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Asda could soon be putting perfume and batteries into vending machines to prevent thieves from stealing them to order.
Batteries, razor blades and perfumes are easy for gangs to sell on the black market, so supermarket bosses have been thinking up ways to make customers pay for ‘high-theft’ items before gaining access to them.
It follows a trial at a store in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, where it uses vending machines to sell cigarettes.
The trial involved customers using a screen to choose a ticket for an item that they take to the tills to pay for.
Shoppers then receive another ticket which they can take to a vending machine which then finally spits out the product they want.
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