Coles said what it calls “loss” – theft and wastage of fresh food – surged 20 per cent in the 2023 financial year, as theft jumped sharply between last June and the end of March, before plateauing at an elevated level in the June quarter.
Theft, also known as shrinkage, has emerged as a growing problem in the US in recent years as high inflation and cost-of-living pressures built.
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Let me clarify: people are in poverty and stealing food from Coles.
In Australia.
https://www.afr.com/chanticleer/how-coles-got-caught-in-the-global-retail-theft-epidemic-20230822-p5dyil
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