A brazen man filled up his bag with Greggs food before scooping up an armful of even more grub and walking out without paying.
The crook put sandwiches and tubs of fruit in his big, blue holdall.
The shoplifter then went to the drink fridge, where he added to his loot.
He was not finished there though, as he picked up ten boxes of goods from a display next to the exit.
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The man – dressed in grabby Nike black joggers, a green coat and sunglasses – then hotfooted it out of the High Street bakery branch.
It was filmed by a shocked customer in a 28-second video on their mobile phone.
It happened in Greggs in Jubilee Crescent, Coventry on Saturday (20 Dec), as reported on Need To Know.
Local Kate Elliott fumed: “Stocks.
“Bring back the stocks in the public square.
“Utter pond life.”
Angry Tony Ward said: “I couldn’t not do something.”
Tom Matthew added: “Anyone would get in more trouble trying to stop them.
“Than they would for actually stealing.”
One – named Stewart – said: ‘When I started working my first job was in retail in 1984 in London.
“A shoplifting incident was about one a month if that and it was dealt with robustly with a fast police response.
“What the hell has been allowed to happen to this country?”
Another added: “Why isn’t anybody trying to stop them?”
One said: “Shocking.”
West Midlands Police and Greggs have been approached for comment.
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