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ALDI has made a major change in their stores across the UK.

Staff at the supermarket chain will now wear body cameras in a bid to curb the rising rates of shoplifting.

The popular supermarket chain revealed the changes would be made after a spate of stealing.

The devices, worn by security staff and shop assistants wukk record video and audio in the hope it will deter thieves.

Aldi CEO Giles Hurley told The Grocer: “There’s an uptick [in shoplifting] across the industry and we’re not immune to that.

“With body cams, we currently have a trial which is underway in part of our business, exploring what benefits we can derive from that for our colleagues.

“We have an absolutely fantastic team here at Aldi and we are very clear that they should expect a safe and secure working environment and it is therefore a priority for us.”

It comes after Tesco introduced similar measures earlier this month as a result of a number of serious threats to staff.

Figures revealed a shocking increase in violence directed towards frontline employees.

Tesco boss Ken Murphy described the impact on staff as "heartbreaking" and slammed the assaults as "unacceptable".

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The chief executive has now called for changes to the law and policing, reports MailOnline.

Meanwhile, across the sector, attacks have doubled in the last six years, costing stores more than £950 million in 2022.

And the British Retail Consortium claims cops rarely turn up when incidents are reported.

A recent survey found episodes of violence and abuse against retail workers increased from 450 a day in 2019 to more than 850 a day last year.

Staff report being sworn at, subjected to racial or sexual insults, physically threatened, spat on and subjected to physical violence.

Mr Murphy said Tesco has invested £200million over the last four years on security measures such as door access systems, protection screens and digital radios.

Shoplifting costs firms nearly £1 billion a year and officers currently fail to attend more than two-thirds of serious retail crimes.

The Co-op logged almost 1,000 incidents a day of retail crime in the six months to June.

This was an increase of 35 per cent on the same period in 2022 and its highest ever levels.

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