Comment on Chocolate kept in anti-theft boxes as retailers warn it's being stolen to order

• LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  it doesn’t affect them It’s the shop who takes the loss

  So it does affect them, then?

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  • scholar@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Producer - has already been paid by legitimate shop for goods, isn’t affected by theft. Legitimate shop - pays for goods then doesn’t get paid. Is affected.

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    • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      And? I said “corporation”. I don’t give a fuck how “Legitimate” they are. I hope they are affected and I very much want them to be affected.

      Sainsbury’s is majority owned by Qatar Investment Authority - a sovereign wealth fund, the rest is private equity.

      Tesco’s is majority owned by fucking BlackRock and over 80% of the shares are other misc private equity.

      Morrisons is owned by US private equity in whole.

      ASDA is owned by private equity and Walmart.

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