It’s valuable to share this information with the public. It’s good for people to know the cart might lock in this situation, so they don’t go through what you did with your 18 month old getting jarred.

Wanna bet? You do know who pays for that stolen food, don’t you? Hint, it isn’t the business over the long term.

So, someone who cleans out the seafood display of lobster tails and dashes for the exit is just hungry?

Sorry, having to carry your child from the store to your car is not “punishment” (if you don’t want the burden of carrying it, don’t make the baby). These days I don’t believe you can take the carts out of any Safeways in my city (San Francisco), regardless if you’ve bought something or not. If you don’t like it blame…

The system should have a manager over ride for the small chance the store needs to be evacuated. I see constant police reports about food and hard-goods store having people walk out with carts of goods.

Aside from the “repeat offender” story about the guy stealing $600 worth of groceries, this seems more about deterring cart and basket theft than it would be about food shoplifting. People who are stealing $600 worth of food are probably not doing so out of pure hunger and a lack of resources and are probably…

Geez. But don't blame the stores. Blame the other people walking around next to you. Shoplifting and basket theft raises prices.