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Retail giant Co-op calls for more action to tackle record levels of crime in sector
The scene outside a Co-op store in Barnham, West Sussex. A man has been arrested after a crane was used in an attempt to steal a cash machine from the supermarket, July 4, 2023
RETAIL giant the Co-op is calling for more action to tackle crime in the sector amid a warning it has reached record levels as the cost of living forces many into food poverty.
At the start of Respect for Shopworkers Week today, launched by retail union Usdaw, the Co-op said repeat offenders and criminal gangs were operating “exempt from consequences.”
The food retailer said its latest data showed that of the near 3,000 occasions this year where specialist security teams detained serious offenders in its stores, the police failed to show up almost four-fifths of the time.
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