Six Giant Food grocery stores are going to start banning children under 18 who are unaccompanied by an adult after 6 p.m. Giant said the new policy will begin Thursday at select D.C.-area stores.
In a statement, Giant said the ban is meant to reduce the “unprecedented levels of product theft that have become unsustainable for our business.”
The new policy drew a mixed reaction from people outside the Giant at 4303 Connecticut Ave. NW in the Van Ness neighborhood, one of the stores...