Shoppers fume as supermarket slaps security tags on £4.49 EASTER EGGS

SHOPPERS have been left fuming as a supermarket has slapped security tags on £4.49 Easter eggs.

Easter eggs costing under a fiver have been locked up in a bid to thwart shoplifters.

Stores across the nation are tightening up in the fight against thieves who have seemingly turned their attention to chocolate.

QD stores in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, is hoping to stop crooks from snatching their eggs this Easter.

Cadbury and Nestle ones can be seen strapped up with a huge tag on them.

The branded items included Mini Eggs, Smarties, Celebrations, Yorkie, Maltesers and the classic Creme Egg.

Shopper Jake Game could not believe his eyes after stumbling across them.

Surprised by the extra security Jake said: “When you're out in Wisbech and find they security tag their Easter eggs.”;

The 25-year-old told What’s The Jam: “I just thought it was absolutely hilarious. They’ve gone to the extent of security tagging the Easter eggs.

“I have no idea why they tagged them.”;

In February, one confused punter spotted a locked up £19 1kg bag of Mini Eggs, which had a huge security tag strapped across it.

The item was spotted in a WHSmith store on John Street, Liverpool.

This comes just days after shoppers spotted Tesco‘s own security measures to combat shoplifting.

The retailer installed anti-shoplifting plastic strips to shoo away criminals.

Bosses greenlit the contraptions which sit loosely in front of the store products and can slide from side to side freely if punters want to grab the item.

But shoppers have laughed off the appliance's effect and questioned how the item would swat away would-be thieves.

A TikTok clip showing how the device works attracted sharp criticism from viewers.

“How does this stop shoplifting?” one person asked.

A second queried: “So you can slide it over and get what you need. So how is going to stop shop lifters?”

A third weighed in: “Thieves don't care, they'll just break them off or take longer to take things.

“Doesn't matter whether barriers, gates, these, tags. They'll steal if they want to steal.”

But others swooped in to defend the approach.

One argued: “They definitely work as someone who had these in their store it takes the thieves longer to get to everything so they might steal 10 bars instead of 30 and if they do go for more it gives security time.”

A second agreed: “It's a deterrence mechanism, individuals are less likely to come in and make a quick theft from Tesco because of those stupid slidey things so they will go elsewhere.”

QD stores have been approached for comment.