge stores you see at most 1 or 2 security to oversee the whole store,Its not enough.

Crime like David Wilson says is a problem but its a response to a situation high unemployment, high costs etc and poor opportunities lead to this situation, more jobs opportunities spread the money out of LONDON and around the country. Many people ie drug addicts score because they are out of work, because they live as they do etc, not because they were flush either in money or education

self service check outs ,onyl the big stores have them , that was nt mentioned

Broken Britain. The police are understaffed and don’t consider this as a real crime. In the long run, it’s the honest customer who will pay the price literally. I witnessed three shop lifting incidents in Boots within 15 minutes. These people got away with it. They do it because they know they can.

He needs to tell the government not TV it's ther doing

When my uncle spots a policeman he says “oh look,there’s a man in fancy dress”😫such a rare sighting on British streets😫

Government to need to do more so people don’t shop lift in the first place.

You're trying to put a Band-Aid on a problem that is intrinsic and runs deep. You need to stop with all these commercials advertising all this designer gear. That's what's driving these kids crazy. You pump that crap in their brains constantly. These kids cannot afford designer. And every time they turn on the TV their favorite entertainers and their favorite athletes are rocking gear play themselves cannot afford. So they're going to go out and steal it.

I used to work in Tesco here in the U.K. for 17 years before Covid (out of a total of 30 years in supermarket retailing in both Ireland and the U.K.) and shoplifting in the last 10 years of my time in Tesco was very bad in my time at my former U.K. store and very few of these shoplifting incidents involved the use of the levels of violence that we have seen since Covid and I’m hearing about similar happening back home in Ireland as well - I’m totally horrified by what has been happening since Covid and it seems that the only way to put an end to this happening is to deploy armed police officers and Millitary to patrol up and down supermarket aisles to protect staff from these attacks as the Gardai (police) have done in Ireland since Covid in response to these attacks in some Irish stores - there is an element of organised attacks designed to put some supermarkets out of business and it is deliberate - I was only just chatting about these issues to supermarket staff at a store where I shop in my local area and they feel that having armed police and soldiers patrolling supermarket aisles is the only thing that would make them feel safer

These are kids doing the looting

He likes the sound of his own voice too much...

You don't need a criminologist to work it out, our towns and cities are full of gangs from other countries and kids that have no respect or fear of the law. You could go all week and never even see any police.

Only going to get worst come xmas and black Friday

You cannot expect nothing to happen when you have multi-million multi-billion-dollar marketing campaigns that advertise all these products are these kids all the time. Also I'm pretty sure the removal of the middle-class would have something to do with it also.

Is it a crime to steal food for your family if they are starving? Jean Valjean was just as desperate as these poor people.

Well if the country didnt keep putting everything up and making poor people pay loads of taxes while the richer get richer it wojld not be happening

Inflation and poverty to blame. In us california thieves steal under $1000 not being prosecuted. The shop only lock all the products till customers buy it. May be that the only choice. Or all are vending machines... government also should support more church free meal for homeless people in city and rural areas be honest....

The guy stole 25 what? A burfrishner? Anyone. Whats he saying?

Same situation in most US cities now, with police not responding to theft.

It's simple. If there's no punishment for theft, then criminals will continue to commit crimes. Longer jail sentences would reduce this, how many would continue knowing they'll receive 20 years?

Wish they would replace Holly shes so dull

The rats trying to excuse the behaviour in the comments are just as bad. Complaining about the high street dying and shops closing, then excuse criminals stealing what they can to resell for drug money.

I’m sorry but no sympathy for the co-op at all.

SMART WATER so no matter what they wear they have a chemical tag so officers can pick them up after the fact.

My dad during the second World War stole 2 Oranges to take to his mum and was caught. He worked a whole month to pay back for them and had a criminal record.When He got his Taxi licence in the 60s It was taken away the criminal record. Of course he never stole again. Today you kill someone and nobody does anything. More disapline is needed otherwise It will only get worse.

999 ? Sorry , can I help YooooooooooU ?

I see how concerned holly is....about her own bottom.

Tories. The end.

There’s only one demographic that does this….

Close the shops and make people shop online.

Its just like That's happening in Philadelphia at the moments You got black teenagers saying that they are opressed and poor whilst wearing Jordans and stealing iPhones 🤷‍♂️😂