Shoplifting increased due to increased use of my bag? Survey by supermarket industry group November 13, 5:12
As shopping bags are charged and the use of my bags is increasing, supermarket industry groups conducted a questionnaire survey nationwide, and more than half of the supermarkets who are aware of the situation such as theft feel that shoplifting has increased. I found out that there is.
From July, shopping bags will be charged at retail stores nationwide, and a company employee was arrested in August for shoplifting using the shopping bags he brought with him at supermarkets in Kagoshima City, so-called my bags. ..
In response to this, the National Supermarket Association of Japan conducted a questionnaire survey of 300 companies and asked, "Do you feel that shoplifting and theft have increased due to the increased use of my bags?"
As a result, of the 85 companies that responded, 26 companies, which is about 30%, answered that they "feel an increase", and excluding the companies that did not understand the situation and answered "I do not know", I felt that more than half increased. I found out that.
Naoto Nagase, a senior researcher at the National Supermarket Association of Japan, said, "In reality, shoplifting may be increasing," and we are analyzing measures to effectively prevent shoplifting using my bags.