Maybe… Tesco are not putting them on, and it’s the farmers making a statement that they are being robbed by the big supermarkets?
If someone’s so desperate that they need to steal milk, I’m really not on Tesco’s side over theirs.
If your willing to steal milk I doubt those security tags are gonna do anything.
Remember the rule. If you see someone stealing basic necessity food, no you didn’t.
Edit, thank you for the awards, that’s very kind!
Please don’t pay for awards though, if anything donate that dolla 🙂
I will note those security tags are on 4 milk cartons. The rest do not have them.
Bullshit all round. Thanks Metro.
This is the kind of country we live in now… where supermarkets need to put security tags on milk.
*Milk.*
Just says it all really, doesn’t it?
if i need milk, bread or any other basic nessesities and cant afford it. a tag isnt stopping me walking a basket out the fire door
Easier to get away with a couple single pinters anyway, you’re not hiding a 4 pint jug easily
Fuck me imagine being the security guard and having to stop someone for stealing milk.
Recently I’ve noticed that 2 pint bottles of milk are well over £1 per litre, with 4 pints being ~70p per litre, I’m sure I remember them being similar prices per litre regardless of the size of the container, is this my lack of observation or actually a recent change?
I once was in Luton Tesco and saw someone running out with a frozen chicken down each tracksuit leg.
I say running, he gradually slowed as frostbite took hold, and the manager caught up with him.
Quite reasonably he just asked him to just return them and get lost, but the chicken ninjas girlfriend started screaming about some sort of discrimination, so they had to get the police involved.
#justlutonthings
Everything is going fine, it’s all OK. No problems, everything is running really well.
I’m sure they will survive considering the profits they made over the past few years
Milks almost doubled in price over the last two years, so its not a surprise. It used to cost £1 per four pint, now it’s £1.80 depending on where you buy it from.
Why is it only the ones in the middle of the picture with the tags on?
“Tesco said the cartons were down to ‘human error’ ” – or probably some workers having a joke and forgetting to take them off.
This is obviously nonsense you can see there are no tags on the lower shelves
Reminds me of a story I read about Sicily during the covid lockdowns. There were loads of workers just left without an income so people were just walking into supermarkets and taking stuff. I think they were pretty much allowed to do it.
Further proof people don’t actually read the article before ranting
12 years of Tory rule:
Poor housing
Poor enviroment
Poor government ethics
Poor businesses
Poor people
Poor country
We’re on par with Russian stores during the Ukrainian invasion now. Failed state.
The uk is so fucking shit for a supposedly 1st world country
At the bottom of the article:
A Tesco spokesperson told Metro.co.uk: ‘We do not have a policy to place security tags on fresh milk.
‘A very small amount of milk was incorrectly tagged today in our Redruth Extra store and these tags have now been removed. We’re sorry for any inconvenience caused.’
[removed]
weren’t they putting security stickers on butter the other month?
This is such a fucking non-story. Read it people. There are literally loads of other bottles of milk in the picture which are not tagged. The Tesco’s clearly states that it was just an operator error.
It’s so depressing how easily people can be manipulated by one misleading photo and a headline, to the point they don’t even scroll down and read the facts. Shame on you all.
These tags can be defeated with a strong magnet.
Stores often only have one security guard though, so it can be easier to cause a distraction than remove a trolley full of tags.
Shows you where we are as a society. Never forget the feeling when I first noticed they had started tagging baby formula.
Milk would have to be one of the worst items to shoplift. Its a volumetric monstrosity – takes up too much space – & it’s relatively cheap. You could fit about 15 x as many £4 blocks of cheese for example. Only if you’re trying to catch the world’s most inept thief, would you bother tagging milk.
There are plenty of desperate people who would never stoop to crime. It’s a shitty excuse to commit crime and feel justified
the security tags probably cost more than the milk!!!
I’ve been casually stealing from Tesco for a very long time now and I have absolutely no remorse.
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Maybe… Tesco are not putting them on, and it’s the farmers making a statement that they are being robbed by the big supermarkets?
