Submitted by hungryaf in axolotl

Been lurking around reading the forum history. Seems like a lot of people have been busted at grocery stores. I have been lifting my groceries for years via walkouts in reusable bags. I don’t pay for anything as it gives them time to react, but honestly I have never seen LP let alone anyone confronted for shoplifting.

It may have something to do with my region, the stores I hit, when I hit them, or the ridiculously high number of stores in a short distance, but I’m curious why so many people with tons of experience who were never caught before run into trouble with groceries.

For the sake of reference points, if you have been caught or close to caught at a grocery store, which store and what method? You don’t need to say the state of you don’t want to, but region would help. Also, if anyone has any inside info, please share. I regularly scan the career pages for stores I lift from and most grocery stores don’t seem to have any dedicated in store LP, yet people are regularly caught.

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Lifted_Hickory wrote

Kroger has LP. I've seen them lurk near registers and confront. Read several reports near me of people getting busted. Usually seems to be ORC related like a cart full of Tide pods, razors, or meats.

I did several big walkouts and never had a problem, I've cooled on grocery from there though.

The Mart with Wals seems to be stepping up on their deterrent game though. Several days I've been serviced to death at registers and called out on stuff. Never happened before and it has me waiting a minute to go back. I think I've burned my closest stores for a while.

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hungryaf OP wrote

Good intel. From what I have read, Kroger does have good LP. Maybe that’s where everyone is being caught. I am guessing it’s just Kroger though and not any of the alternately named subsidiaries.

If anything is a common ORC item, I make sure it’s the last thing I pick up before walking out and only 1 or 2 max.

Something fucky is going on at Walmart and I don’t like it. What a shitty company.

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hungryaf OP wrote

Self checkout is the worst place you can be if you are actually trying to steal something. It was my gateway drug that got me back into shoplifting. When I was in college, I would palm a clearance sticker and buy the most expensive sushi they had. Then I realized how much faster and safer it was to just walkout with it. Fuck that - no ramen for my ass.

But that’s the point. Rookies are trying to be sneaky and most people who would never actually lift will try the banana trick. Even if there isn’t LP, it’s too risky to get trapped by someone taking their job seriously. At best - an awkward conversation. At worst - you are caught with easy evidence you just handed them. No thanks. Walkouts for life.

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themoa wrote

I try to lift at least 50% of my groceries from the mart with wals. Usually through self checkout, but I am starting to realize this is becoming a lot more tricky. I want to do a walkout so bad, but I’m afraid of showing up on Facebook or something. I have gotten close a couple times, but I just feel too nervous about it. Any tips?

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WL1534 wrote

I used to steal groceries at Walmart with my backpack it's not hard. Walmart employees don't generally give a damn about their jobs and if you go at the right time there's very little to no longer on duty and I just learned when all the overnight employees were busy stocking and were to busy to have time to walk around

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