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Supermarket Chain 'Osher Ad' Uses Wheel-Locking Carts to Combat Theft
How 2 Israeli newsrooms (in Russian, Hebrew) covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.
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By Вести-Ynet
First reported by Ynet · 4 hours ago
What happened
Israeli supermarket chain Osher Ad is using carts with wheels that lock automatically when they leave designated parking areas to combat theft and abandonment. The system, which has drawn customer complaints, is designed to prevent the loss of thousands of carts annually, costing retailers significant sums.
- 01Osher Ad carts lock wheels when leaving designated parking areas to prevent theft.
- 02Customers complain about the inconvenience of the new wheel-locking cart system.
- 03The system aims to reduce annual losses from thousands of stolen or abandoned carts.
- 04Similar cart-locking technology has been used internationally for about a decade.
- 05The chain also continues to use traditional coin-operated cart locks.
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