{"id":2022599,"date":"2023-09-05T18:34:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T22:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soaring-dc-crime-grocery-chain-ditches-name-brand-laundry-detergents-in-favor-of-ones-no-one-wants-to-steal\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T18:36:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T22:36:09","slug":"soaring-dc-crime-grocery-chain-ditches-name-brand-laundry-detergents-in-favor-of-ones-no-one-wants-to-steal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soaring-dc-crime-grocery-chain-ditches-name-brand-laundry-detergents-in-favor-of-ones-no-one-wants-to-steal\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising DC Crime: Store Switches to Unpopular Laundry Detergents"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fsoaring-dc-crime-grocery-chain-ditches-name-brand-laundry-detergents-in-favor-of-ones-no-one-wants-to-steal%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=2022599&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>The Tide has run out \u2064for one grocery store in \u2063Washington, D.C.<\/h2>\n<p>In\u200c a city where violent crime is up, one Giant\u200b Food market in the District \u200cannounced that it is clearing out brand names from \u2063many of its \u200caisles, meaning \u2062brands such as\u2062 <strong>Tide<\/strong>, <strong>Colgate<\/strong> \u200bor <strong>Advil<\/strong> will no longer be available, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2023\/09\/02\/giant-food-grocery-store-theft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The store will carry \u200dits own\u200c brands \u2063of \u200dsuch items.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to continue \u200dto be able \u200bto serve the community, but we can\u2019t do so at the level\u200c of\u200b significant loss or\u200c risk to our \u200cassociates that we \u2064have today,\u201d Giant President Ira Kress said.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cgrocery store is the last one in a neighborhood in the district\u2019s \u2063Ward\u200c 8.<\/p>\n<p>In May, Giant Food tried <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lowes-attempts-thwart-rampant-theft-developing-high-tech-system-invisible-customers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">increasing security<\/a> at its 165 stores in D.C., Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. \u2063High-theft items were removed\u2063 from shelves \u2063and locked away. Security guards were hired.<\/p>\n<p>Kress said\u2062 at the Alabama Avenue SE store \u200bwhere national brands are going \u2064away, \u201cit\u2019s actually\u200c worse, not better. And we\u2019ve invested a \u200csignificant amount of money \u2062here, even \u200bmore security here \u2063than any other store.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have no other choice,\u201d \u200dDiane Hicks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-kathleen-hicks-as-deputy-defense-secretary\/\" title=\"Senate Confirms Kathleen Hicks as Deputy Defense Secretary\">senior vice president<\/a> \u2064of operations, said Thursday as she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soaring-dc-crime-grocery-chain-ditches-name-brand-laundry-detergents-in-favor-of-ones-no-one-wants-to-steal\/\" title=\"Rising DC Crime: Store Switches to Unpopular Laundry Detergents\">brought \u2063local officials<\/a>\u200b through the store.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been leaving it out for\u200d our customers, and unfortunately \u2063it just \u200bforces \u2063all the crime\u2062 to \u2064come to us,\u201d she\u200d said.<\/p>\n<p>Kress said he\u2019s hoping ridding the store\u2062 of products with high resale value will \u2062lower theft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t\u2063 want to do this \u2014 I\u2019d like \u2063to sell [those products],\u201d he \u200bsaid. \u201cBut the reality is that Tide\u200c is not a profitable item\u2062 in this store. \u2026 In many instances, \u200dpeople stock the product and within two hours it\u2019s gone,\u2063 so it\u2019s not on the shelf anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>District police are <a href=\"https:\/\/mpdc.dc.gov\/page\/district-crime-data-glance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reporting<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wallet-keys-stolen-democratic-city-councilmember-talking-businesses-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">violent\u2062 crime<\/a> \u2064 is up\u200b 39 percent in 2023. Theft is up 24\u2062 percent, robbery\u2063 is up 67 percent, and murders are up 29 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Councilmember Trayon White had warned last month \u2063that theft might doom the store, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5dc.com\/news\/giant-to-remove-brand-name-products-from-southeast-dc-over-shoplifting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WTTG<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaking from this store is really taking \u2064from yourself. We are home to a lot\u2063 of senior citizens and elders who \u2062must eat \u2063at this store. And the more we take from this\u2064 store, we put the store \u2063in jeopardy\u200d of closing down,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In June, Kress said he was trying\u2063 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desperate-nyc-stores-turn-surprising-new-tactic-attempt-stop-rampant-theft-dogs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">find a solution<\/a> to the problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not \u200ba bank; we don\u2019t have vaults,\u201d he said then, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5dc.com\/news\/giant-food-president-shares-crime-concerns-and-added-safety-measures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WTTG<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t want to create an environment where everything is locked up in \u200cthe stores. But I do not see today \u200canything occurring which is going to significantly impact positively, the escalation that\u2019s \u200coccurring in either theft or violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt makes me feel like I live in a different world than where I used \u2064to live,\u201d Giant customer Damion \u200bLynch said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, it used to be you could go to any\u2064 place \u2063you wanted to go, and\u2063 you could feel safe and go shopping, do whatever you need. \u200bNow, you\u2019ve got to \u2064watch over your shoulder. I love Giant.\u200c I come here all the time. I like their \u200dproducts. When you come \u200bto a \u200bstore\u200b though, you need to be able to feel \u200cfree and safe to come.\u2063 So, \u2062I don\u2019t feel it\u2019s just Giant\u2019s problem. I also feel\u2063 it\u2019s \u2064the law enforcement and those who make \u2064the law,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Post noted\u200d that other retailers \u200bare also \u2063battling \u2064rampant theft. \u201cOur team continues to face an unacceptable amount of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-woman-allegedly-faked-her-own-death-to-avoid-being-charged-with-making-a-false-accusation-of-sexual-assault\/\" title=\"Pennsylvania Woman Allegedly Faked Her Own Death To Avoid Being Charged With Making A False Accusation Of Sexual Assault\">retail theft<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cynthia-nixon-denounces-anti-shoplifting-laws-stealing-basic-necessities\/\" title=\"Cynthia Nixon Denounces Anti-Shoplifting Laws: \u2018Stealing Basic Necessities\u2019\">organized retail crime<\/a>,\u201d Target Chief Executive Brian \u200cCornell said last month. \u2064\u201cDuring\u200b the first \u200dfive months\u200c of this year, our stores saw a 120 percent increase in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rising-crime-means-these-household-essentials-will-no-longer-be-offered-in-this-store\/\" title=\"Due to increasing crime, these household essentials will no longer be available in-store.\">theft incidents involving violence<\/a> or threats of \u2063violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A National \u2062Retail Federation study released last year said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desperate-sf-grocery-stores-turn-high-tech-upgrade-combat-theft-guarantee-cuts-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">organized retail crime<\/a> incidents rose 26.5 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/soaring-dc-crime-grocery-chain-ditches-name-brand-laundry-detergents-favor-ones-no-one-wants-steal\/\">Soaring DC Crime: Grocery Chain Ditches Name Brand\u2062 Laundry Detergents in Favor of Ones No One Wants \u200cto Steal<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Washington, D.C., a Giant Food market is removing popular brands like Tide, Colgate, and Advil from its shelves. This decision comes as the city faces a rise in violent crime. Sadly, the tide has run out for this grocery store, leaving customers with limited brand options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":2022600,"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":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2022599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"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\/2022599","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\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2022599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2022600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2022599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2022599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2022599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}