Shoplifters Steal $25,000 Worth of Merchandise Per Day From San Francisco Target, Company Closing Store
October 22nd, 2021A couple of weeks ago, I tried to buy a can of CRC LanoCote from my local Mitre10. It wasn’t on the shelf, so I asked one of the employees about it. He looked on the computer, “Says we have six in stock.” He went to the shelf with me to help me find it.
“Looks like they’ve been stolen.”
“Stolen?!” I asked.
“Yep, happens all the time with this stuff.”
Via: California Globe:
Now, in a Globe exclusive, San Francisco Police Department has revealed that the iconic Target on Mission Street between Third and Fourth Streets will be shutting its doors before the end of the year.
“This store loses $25,000 a day to shoplifting,” an SFPD officer told the Globe in lengthy, taped interviews conducted this week. “That’s $25,000 that walks out the door on average between 9 and 6 every day.”
I wonder if Target is not as tough on shoplifting as Walmart. I don’t know what Walmart does in SF area, but here in the DFW, Texas area they have a city policeman on-duty all the time with their Stop Loss Department. I have seen shoplifters stopped before they reach the door, and I have also seen shoplifters in handcuffs in police custody.