Tesco has put security tags on packets of ham costing as little as £2 to thwart shoplifters.
A shocked shopper spotted the yellow stickers on a range of meat.
They had ‘security protected’ written on them.
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The cheapest items they were on were £2.50 Honey Roast Ham.
But customers can buy two for £4, making them £2 each.
The same deal was on slices of roast beef.
They cost £2.75 but were again £2 each when buying two under the deal.
The tags were also on bigger packs of Honey Roast Ham for £2.65.
Chicken fillets priced at £2.75 had them too.
Plus Tesco Finest Wiltshire Cured Ham – £3.75 or two for £6 – which were £3 each.
Blocks of Cheddar cheese costing £3.35 were also available.
As well as Gammon, priced at £4.50.
“It’s like Fort Knox in there,” dad Dylan John, 48, told Need To Know.
“You can’t move without security keeping a beady eye on you.
“I only pooped in for a lettuce and felt like Ronnie Kray walking round the aisles.”
They were spotted in Tesco Express, in Central Drive, Blackpool, Lancs.
The mini supermarket is in the shadows of the town’s seaside resort’s Blackpool Tower.
In March 2023, the anti-theft measures were put on ham, but then the cheapest were £2.35.
Mince and pork were also tagged.
Tesco has been approached for comment.
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