supermarket chain Iceland Customers are ready to give £ 1 reward for actively spoting and reporting Shoplifters In their store.
Richard walkerThe Executive Chairman of the retailer confirmed that shopkeepers who warn employees for criminals would directly receive their membership card payment.
This step comes when an estimated £ 20 million annual hit from the cost of the business is faced by the cost of the business. Shoplifting,
They limited the cost of £ 20 million of theft to the amount that the company can pay back to its colleague and prevent the ability to reduce prices.
Mr. Walker told the channel Five News that shoplifting is not a “aggrieved crime”.
“I would like to announce that we will give £ 1 to any customer who indicates a shopkeeper.
“We will put it on their bonus card, if they will see a customer in our store who is fulfilling that crime.
“Some people see it as a victim crime; this is not.
“It also reduces prices because it is a cost for business.
“This is a cost for the hours we pay to our colleagues, as well as it is about intimidation and violence.”
Mr. Walker said, “We want customers to help the shopkeepers to reduce their prices even further.”
Last month, official data revealed that shopkeepers registered by police England And Wales Another record climbed high.
Some 530,643 offenses were logged in by March 2025, 444,022 to 20% in 2023-24 and current police recording practices in 2002-03 since the highest total.
At that time, the retail boss warned that the theft of the shop was getting out of control and the business owners need to see immediate results as the ministers have pledged thousands of more officers for neighborhood policing till the next spring.
James Lomman, Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Fuvulation Stores, said the recorded figures are suggesting more crimes, but it is still “very low”, with many retailers “no confidence” in the events of the retailers.