Tesco is forced to put security tags on CHEESE amid fears that cash-strapped customers will steal it

‘This really is a sign of the times’: is forced to put its security tags on its CHEESE amid fears cash-strapped cost-of-living crisis customers could try and steal it

  • One customer in Somerset noticed ‘security protected’ stickers on some cheese
  • A member of security at the Priorswood Road branch was seen putting tags on
  • Comes days after shoppers in Cornwall found milk products security tagged 
  • denied that thefts were reason for tagging but said result of ‘human error’ 

has resorted to putting security tags on its cheese amid fears that cash-strapped customers could try to steal it during the cost-of-living crisis. 

One customer at a Tesco Express in Taunton, Somerset, noticed ‘security protected’ stickers were being put on a number of cheeses at the – including its own

Meanwhile, a member of the security staff at the Priorswood Road branch was seen ‘slapping’ the rags on cheeses in the chiller, which will set off the alarm if somebody exits the store with paying. 

The shopper took a photograph of the which shows that the Double Cheddar and Extra Mature Cheddar have both been tagged, according to Somerset Live. 

Tesco has started putting security tags on its cheese amid fears that cash-strapped customers might try to steal it due to the cost-of-living crisis

The customer, who wishes to remain anonymous, said: ‘This really is a sign of the times. Having recently seen security tags on milk in Cornwall and now on own brand cheese in Somerset, it makes you wonder how desperate people are becoming if supermarket chains are having to take such measures. 

Tesco Is Forced To Put Security Tags On CHEESE Amid Fears That Cash-strapped Customers Will Steal It'human error'. [File image]

Tesco denied that thefts were the reason for the new tagging but said it was a result of ‘human error’. [File image]

‘The was in the store with a roll of the sticky security tags slapping them…

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