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Supermarkets

PROTECT™ Security Fog has an attractive ROI

Some of the world’s largest supermarkets have adopted PROTECT™ Security Fog due to its compelling return on investment.

 

One prominent supermarket chain conducted a detailed analysis and found that the cost savings from preventing just one burglary could fund the purchase of at least ten fog cannons. This financial calculation underlines the effectiveness of security fog systems in deterring theft and protecting valuable inventory, making them a cost-effective choice for enhancing security measures in retail operations.

PROTECT checkout counters and valuable stock

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Supermarkets are often targets for theft or robberies due to stock such as tobacco and alcohol. Tobacco and alcohol are often stolen because of their high resale value and can sometimes be relatively easy to access.

 

There is also cash stored in these locations, which makes customer and employee safety extremely important. Employees in most supermarkets handle cash every day as part of their job. As this is well-known information, a supermarket also needs to have a security solution that can keep their employees safe. If a robbery were to happen, it would not only be the employees who would feel unsafe, but also the customers in the store. Therefore, it is of the highest importance to have a plan for these situations.

 

If a break-in or a robbery happens in a supermarket, it can disrupt business continuity. A supermarket is highly reliant on its customers, and if the store is closed, they will find another place to do their grocery shopping. Therefore, it can have a great financial impact if the supermarket is closed. Thus, it is important to have a proactive solution that will stop the robber or burglar before they can manage to steal or cause any damage

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Reduce robbery and burglary incidents with fog

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Supermarkets that protect their cash desks, most valuable stock, and ATMs with fog cannons can protect the stock, employees, and customers in seconds. If a burglar tries to make their way inside, a fog cannon will activate and discharge a thick white fog, making it impossible to see anything within seconds. This is also effective for personal protection with a panic button, so employees can activate the fog if they are threatened by a robber.

 

Multiple supermarkets have already installed PROTECT™ Fog Cannons. “Fog protection is the biggest single breakthrough in store protection in recent years, and today we never open a store until it has fog protection. In the past, a band of thieves could break into five stores in one night. Nine out of ten burglars run off immediately when they are faced with the fog. As more or less nothing gets stolen, the fog very quickly pays for itself – the price of one burglary could pay for maybe ten fog cannons,” explains Safety Manager Peter Bruun of REMA 1000. The Norwegian-owned retail chain chose PROTECT™ following rigorous testing of the quality and speed of the fog protection system.

 

SPAR, the world’s largest grocery chain, has installed fog protection in a number of its UK stores. The results are convincing. The number of burglaries is dramatically reduced with security fog protection. The burglar often fails to take anything when breaking into a store with fog protection.

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Demo in a Champions IGA supermarket

It’s quite important to protect a supermarket’s area with tobacco articles and spirits. It looks like this. With security fog it is impossible to see anything – and therefore impossible to steal.

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You can also learn more about how Fog Cannons can be effective security measures for supermarkets by reading our case on the topic