Could not believe my eyes!!!

I'm with you bee.

lol true. This has got me thinking though, maybe I should just take a bunch of crackers in a container. I'm surprised how many people on here think it's wrong, it makes me wonder how many people in the supermarket think the same thing? A container would make it less likely to have a whole pile of crackers in my shopping bag when I get home

Get the free luncheon haha.. unless your supermarket has banned it because people have slipped over on it?

I always feed the kids stuff in the supermarket. Maya gets "red sausages" (cocktail sausages) from the deli, and she eats them on the way round, and the gremlins get rice crackers or plain biscuits. The lady in the deli knows us, and she knows Maya eats them before we get to the check out, she even leaves the bag open instead of sealing it.
I really don't see the issue unless you then stuff the empty packaging behind the canned food or whatever. I have never once let the kids eat something then not paid for it, and the checkout staff usually laugh when I tell them to mind the open cracker packet etc.
Oh and before you ask, I've done my time as a checkout chick, 6 years at New World while I was at high school/uni and I've never once seen anyone tell a customer off for opening food before they've paid for it, not even the store detectives that we used to have in 2 or 3 times a week every week.
One thing I do thing is shocking tho is people who let their kids smear lollies/food all over the baby trolleys then just leave them so when the next person goes to use them they are caked with muck. If my kids make a mess, I always clean it up.

I always take heaps of snacks with me to keep Joey going - I cut up apple at home and take it in a container, I take tiny teddies or crackers in another container, I take a pack of raisins and usually a mother earth bar too... hehehehe, It's just enough (with the free piece of luncheon ) to keep him going till we get to the check out

I've never even thought about being asked if it's "stolen" or off the shelves, ooops, lol

BTW I think letting your child eat handfuls of margarine is disgusting too

You didn't make me feel bad at all really. It's always good to hear other peoples point of few on things I've never seen this from the other prospective.