In times like these, where rising prices are a concern, supermarkets are compelled to take drastic measures to safeguard their offerings.
Customers were stunned by the extent of these measures, and their disbelief was ignited by a photo of a Coles customer, who showed the packaging of meat with security tags.
The photo showed several meat trays inside an open display fridge.
According to Ms. Mandy Van, she was stunned by the amount of security measures that were displayed in this grocery store.
This incident highlighted the disbelief that people have about the security measures that are placed on grocery items.
Many customers questioned why a supermarket would have more security measures than a bank. Others said they believed that the company would soon implement these at all of its stores.
One person said that they would ask the butcher to add a code to the meat so that they could scan it at the checkout. This method would help prevent theft, as people would have to double-check the product.
Others said that their local stores have security tags, which they noticed after the self-checkout systems were introduced.
A spokesperson for Coles claimed that the TikTok demonstration was a small scale trial, involving only ten Victorian stores.
The company started a trial of the security tags in March, and it believed that these would help prevent theft.
The spokesperson for Coles noted that the vast majority of customers followed the proper procedure when buying from their stores.
Nevertheless, the company would continue to test new security measures and is always eager to hear from its customers about the trial’s success.