Enclosed aisles of goods at Kroger angers Metro Atlanta customers

[mirage98de]

Originally Posted by oceangaia

I wonder if the number crunchers factored in the losses across the corporation from lawsuits and boycotts due to outrage over the enhanced security?

Liberals: “You better let us steal whenever we want or we’ll form a mob and wreck your brand’s reputation!”

[silverkris]

Originally Posted by residinghere2007

For both of them they have shared, surprisingly, that the majority of thefts and losses occur at suburban stores in wealthier white areas versus poorer, more minority districts.

The one who works at Walmart used to work at Publix and I remember the store that was closest to me (which is now a Walmart) was closed and "theft" was cited as the reason but my cousin told me that it was closed because of low sale revenue and that they didn't have any more losses than the average store in metro Atlanta. They ended up opening another store not too far from that neighborhood in a new development and they made more money there and had the same rates of theft/loss.

IMO they are testing this out to try to stop shop lifting in general and did it in that particular store because it wouldn't be allowed in a nicer area and poor people are less likely to complain since they don't want to lose their neighborhood store.

Here in Ohio, I know that one of our nicer Kroger's in a suburban community built a brand new liquor/wine section and made it it's own store because of the white people there (it is about 90% white population) stealing wine lol. But it is interesting they didn't put the wine aisle in a glass box to make them feel like they were caged up in wine prison. They built a beautiful store with their own cashier and a chime/alarm that goes off when anyone enters/exits that section.

At the Walmart I shop at, which is also in a majority white area (my SIL is one of the managers of the store), the white people steal a lot of lotion, laundry pods, perfume, etc., and so they have encased cabinets with these particular items. They had my mom's perfume a few weeks ago and we had to wait about 20 minutes for the clerks to find a manager to open the glass case for us since a couple people with keys who usually worked in that area had called off.

My neighborhood Walgreen's also has glass boxes for the razor blades, and higher value added cosmetics.

Demographics? 60% White, 30% Asian, and a cost of living index 3x the national average. A neighborhood, as MPowering would say, people pay a real premium to live there.