Dishonest Sinkies Costing Local Supermarkets $150k A Year In Stolen Baskets And Carts

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SINGAPORE: Despite appeals to shoppers to not take trolley baskets and shopping carts home, they still go missing, according to some local supermarket chains.

A spokesperson with Sheng Siong said on average, the supermarket chain lost about 180 trolley baskets each month in 2015. Cold Storage, which also operates the chain of Giant supermarkets in Singapore, said its Giant outlet in Jurong East lost about 600 trolley baskets last year. It has since made a police report over the losses.

The company said there have been similar cases at other outlets, but the problem tapered off when customers were reminded not to take the baskets away.

Even as supermarkets deal with the issue of trolley baskets going missing, the problem of shopping carts going missing continues. This is despite notices in supermarkets that remind customers that shopping carts are for use within the store or mall, and are not to be trundled away.

FairPrice said that over the past two years, about 1,000 shopping carts go missing from its stores each month. It said it costs S$150,000 a year to recover and repair, or to replace the carts.

Sheng Siong loses about 90 shopping carts a month, and together with the trolley baskets, said that losses come up to S$10,000.

- CH8/dl


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