Reply To: Eating in the store before checking out

1. Is it permissible al pi halacha – idealy can ask the storeowner if unsure can assume most store owners wouldnt mind
and per secular law? – Yes Shoplifting requires “the intent to permanently deprive the item’s rightful owner (the grocery store, in this case), without paying for it.”

2. Too Subjective depends on the food eaten, the person eating it, what others do