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<\/p>\nALDI has made a major change in their stores across the UK.<\/p>\n
Staff at the supermarket chain will now wear body cameras in a bid to curb the rising rates of shoplifting.<\/p>\n
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The popular supermarket chain revealed the changes would be made after a spate of stealing.<\/p>\n
The devices, worn by security staff and shop assistants wukk record video and audio in the hope it will deter thieves.<\/p>\n
Aldi CEO Giles Hurley told The Grocer: \u201cThere\u2019s an uptick [in shoplifting] across the industry and we\u2019re not immune to that.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
It comes after Tesco introduced similar measures earlier this month as a result of a number of serious threats to staff.<\/p>\n
Figures revealed a shocking increase in violence directed towards frontline employees.<\/p>\n
Tesco boss Ken Murphy described the impact on staff as "heartbreaking" and slammed the assaults as "unacceptable".<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n The chief executive has now called for changes to the law and policing, reports MailOnline.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, across the sector, attacks have doubled in the last six years, costing stores more than \u00a3950 million in 2022.<\/p>\n And the British Retail Consortium claims cops rarely turn up when incidents are reported.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Staff report being sworn at, subjected to racial or sexual insults, physically threatened, spat on and subjected to physical violence.<\/p>\n Mr Murphy said Tesco has invested \u00a3200million over the last four years on security measures such as door access systems, protection screens and digital radios.<\/p>\n Shoplifting costs firms nearly \u00a31 billion a year and officers currently fail to attend more than two-thirds of serious retail crimes.<\/p>\n The Co-op logged almost 1,000 incidents a day of retail crime in the six months to June.<\/p>\n This was an increase of 35 per cent on the same period in 2022 and its highest ever levels.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/NINTCHDBPICT000459619878.jpg\")
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