If someone’s so desperate that they need to steal milk, I’m really not on Tesco’s side over theirs.
If your willing to steal milk I doubt those security tags are gonna do anything.
Remember the rule. If you see someone stealing basic necessity food, no you didn’t.
Edit, thank you for the awards, that’s very kind!
Please don’t pay for awards though, if anything donate that dolla 🙂
I will note those security tags are on 4 milk cartons. The rest do not have them.
Bullshit all round. Thanks Metro.
This is the kind of country we live in now… where supermarkets need to put security tags on milk.
*Milk.*
Just says it all really, doesn’t it?
if i need milk, bread or any other basic nessesities and cant afford it. a tag isnt stopping me walking a basket out the fire door
Easier to get away with a couple single pinters anyway, you’re not hiding a 4 pint jug easily
Fuck me imagine being the security guard and having to stop someone for stealing milk.
Recently I’ve noticed that 2 pint bottles of milk are well over £1 per litre, with 4 pints being ~70p per litre, I’m sure I remember them being similar prices per litre regardless of the size of the container, is this my lack of observation or actually a recent change?
I once was in Luton Tesco and saw someone running out with a frozen chicken down each tracksuit leg.
I say running, he gradually slowed as frostbite took hold, and the manager caught up with him.
Quite reasonably he just asked him to just return them and get lost, but the chicken ninjas girlfriend started screaming about some sort of discrimination, so they had to get the police involved.
#justlutonthings
Everything is going fine, it’s all OK. No problems, everything is running really well.
I’m sure they will survive considering the profits they made over the past few years
Milks almost doubled in price over the last two years, so its not a surprise. It used to cost £1 per four pint, now it’s £1.80 depending on where you buy it from.
Why is it only the ones in the middle of the picture with the tags on?
Its not even Cravendale!
[https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/SEI_134689737-63f8.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&zoom=1&resize=540%2C405](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/SEI_134689737-63f8.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&zoom=1&resize=540%2C405)
Bullshit article.
“Tesco said the cartons were down to ‘human error’ ” – or probably some workers having a joke and forgetting to take them off.
This is obviously nonsense you can see there are no tags on the lower shelves
Reminds me of a story I read about Sicily during the covid lockdowns. There were loads of workers just left without an income so people were just walking into supermarkets and taking stuff. I think they were pretty much allowed to do it.
Further proof people don’t actually read the article before ranting
12 years of Tory rule:
Poor housing
Poor enviroment
Poor government ethics
Poor businesses
Poor people
Poor country
We’re on par with Russian stores during the Ukrainian invasion now. Failed state.
The uk is so fucking shit for a supposedly 1st world country
At the bottom of the article:
A Tesco spokesperson told Metro.co.uk: ‘We do not have a policy to place security tags on fresh milk.
‘A very small amount of milk was incorrectly tagged today in our Redruth Extra store and these tags have now been removed. We’re sorry for any inconvenience caused.’
[removed]
weren’t they putting security stickers on butter the other month?
This is such a fucking non-story. Read it people. There are literally loads of other bottles of milk in the picture which are not tagged. The Tesco’s clearly states that it was just an operator error.
It’s so depressing how easily people can be manipulated by one misleading photo and a headline, to the point they don’t even scroll down and read the facts. Shame on you all.
These tags can be defeated with a strong magnet.
Stores often only have one security guard though, so it can be easier to cause a distraction than remove a trolley full of tags.
Shows you where we are as a society. Never forget the feeling when I first noticed they had started tagging baby formula.
Milk would have to be one of the worst items to shoplift. Its a volumetric monstrosity – takes up too much space – & it’s relatively cheap. You could fit about 15 x as many £4 blocks of cheese for example. Only if you’re trying to catch the world’s most inept thief, would you bother tagging milk.
There are plenty of desperate people who would never stoop to crime. It’s a shitty excuse to commit crime and feel justified
the security tags probably cost more than the milk!!!
I’ve been casually stealing from Tesco for a very long time now and I have absolutely no remorse.