NYC Walgreens store keeping ice cream in chained freezer, locking
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Photographs show a NYC Walgreens store has locked up its candy and ice cream, as a spokesperson called retail crime "one of the top challenges facing the industry today."
A man walks out of a New York City drugstore with a bag full of stolen goods in broad daylight.
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Why Are Some Stores Locking Up Ice Cream?
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New York Pharmacy Now Keeps Ice Cream Under Lock and Chain as
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Shoplifting in NYC is so bad supermarkets are locking up
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Shoplifting in NYC is so bad supermarkets are locking up
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San Francisco stores lock up frozen food to deter shoplifters
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Walgreens says it may have overblown retail theft concerns, plans
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Walgreens Store Fights Shoplifting by Chaining Freezer
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You're Not Imagining It—Stores Are Locking Everything Up
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Walgreens removes purchase limits on children's fever-reducing
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Shoplifting in NYC is so bad supermarkets are locking up
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Walgreens says it may have overblown retail theft concerns, plans