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Usually when people shoplift, they are very discreet and try not to draw any attention. This shoplifter is blatant and don’t give a **** because he knows he can get away.
This is the result of liberal, democrat, socialist policies
San Francisco Walgreens: Video shows man fill garbage bag with items, takes off
A video emerged on social media on Monday that showed a man on a bicycle fill up a garbage bag with items inside a San Francisco Walgreens and leave the store without being stopped.
They made petty crime not worth the effort for businesses to stop.
When the store losses mount up enough then HQ may just decide to close up shop and open somewhere else.
Even Walmart has done that in the past...losses were just too great to keep operating in that location.
Speaking of Walmart, there was one they built in Oakland near the Oakland airport. The "community" living near the Walmart location (mostly lower income/working class) protested the store. I put community in quotes because they were really outside forces not from the area (mainly from SF). Anyway, that Walmart didn't even open due to the lawsuits. The result? A couple hundred people were without new jobs, a big box store sits boarded up and empty near the entrance outsiders see when they arrive into Oakland, and the entire parking lot has been taking up by people sleeping in vehicles or tents (at least this was the case Spring 2020 so it's probably worse now). Would these people have protested if it was Target? Probably not which is baffling.
I wonder, if those people protesting for this store to close ever thought about what would be the effects of their "progressiveness".
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Speaking of Walmart, there was one they built in Oakland near the Oakland airport. The "community" living near the Walmart location (mostly lower income/working class) protested the store. I put community in quotes because they were really outside forces not from the area (mainly from SF). Anyway, that Walmart didn't even open due to the lawsuits. The result? A couple hundred people were without new jobs, a big box store sits boarded up and empty near the entrance outsiders see when they arrive into Oakland, and the entire parking lot has been taking up by people sleeping in vehicles or tents (at least this was the case Spring 2020 so it's probably worse now). Would these people have protested if it was Target? Probably not which is baffling.
I wonder, if those people protesting for this store to close ever thought about what would be the effects of their "progressiveness".
Don't tell me you really believe this.
Most protests against Walmart opening are by their competition (via proxies) as well as any local unions etc.
I would expect that with the union labor at Krogers and perhaps other locations that they organized to keep Walmart out.
They kept Walmart out of Chicago for a *really* long time, the entrenched grocery interests knew whom to donate too and they were rewarded with semi-monopoly power for quite a while under one excuse or another.
I'm no big fan of Walmart but there is a lot of shady stuff that goes on between business and politics in cities so be alert to ALL of the bad actors.
With all the retail store theft going on in California cityes (theft is apparently legal if it’s under $950.00), why not just turn your stores into warehouses and do delivery or curbside only? (for pre-paid online orders)
Think of the money they would save from theft, hiring cashiers, stockers would be minimal since they don’t have to do merchandising. They would only have to hire “shoppers” to fulfill orders. Granted, this would probably impact “impulse buys” but your savings would probably make up for that.
As for thieves, we could have “package” stores where they could go to get the basic commodities, much like the welfare groceries. That would be courtesy of the taxpayers just like welfare. No booze or frivolous stuff, but they won’t starve. And prices would not have to increase in retail if theft is eliminated. This is a win-win for everyone. We won’t have over-worked cashiers to deal with, and everyone could be safer not having to deal with derelicts out to cause problems.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Walgreens closed 17 stores in the last five years due to theft.
This is how you lose a business in the community after repeated losses to theft. Baltimore lost some stores due to vandalism and arson. At some point corporate gives up and moves elsewhere. And the communities will suffer.
I'm heading to CA soon. The relative I'm visiting told me to bring as much food and goods as I can. I'm camping.
She's very liberal and said prices are already rising. She blames this policy in part. Also suggests that businesses are taking advantage of that perception and hiking prices unnecessarily.
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