Spam-a-Lock! NYC drug store puts $3.99 tins of SPAM and $3.49 tins of HAM in theft-proof cases as crime wave grips Big Apple

The Daily Mail - July 31,2022

*One Twitter user noticed the policy, where the meat substitute is sealed in a plastic container at the Duane Reade inside the Port Authority bus depot

While this is not a city-wide policy or one maintained by every Duane Reade in the city, other products are often locked up at other locations

*One employee at the Duane Reade in Times Square on West 44th Street said that they lock up ice cream

Some found it amusing or even insulting that the cheap cans of Spam and Starkist Tuna would be protected

With robberies up nearly 40 percent in New York City, it's perhaps no surprise that a local pharmacy has taken the extreme steps of locking up cases of Spam.

Twitter user Willy Staley noticed the tins of $3.99 processed meat sealed in a theft-proof plastic container at the Duane Reade inside the Port Authority bus depot in Midtown Manhattan - known as one of New York's grimiest areas.

Staley also found a $3.49 tin of Celebrity ham, which retails for a similar price, protected with the same measure.

The New York Post caught one shopper who remarked: 'I've never seen that before' while laughing at the anti-theft measure.

While this is not a city-wide policy or one maintained by every Duane Reade in the city, other products are often locked up at other locations.

One employee at the Duane Reade in Times Square on West 44th Street said that they lock up ice cream.

The area is a mecca for vagrants, sparking speculation that ready-to-eat items have been locked away because they're a popular target for thieves.

Sauce: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11065951/NYC-drug-store-3-99-tins-SPAM-theft-proof-cases-crime-wave-continues-grip-Big-Apple.html