Store relocated padded envelopes after thieves used them to post stolen goods from inside shop

A supermarket has been forced to relocate its stock of padded envelopes after thieves used them to post stolen goods from inside the shop.



Shoppers at the Asda Supercentre in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, were baffled after padded envelopes and postage boxes were moved away from the Post Office desk and kept behind the entertainment counter at the other end of the store.

Asda staff admitted to customers that the reason for the bizarre location of the envelopes was due to a wave of shoplifters taking stock including DVDs and CDs, sealing them in the envelopes and then posting them back using the store’s Post Office counter. A confused Asda shopper posted on the Pride in the Port Facebook page to show his confusion about the sly shoplifting method.



An Asda spokesperson confirmed that ‘a small number of customers’ were posting items to themselves using the in-store Post Office. They said: “We take shoplifting very seriously and work with the local Police to ensure this doesn’t happen in our stores. This allows us to continue to offer the low prices that customers expect from Asda.”