Snacking in the Grocery Store

That's so funny that you started this discussion today. I was at Wal-Mart with my 9 month old today and he started fussing, it was snack time, and I grabbed a bag of low calorie chips ahoy and started to feed them to him. It's really not something I like to do, I feel kinda bad, even though I am going to pay for them. I have seen some people who do that and just put it back on a shelf.

No, I have never snacked while shopping. I'm not a snacker to start with, however.

No I Have never snaked while shoping

No, I can't say that I have ever opened up anything in the store. The one thing I always laughed about is watching someone grab a handful of peanuts that are in the bulk and eat them all the way through the store. There is no way they are paying for those. The same with grapes. My sister-in-law ate a peanut at Walmart, and tried to give them .25 for it. They made her stand there while they went and got 1 peanut to weigh up, it cost .02. They should have taken her .25. lol

i have to agree with you that it's never a good idea to shop while hungry...though i have never grab a snack while shopping..i will make sure that i eat something first before i go shopping. i dont know, i tend to feel so guilty taking something off the shelves and eating it straight.

I've personally never done this, I've always wondered if I'd get in trouble for doing this. I've taken the free samples but thats it. My mom just told me about my great grandpa. He would go get a bunch of grapes and bunch on a few while he was shopping in the grocery store. Not exactly sure how he did that since they have to weighed to figure out the price. But I guess back then the store didn't complain over a few grapes? I do try to not go grocery shopping when hungry cause the few times I have I've always left with more than I actually came into the store for. More of that impulse buying lol. I don't see anything wrong with opening a snack and eating it while shopping now that I know that is ok. As long as its something you pay by the package and not the lbed. As far as people eating half and putting it back on the shelf thats downright disgusting. Gross! I'd hate to pick up a package like that.

I don't think it is right. Because it really isn't yours until you purchase it. At any point before payment, it can be put back. And I can tell you, I have seen people eating things in the grocery store and then put the open container back on the shelf. I am not saying that this is what you are doing...but really, it is another form of stealing because it is not technically yours until you pay for it. But that is just my opinion and something I teach my children also. Even down to the youngest, he knows it is not his and can not open it until I pay for it.

No I don't like snacking while shopping...

Occasionally I will open something that i am going to buy to snack on, but usually i eat before i go grocery shopping to help not buy things i don't need. My son sometimes gets antsy while grocery shopping so if i am buying fruit snacks for him i will give him a pack.

No .. I don't think I would dare to .. hehehehe ... I can just see you handing over your empty crisp packet to a startled till girl heheheh !! I tell you what I have done though .. and on more than one occasion ... I find the intense smell down the washing powder aisle can make my nose run ... and guess what it's always when I have forgotten to take out a tissue or left them in the car ... so I have to scurry round to the tissue aisle and grab a box .... hurry up and get it open to blow my nose ... I've even had to tussle at the checkout to keep my opened box when the girl has tried to insist on getting me an 'undamaged' box hahahaha ...

ive actually cooked a meal in the store. i waited until the sample lady left her post, then i grapped some hot pockets and shoved them in the microwave and me and sisters ate for free that night.

I think it is fine. I always do this for my kids becuase it seems to help them behave better. I have never had any problems with the stores either. They seem fine with it when my girl hands them a half eatten bag of goldfish.

I agree with you that when hungry we tend to buy much more than we otherwise would but as adults I think we need to practice restraint. Even Diabetics do not make a habit of doing this-and they have health issues. The key is to eat before going shopping. Or snack in your car before going in to shop. Imagine the cost to store owners (then passed on to us the consumers) if many people did this. I know you pay for yours but many people don't. It also isn't fair to the owners of the store to have to wonder if you plan on paying or not. Now- granted we have all tasted a grape before buying a bunch-I am guilty of having done that too but I no longer do that as I realize if everyone took a grape there would be no grapes left to be sold and as little as it seems it does add up and amounts to theft. Again, I'm not saying you are a thief as you clearly stated you pay for your product but I still think we shouldn't open the packages and if we must-we should simply go to the express line or customer service and pay for the item-get a receipt and then we can munch to our hearts content :-) ps interesting topic

I once went shopping with a new friend;this happened aobut 13 years ago... she got some chili mac at the deli and a carton of chocolate milk and when she was done,she hid the trash in the shelves behind stock. Nice,huh? And we wonder why the prices are higher every year?? Lela

I have never snacked in the supermarket or given anything to my children when they were younger but my son and daughter are both now married with their own children and they give their children something to eat while they are shopping . They pay for it but i always feel uncomfortable about it if i am with them. Maybe that is the next generation they don't really care as they always say mum we are not stealing we are going to pay for it .

YA ME TOO FIND IT VERY AKWARD TO SNACK SOMETHING IN the shop. it is not good and it looks very ugly too . because eating before th public and that too place like a grocery shop is not advisable. exception cases are kids. i agree to u .

no,usually i do'nt do that even i feel for it,it looks awkward,i tried to bear my hunger or whatever,i tried to wait till now i am outside,some time i even do'nt do the grocery shoping come out from the store,having outside some thing after that i used to go again for shoping,even i do'nt like if my kid is doing that,i avoid as much as i can,if he do'nt listen then only give that to him in inside store

I have to say as much as I want to snack on something Im scared that someone would accuse me of stealing or something so I just hold my horses until I get to the check out line.

During shopping if you grab a snack then its your duty to pay for it while you leave the shop. Otherwise your this habbit will creat a great problem some day for you. So be honest while shopping or where ever you are.

I personally have never eaten while I'm shopping HOWEVER I do let my little one snack on something I have already put in the basket. Why??? It keeps him settled in the basket while I shop. I am always afraid though that someone is going to think I plan on not paying for it which is absolutely not true. And I would never let him eat fruit (which I see a lot of people doing) because it must be washed before eating and it has to be weighed in order to pay for it.