Greggs staff forced to wear panic buttons as violent shoplifters steal 'handfuls of sausage rolls'
dailyrecord.co.ukGreggs staff have been forced to wear panic buttons to stop violent thieves who steal sausage rolls and doughnuts.Staff have reportedly faced abusive and nasty behaviour as thugs help themselves to goods, with one shop losing around £200 per day from nicked goods.
Panic buttons are now worn by staff at the store in Middlesbrough to alert colleagues if a violent thief enters the shop.Manager Lynne said: “It’s rife, they’ll come in and help themselves to the sandwiches, they’ll take the doughnuts, they’ll take a handful of sausage rolls.
It’s absolutely disgusting. They’re abusive and nasty. One of my colleagues was hit and punched by a woman when he tried to confront her. "And I had to press my panic button the other week when a man came in and swept up all the sandwiches and threw the metal tray on the floor.
They don’t just take – they actually choose what they want and then walk past the window sarcastically waving at you.” It comes as figures revealed shoplifting in the north east of England is on the rise.
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