The rise in food prices has also increased shoplifting. It was for this reason that a supermarket in São Paulo decided to lock the jars of Nutella on a shelf next to the cash register.
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The supermarket that adopted the practice belongs to the network Flame. Now, whoever wants to buy the product will have to call an employee to unlock the glass. In addition to this measure, the establishment moved the packaged meats closer to the service counter. Previously, they were on the farthest refrigerated shelves.
Already a network store Day was more radical: he locked the meat packages with a chain and padlock, forcing the consumer to ask an employee to open the counter if he wanted the product.
“The theft rate indicates a worsening of the socioeconomic issue and, in a way, it is outside the scope of our control", emphasizes Márcio Milan, president of the Brazilian Association of Supermarkets (Abras). In 2021, the damage from supermarket theft reached R$ 3.2 billion.
This year, the value of the basic basket has increased more and more due to the 6.36% higher inflation. In March, the basic basket increased a lot, costing around R$ 760 in São Paulo, according to a study by the Inter-Union Department of Statistics and Socioeconomic Studies (Dieese).
The greatest variation in values occurred in Rio de Janeiro, reaching 7.65%, and the state is the second with the highest value of the basic basket, costing an average of R$ 750.71. Aracaju is the municipality that presented the lowest value in the basket, costing an average of R$ 525.
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