San Francisco stores lock up frozen food to deter shoplifters

Frozen food customers in the crime-plagued city have been forced to put their purchases on ice and find a clerk to unlock chained coolers, as retailers take drastic measures to keep shoplifters at bay. The doors in the frozen foods section at one local Walgreens are seen locked from the customers, who apparently need the staff’s assistance to access the products. “Workers said normally shoplifters clean out all the pizza and ice cream every night. They’re usually hit 20x a day. The whole store is virtually locked up,” KPIX’s Betty Yu tweeted Monday. She also posted video of rows and rows of products — including household goods, cosmetics and snacks — locked behind plastic barriers on the shelves, a tactic that has also been deployed at Target. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/07/18/san-francisco-stores-lock-up-frozen-food-to-deter-shoplifters/ #sanfracisco #crime #theft #california The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Subscribe to New York Post Sports: https://www.youtube.com/c/nypostsports Catch the latest news here: https://nypost.com/ Follow The New York Post on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/nypost Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NYPost