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- Retailers in the United Kingdom are locking chocolate bars in plastic boxes to deter theft.
- Sainsbury's has applied this measure to products frequently targeted, including £2.60 Cadbury Dairy Milk bars.
- The Association of Convenience Stores says chocolate theft is rising, with offenders selling stolen bars.
- The National Police Chiefs' Council did not respond to questions about scale, but individual police forces confirm a trend in chocolate thefts.
