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Frozen chickens security tagged to deter shoplifters
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by Paul Conneally | July 8, 2008 at 11:43 am
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When even the cheapest chickens are security tagged to stop shoplifters stealing them then we really must be in an economic trough. This news in the same week that Gordon Brown tells us that Brits must stop wasting food and supermarkets to cut down on BOGOFs (buy one get one free) offers.
Frozen chickens are being security tagged by a supermarket in a bid to halt thefts amid the country's credit crisis.
The birds, which are the centrepiece of the British Sunday lunch, have been alarmed with the security devices usually reserved for expensive booze and high-value clothing.
Sainsbury's is believed to have taken the move after seeing a rise in shoplifting of the chickens - both the top-of-the-range organic birds at £8 and the cheap £2 chickens.
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at 12:03 on July 8th, 2008
A whole chicken is only two pounds?! That is really cheap already - it's shocking that they have to shoplift those! Also, very sad though...
at 12:37 on July 8th, 2008
recently there have been deals like tow chickens for £3... I cant imagine what conditions they must be reared in
at 14:04 on July 8th, 2008
File this under "you have got to be kidding me."
Have British consumers sunk so low that a chicken needs a Lojack? Next they'll be giving ASBOs to bacon - meh!
Nice to see that all of Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's efforts have gone to waste. It's sad but, so long as "free range" equals "expensive" in the eyes of the Great British Public, people will continue to vote with their wallets.