A Walmart customer in Florida recorded a video of a beef cut that is protected by security cables, presumably with the intention that it not be stolen.
The fact has drawn a lot of attention from users on the networks , perhaps because the unstoppable increases in inflation are driving prices to 40 year highs and making some items unaffordable.
Or perhaps because thefts in retail stores have increased exponentially in recent months and in this way Walmart tries to dissuade lovers of foreign goods from taking their products without paying.
The video shows a thick cut of ribeye that sells for $20.83 dollars wrapped in security wire, as if it were an item to be protected from crime.
The measure may not be so insane, since a A large number of stores are resorting to additional measures to prevent items from being stolen.
Users question whether Walmart is serious about locking up food and for others the measures are not in agreement more given the increase in shoplifting.
The New York Post recently reported that a man was caught stuffing soda cans down his pants at a Trader Joe’s in Union Square, before leaving the store.
Another day in the same establishment, a man left loaded with 10 packages of steaks that he had not paid for, but the employees were ordered not to arrest the offender and the police are following up on the found out n.
Thefts have escalated to such an extent that a group of retailers and warehouses such as Target, Home Depot and Best Buy have petitioned Congress for measures to inhibit theft of items , which are then illegally sold on internet sites.
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