![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/san-francisco-walgreens-locks-freezers-with-chains-after-store-is-robbed-20-times-a-day/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_Freezer-Chains.jpg&description=Workers at San Francisco Walgreens have revealed customers must go to them in order to unlock the thick metal locks which contain frozen microwaveable meals and ice cream A San Francisco Walgreens has been forced to lock freezers with chains after the store is robbed a staggering twenty times a day. Footage posted online shows the doors to frozen microwaveable meals being held shut by huge thick metal chains which are secured with metal locks. Workers at the store have revealed this has been enforced due to shoplifters stealing pizza and ice cream from their freezers every night. Thieves then target the store and fill their bags with stolen goods up to twenty times a day. Store employees said customers must go to a worker inside the store in order to unlock the display and buy the products which include shaving cream, hair dye, makeup, and over-the-counter medicine. In addition, low-cost items such as tooth paste and toilet paper is also stored away from customers. Richie Greenberg, who posted the video online, lives just a short walk away from the shop and said the area in the last few years has descended into a "graffiti-ridden, homeless and drug-addict frenzy." He told Fox News: "I've been terribly inconvenienced as a shopper to need to wait and wait for clerks to come open the locks at each area of the store for the products I need. I've stood in line inside for pharmacy pickup and watched thieves walk out of the store with arms loaded up. "I've driven by the same store, seeing stolen merchandise in the arms of homeless crossing the street. I'm disgusted by the San Francisco City Hall officials who ignore the problem." San Francisco has seen at least five Walgreen stores lost due to "organised retail crime" with Walgreens spokesperson Phil Caruso revealing retail theft has continued to increase, which has forced the company to implement tougher security measures across their stores. He said in November 2021: "Organised retail crime continues to be a challenge fa){kind=link}
Workers at San Francisco Walgreens have revealed customers must go to them in order to unlock the thick metal locks which contain frozen microwaveable meals and ice cream
A San Francisco Walgreens has been forced to lock freezers with chains after the store is robbed a staggering twenty times a day.
Footage posted online shows the doors to frozen microwaveable meals being held shut by huge thick metal chains which are secured with metal locks.
Workers at the store have revealed this has been enforced due to shoplifters stealing pizza and ice cream from their freezers every night. Thieves then target the store and fill their bags with stolen goods up to twenty times a day.
Store employees said customers must go to a worker inside the store in order to unlock the display and buy the products which include shaving cream, hair dye, makeup, and over-the-counter medicine.