How do stores like Aldi, and dollar general, and save a lot deal with theft. They don’t have lost prevention in there stores, and they run on a skeleton screw.
I used to work there and I was told by an assistant manager that they don’t like to prosecute because it takes to much time and money. Also they don’t have time to review footage?! People use Self checkout daily and steal and I bet half don’t get caught. Even repeat offenders! Especially if you ain’t catching in the act.
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Normally they don’t unless it’s really bad. The mark up on things is also usually more than high enough to offset the rate of theft. If they’re selling something for $10 that costs them $2 but for every 5 they sell 1 is stolen they’re not really going to care all that much. If it’s a smaller section of specific goods they may lock them up, stop carrying them or raise the prices significantly to offset the loss.
They periodically take an inventory and match it up against what it should be based upon what’s been scanned in. If it’s bad enough but the store is doing a lot of business they may hire a greeter as that serves as a deterrent if it’s bad enough and the store isn’t still making enough money they may close that location.
Of course if someone is caught they’ll be trespassed but that’s usually as far as prosecution goes unless they’re stealing a whole lot of stuff.
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