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The confectionery has been given the kind of protection more often provided for high-risk products such as razors or more expensive alcohol .

Shoppers seeking out the chocolate treats will now have to take the dummy packs to the checkouts where they will be exchanged for the real thing.

ASDA chairman Lord Stuart Rose said this week the offence has effectively been decriminalised thanks to a lack of action, and echoed calls by the boss of Tesco for more to be done to protect staff.

Bedding is the latest in a long list of household goods being locked away, with butter, cheese, meat and baby formula all appearing security tagged in shops in the past year (pictured).

Four per cent more of the population get coffee regularly than tea, according to the Statistica Global Consumer review.

From displaying empty jars of coffee to facial recognition technology, we look at some of the tactics retailers are using to stamp out shoplifting.

The problem of steep coffee prices has been a long time brewing. Now, annual coffee price inflation has been between 7.6 per cent and 16.5 per cent every month for the past year.

Amid the cost-of-living crisis, desperate Brits have taken to shoplifting. Supermarkets are feeling the pinch and to cut losses, they are keeping dummy coffee jars on shelves

Instant coffee is being kept in security cases at a supermarket after the price soared to £10.50 a jar

Shoppers were astonished to see instant coffee kept in security boxes at a Co-op store in Birmingham as food prices soar.