Fact: one of the Big 3 chains has already called up max loss prevention and liasoned with po-po in large metros -- where they have acres of ghetto exposure -- how to triage the lifters, and keep any and all of it from escalating into a flash mob riot.
You live in a neighborhood that is even sketch-adjacent and only one grocery chain? You best get a week's worth of food on Halloween...
Starting a few weeks ago, off-duty cops were hired for the grocery store in my neighborhood. I love it. There have been thefts before, and store personnel just watch it happen. Once, during COVID, a thief quickly wheeled a whole dolly of beer out the door.