New receipt checks at Loblaw-owned stores raising eyebrows, concerns about racial profiling

In recent days, Canadians have taken to social media to share photos of and displeasure with the sign at their local supermarkets, which tell customers that their receipts may be checked.

Meanwhile, others are expressing apathy, likening the receipt checks to what customers have long experienced at Costco stores. “I will not subject myself to this. I will not be treated like a criminal. I accept Costco because it’s a membership requirement, they check every receipt for every one, not selectively which means racially profiling,” another Twitter user wrote. Loblaw did not answer specific questions about its new policy, but told CTVNews.

“Given the fact that we've had double-digit food price inflation for so many months, food prices are dramatically higher over the last two or three years, it doesn’t come as a surprise that the theft of groceries is going to have risen and retailers are going to be looking to put preventative measures in place,” Smyth told CTVNews.ca in a phone interview.

Wasylyshen added that people often think retail crime is a “victimless crime,” but the thefts cost Canadian retailers “billions of dollars a year,” costs which are passed on to consumers.

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