'This really is a sign of the times': Tesco is forced to put its security tags on its CHEESE amid fears cash-strapped cost-of-living crisis customers could try and steal it

  • One customer in Somerset noticed 'security protected' stickers on some cheese
  • A member of security at the Priorswood Road branch was seen putting tags on
  • Comes days after shoppers in Cornwall found milk products security tagged 
  • Tesco denied that thefts were reason for tagging but said result of 'human error' 

By Katherine Lawton For Mailonline

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Tesco has resorted to putting security tags on its cheese amid fears that cash-strapped customers could try to steal it during the cost-of-living crisis. 

One customer at a Tesco Express in Taunton, Somerset, noticed 'security protected' stickers were being put on a number of cheeses at the supermarket giant - including its own brand product. 

Meanwhile, a member of the security staff at the Priorswood Road branch was seen 'slapping' the tags on cheeses in the chiller, which will set off the alarm if somebody exits the store without paying. 

The shopper took a photograph of the dairy products which shows that the Double Gloucester Cheddar and Extra Mature Cheddar have both been tagged, according to Somerset Live. 

Photographs showing that Tesco has started putting security tags on its cheese

Tesco has started putting security tags on its cheese amid fears that cash-strapped customers might try to steal it due to the cost-of-living crisis

The customer, who wishes to remain anonymous, said: 'This really is a sign of the times. Having recently seen security tags on milk in Cornwall and now on own brand cheese in Somerset, it makes you wonder how desperate people are becoming if supermarket chains are having to take such measures. 

Tesco denied that thefts were the reason for the new tagging but said it was a result of 'human error'. [File image]

Tesco denied that thefts were the reason for the new tagging but said it was a result of 'human error'. [File image]

'The security guard was in the store with a roll of the sticky security tags slapping them on the cheese in the chiller. It's tragic to think some people may be resorting to stealing such basic dairy items.'

It comes jus ta few days after surprised shoppers in Cornwall found milk products were security tagged after a staff member said they had suffered thefts. 

Meanwhile, some of the milk bottles in the Tesco Extra store in Pool, near Camborne, had individual plastic security tags attached. 

Tesco denied that thefts were the reason for the new tagging but said it was a result of 'human error'.  

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