If you do this while grocery shopping, you’re officially a ‘grub’

Coles and Woolies staffers are exposing the bizarre things they’ve found at work, labelling shoppers who do it “grubs”. Are you guilty?

Shoppers are exposing the bizarre things they’ve found at supermarkets, including the bones of an entirely devoured roast chicken.

A picture recently shared on social media showed a bag of Coles Roast Chicken discovered at the Southland, Victoria, store.

However, instead of the bag being filled with a chicken, all it contained was the ravaged carcass left behind by a seemingly hungry customer.

“A customer ate a whole rotisserie chicken in the store and left a bag full of bones in the tissue aisle,” a Reddit user, who claimed to work at the supermarket giant, said.

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A Reddit user who claimed to work at Coles shared a photo of a roast chicken that had been eaten in store. Picture: Reddit.

Some social media users found the act of eating a whole chicken hilarious — and were impressed that someone was able to get away with such a blatant act of theft.

“Gotta commend them for not only their commitment but discretion. I mean how does one eat an ENTIRE chicken without getting caught? Either they’ve done this enough to know how to be discrete or they huffed that thing,” one person commented.

Another said; “Put it in the basket and walk up and down each aisle. You realise pretty quickly the general public doesn’t care about you lol.”

“Well it’s acceptable to eat a few grapes why can’t someone check the chicken is not well prepared? Lucky it wasn’t the hound ‘Think I’ll take two chickens’,” one commented.

One added: “Honestly I’m impressed. The tissue aisle was probably a tactical move tbh.”

“Won’t be hard to spot on the CCTV but damn that’s effort eating the whole damn chicken,” another social media user added.

One added: “Probably some gym bro.”

“You know what if I saw this at work, I wouldn’t even be mad. This is impressive and funny while not leaving a huge mess to clean up,” another said.

Social media users were stunned at the effort. Picture: Supplied

One commented: “I reckon most people would be surprised by how often this happens.”

“They probably didn’t eat it they probably shredded it up and put it in a different bag or hid it inside something so they didn’t have to pay for it,” one commented.

One social media user called it “grub behaviour” but others gave the customer the benefit of the doubt, saying it was likely an act of desperation.

“Yeah, if it was a homeless or hungry poor person, I’m glad they ate it,” one said.

Another added: “Tbh, in this economy, I can kinda respect it.”

“If someone is doing it that rough they need to do this to get a nice chicken dinner, and not even be able to sit and enjoy it, they need it more that I do,” one commented.

A kebab found at a Woolies in 2022. Picture: Facebook

One said: “Must have been starving, they inhaled it. My friends work at Coles and Woolworths and see homeless people come in and eat but also purchase a drink or something and I get it you gotta eat.”

It’s not unusual to find something slightly off at a retail store. Workers around the world have reported finding everything from open chip packets gorged on while strolling the aisles, used nappies and even urine in vases.

Last year, during the peak of the egg shortage, Australians were doing their best to secure a perfect carton. So, they would dump broken eggs onto the shelf. Picture: Facebook

Internet personality Emily Solberg found a stash of KFC’s Popcorn Chicken hidden inside a gumboot at Walmart in January.

Meanwhile in 2022, a Woolworths Coffs Harbour worker found a half eaten kebab hidden on the shelves. The worker labelled it a “pig” act and said working in the team that restocked shelves at night, sights like this weren’t uncommon.

Another picture showed a corn relish dip shoved into a box of Chicken Crimpy Shapes. Last year, during the peak of the egg shortage, Australians were doing their best to secure a perfect carton. So, they would dump broken eggs onto the shelf.

The Pick and Mix section of supermarkets have always proved controversial with a pigeon being spotted at a Coles store earlier this year. Last year, a customer called out another shopper for simply sticking their hand in and taking a snack for the road.

Originally published as If you do this while grocery shopping, you’re officially a ‘grub’