Editing Sainsbury's (section)

===Receipt scanning===
[[File:Sainsburys checkout barriers 1.jpg|thumb|Customers in some Sainsbury's stores are held in a barriered area until they scan their receipt]]
In 2022 Sainsbury's began to introduce new [[Retail loss prevention|security arrangements]] in some stores to reduce [[shoplifting]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nazir |first1=Sahar |title=Sainsbury's faces backlash as it makes shoppers scan receipts to exit stores |url=https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2022/12/sainsburys-scan-receipts-exit/ |work=www.retailgazette.co.uk |date=13 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705134051/https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2022/12/sainsburys-scan-receipts-exit/ |archive-date=5 July 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> Customers are held within a barriered area and must scan their printed receipt on an [[Barcode reader|optical scanner]] to open an automatic gate, before they are permitted to exit the store. The change has been criticised in the media for inconveniencing customers and presuming all customers to be potentially guilty of theft until they are able to prove their innocence. Sainsbury's stated that the new system was necessary following a 22% increase in shoplifting as a result of the [[2021–present United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis|cost-of-living crisis]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sommerlad |first1=Joe |title=Shoppers rage against supermarket's scan-receipt-to-exit policy |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/sainsburys-scan-receipt-to-exit-policy-reaction-b2247476.html |access-date=24 July 2023 |work=The Independent |date=18 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327022409/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/sainsburys-scan-receipt-to-exit-policy-reaction-b2247476.html |archive-date=27 March 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='It's ridiculous!': Furious Sainsbury's shoppers criticise new barriers 'detaining' customers who fail to show receipt |url=https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/sainsburys-receipts-supermarket-barrier-checkout/ |access-date=24 July 2023 |work=LBC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506001657/https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/sainsburys-receipts-supermarket-barrier-checkout/ |archive-date=6 May 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>