Fine Fare Supermarkets

I always go to this particular supermarket right after I come from the hair salon a few blocks away. It is one of the best supermarkets in upper Manhattan. It is always well-stocked with many of the products that I have difficulty finding in my own neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY. I always find fresh meat and produce at great prices and I’ve never found any expired products in their store. Unfortunately most likely because of the store’s location and the race and ethnicity of the neighborhood, homelessness, drugs, etc,(which are everywhere) this particular store must have suffered great loss due to thieves.Yesterday I came in the store with my handbag and a shopping bag which ( I would use for my purchases at that store) the bag had 2 small bottles of water and an additional folded shopping bag in it. The guard??? or just a male employee stopped me when I entered the store and told me that I would have to check my shopping bag in first. I have never seen a bag check at that store before. I refused to do that and so I left the store. What makes anyone think that if I were a thief and I decided to check in my shopping bag with the bottles in it that I couldn’t steal something and place it in my handbag or my pants pocket or even down my bra? I refuse to do business in any business that has a bag check. I am insulted by it. I am a paying customer. Whenever I purchased at that store I spent a lot of money there. Management should either hire real trained security guards or even NYPD police officers to not only post at the entrance of the store but walk through the store as a deterrent. They should only hire employees who speak and understand English!!!