{"id":1941356,"date":"2023-05-31T15:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T19:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grocery-chain-giant-adds-new-security-as-theft-has-increased-tenfold\/"},"modified":"2023-05-31T15:50:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T19:50:25","slug":"grocery-chain-giant-adds-new-security-as-theft-has-increased-tenfold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grocery-chain-giant-adds-new-security-as-theft-has-increased-tenfold\/","title":{"rendered":"Grocery chain boosts security due to 10x increase in theft."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgrocery-chain-giant-adds-new-security-as-theft-has-increased-tenfold%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1941356&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Giant Food Increases Security Measures to Combat Theft and Violence<\/h2>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;To say [theft has] risen tenfold in the last five years would not be an understatement,&#8221; said Giant Food&#8217;s President, Ira Kress.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Giant Food, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-only-principle-never-trumpers-care-about-in-candidates-like-peter-meijer-is-trump-hatred\/\" title=\"The Only \u2018Principle\u2019 Never Trumpers Care About In Candidates Like Peter Meijer Is Trump Hatred\">popular grocery store chain<\/a> on the East Coast, has been forced to take drastic measures to combat the exponential increase in theft and violence in recent years. According to company president Ira Kress, theft has risen tenfold in the last five years, making it necessary to ramp up security measures to ensure the safety of both customers and employees.<\/p>\n<h3>New Security Protocols<\/h3>\n<p>As part of their new security protocols, Giant Food has limited self-checkout to 20 items, posted security guards at the door, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grocery-chain-giant-adds-new-security-as-theft-has-increased-tenfold\/\" title=\"Grocery chain boosts security due to 10x increase in theft.\">put high-theft items<\/a> such as razor blades in wall dispensers that alert employees when the items are removed. While these measures may inconvenience honest shoppers, Kress believes they are necessary to ensure the safety of everyone in the store.<\/p>\n<h3>Rampant Crime and Store Closures<\/h3>\n<p>Giant Food is not alone in their struggle to combat crime. Dozens of retailers across major Democrat-run cities have been forced to close their doors due to rampant crime, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/treasury-secretary-janet-yellen-we-have-to-consider-rising-inflation-rates-when-doing-stimulus-package\/\" title=\"Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen: \u2018We Have To Consider\u2019 Rising Inflation Rates When Doing Stimulus Package\">rising inflation rates<\/a>, and employee shortages. Walmart, Whole Foods, Nike, Kroger, Nordstrom, Old Navy, and Target are just a few of the major retailers that have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bed-bath-beyond-shuttering-stores-announces-layoffs-and-new-financing-to-help-struggling-business\/\" title=\"Bed Bath &#038; Beyond Shuttering Stores, Announces Layoffs and New Financing to Help Struggling Business\">announced store closures<\/a> in cities such as Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Portland, Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, and Seattle.<\/p>\n<p>Organized retail crime has increased by an average of 26.5 percent in 2021, according to the National Retail Federation. Kress believes that politicians cannot ignore the impact of crime on businesses and communities, and that blaming businesses for leaving is embarrassing.<\/p>\n<h3>The Alternative is Worse for Customers<\/h3>\n<p>Kress acknowledges that the new security measures may inconvenience honest shoppers, but he believes that the alternative is worse. &#8220;We used to chase shoplifters,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And you&#8217;d get the product back, and nobody would ever fight you. \u2026 I didn&#8217;t worry about somebody pulling a knife or gun on me [40] years ago.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giant Food&#8217;s president, Ira Kress, has stated that theft and violence have increased &#8220;exponentially&#8221; in the last few years, prompting the East Coast grocery store to increase security measures and lock up more items. Kress claims that theft has risen tenfold in the last five years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1262,"featured_media":1941357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[18407,6251,14261,5285,5476,3646,6913],"class_list":["post-1941356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-10x","tag-boosts","tag-chain","tag-grocery","tag-increase","tag-security","tag-theft"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1941356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1941357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1941356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1941356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1941356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}