Giant Food to Start Receipt Checks at DC Store as It Battles ‘Unsustainable Levels of Product Theft’

Employees at a Giant Food location in Washington, D.C., on Thursday will start inspecting shoppers’ receipts when they leave the store as the supermarket chain tries to “mitigate the unprecedented levels of product theft that has become unsustainable for our business,” Giant Food spokesperson Jon Arons said.

The grocer also plans to stop carrying certain national brand health and beauty products and boost the supply of similar private label items it stocks at the store “in the coming weeks,” the spokesperson told Grocery Dive.

The actions follow a decision by Giant Food earlier this year to limit basket sizes at self-checkout counters chainwide to cut down on shrink.

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Source: Grocery Dive