Stealing from Whole Foods

What happens if you get caught stealing from Whole Foods?

After Whole Foods security detains and questions a suspected shoplifter, the NYPD is called and formally taken into custody. Later, the suspected shoplifter can be given a desk appearance ticket and charged with petit larceny and possession of stolen property at the arraignment in court.

Do grocery stores care if you steal?

Sometimes grocery stores will hire private security, too. And while they don’t have the power to arrest someone, they do have the power to detain shoplifters until the police show up. Even if a store doesn’t have undercover cops or private security, almost all grocery stores have loss prevention people.