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.
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.