I remember the old country store that was close enough to walk to from the surrounding community. They kept candy and Ice Cream and mostly canned food and all displays were on shelves behind the counters that ran both sides of the building. In front of the shelves was bagged or barreled foods such as peanuts, potatoes, etc. It was very difficult to snatch and run from those stores. If it didn’t work there was always the shot guns along the check out counter. I loved that store and the candy the groscer would hand out to us kids.
Inccidently we have a Walgreens in our village. High prices but a great store. It would be awfully hard for any one attempted to steal anything would never make it out of reach. Don’t ever allow America to destroy the small villages.