A mass of bread disappears from a supermarket and a shopkeeper finds the key to tracking down the thief

A few months ago, in a supermarket in the Finnish city of Tampere The bread shelf was constantly emptyHowever, Sales did not match that shortfall.

Faced with this situation, the shopkeeper, who goes by the name Ari Ruisalo, decided to conduct a detailed investigation of the store’s surveillance cameras, but nothing suspicious was observed. As a result, Decided to do an experiment: add warning stickers to breadand like this that thiefWho had been stealing bread from the supermarket for a month, Disappeared.

In this sense, the Finnish public broadcaster Yale sheds light on Grocery stores across the country use warning labels Meat, fish, cheese, sandwiches, prepared salads, packages of sausages and cold cuts, cosmetics, toiletries or wine, among other things. The reason is simple: The number of thefts in Finnish supermarkets is increasing significantly.

In this regard, Ari Ruisalo explains that Thieves are improving their methods of stealing products As supermarkets increase their surveillance. For example, A common practice is to take the product out of its packaging and put it in a pocket.

Similarly, many customers are adopting various practices to apply false discounts on products. is one of them Weigh one cheap product in the fruit or vegetable section and take another quite expensive one.

However, labels are changed on other articles as well. “Nowadays It is very common to replace the red label (which indicates the existence of a discount) for a product that does not include itOnce, a customer red-labeled our product from another chain in hopes of getting a discount,” Ruisalo says.

Furthermore, this shopper ensures that Theft from self-service checkouts has increasedIn fact, Ari Ruisalo recalled an attempted robbery at his store: “The man put a bar of cheap chocolate in front of each itemfortunately, “The employee realized he had put 10 pills into the machine.”