Richard Walker, Iceland’s chair, says Walker Smith is ‘welcome to a job with us’ as public fundraiser hits £7,500
Keir Starmer’s cost of living tsar, who is the chair of Iceland, has offered a job to a worker who was sacked from Waitrose after trying to stop a shoplifter.
Waitrose faced public outcry over its treatment of Walker Smith, who was fired two days after he stopped the shoplifter taking items from the Easter egg display, including Lindt chocolate bunnies.
Richard Walker responded by offering Smith a job at one of his stores. In a LinkedIn post, he wrote: “You’re welcome to a job with us. We even share the same name …”
An Iceland spokesperson confirmed to the Guardian that the supermarket chain had been in touch with Smith and offered him a job.
