Opinion: Grocery stores used to be my happy place. Then they started locking up the detergent

Locked cabinets safeguarding merchandise are now ubiquitous in retailers. Anti-theft measures like these erode customers' spirits and our social fabric, even though it's unclear whether shoplifting has become the national crisis some claim.

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