Expected profit for 2023: 80 million euros. Value of stolen goods in 2023: 100 million euros. At supermarket chain Jumbo they rubbed their eyes when they compared those figures, but store security expert Tom Symons is not surprised, after more than 500 million detections in the past five years. “A check on beer crates revealed that only 40% were paid honestly.” And shoplifters are creative, says Delhaize manager Björn Verschaeren (41): “From expensive make-up at the bottom of a shopping bag full of bags of chips, to fresh meat hidden under a hat.”
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Experts not surprised after all "more stolen than profit made" at Jumbo: "It has become a sport to take as many products as possible without paying”
