Is it rude to walk into a supermarket with a costa/Starbucks drink in your hand?

I still don't walk around eating or drinking and certainly wouldn't in a supermarket
I'm not sure it's rude as such, unnecessary certainly

I don't understand why you would want to carry a coffee with you while doing the supermarket shopping. Isn't it a pain to push the trolley with one hand while holding the coffee with the other?

There's only one shop I can think of near me that has a coffee shop inside, but I have never seen anyone drinking coffee while actively shopping. The only time I have bought a coffee there is when I was on my way out, to drink in the car on the way home.

This is so funny

I've lived in "America" (I presume you mean the US) for over 30 years and never seen a cup holder on a trolley!

I asked my 18 year old DD what she thought.

She said she wouldn’t but that it was sadly becoming more socially acceptable these days 😃

Ours are right at the front of the store, not at exit so I imagine unless you are buying a meal deal and leaving straight away. You are going to drink it in store. So what is the difference?

I tend to buy a costa coffee in store as part of a Tesco meal deal at lunch. I think if they sell coffee in store it can’t be considered that much of a hazard.

Possibly. Does that matter?

Starbucks the tax avoiders you mean.

Worse to spend money with them than to walk around in a supermarket with their produce.

Oh, I couldn't do that!
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Good job I'm not your grand-daughter then

They're encouraging you to buy a takeaway coffee, not a shopping coffee. 🫣

Why is it rude?

Most tescos now actually have a Costa inside of them so they are literally encouraging it 😂

Yeah I wasn't allowed to eat in the street.

Uncouth

Why pay £5 for coffee and take it to the supermarket

Surely it's a bit of a treat?

Bottle of water for necessity only.

I agree with your Grandmother.

Target give you free refills of coffee if you buy a Starbucks as you walk in the door and want another one as you get lost in the aisles

I grew up with notices stating exactly this

No food or drink to be consumed inside these premises

Food was often in open containers and if dropped or spilt, could have damaged the goods on sale

Now, everywhere you look, some gobdaw is slurping or chewing something as they bowl down the aisles

The amount of discarded food, drinks and containers left on shop shelves is just disgusting, let alone the stolen items, consumed as the thieves wander round the store before they stash them towards the back of the shelves

It's revolting and it makes more work for the assistants stacking the shelves

Why would you want too? I laughed my head off in Waitrose a few years ago a woman had picked up her free hot drink then started her shopping, she had a coffee in one had and a basket and phone in the other, she was struggling to get an item off the shelf as she couldn't get her hand close enough because of the basket and had nowhere to put the drink. Just made herself look silly. You don't need a coffee whilst shopping.

Not just supermarkets, but I remember shops not allowing food or drink. I do sometimes take food into Tesco as they have a Costa inside and a Greggs downstairs, so I assume they must be ok with it. I feel a bit awkward about taking drinks into other shops, I might do depending on circumstances, but would be sure not to drink it in the shop.

I think it's rude yes as is eating on the street unless at a street food market or vendor. I don't want people littering or getting items mucky with their wotsit or coffee fingers before I buy it.

Our local Sainsbury's has a Costa attached and the other day I saw a Mum pushing her baby around the supermarket in a trolley while drinking a coffee. I've literally never seen anyone drinking coffee before in a supermarket and I thought it was a genius way of making the weekly shop (with demanding child) a bit more bearable!

Your mother probably just said it was 'rude' because she couldn't be bothered explaining exactly why you don't do it.There was a general rule you don't walk and eat/drink because it's more likely you'll spill something. You don't eat/drink in a store to avoid sticky fingers on their merchandise. I once stood on fried chicken bones in a clothing shop and imagined the person must've touched the clothes with greasy chicken fingers. 🤢 I've seen drinks dropped on the floor and they do make a mess.

I was always taught not to take open food or drink into any shop, to avoid accidents needing clean up or damage to stock.

When I was young it seemed to be an accepted unwritten rule and it was rare to see it, but it seems to be pretty common now, although I didn't allow my children too.

What is considered acceptable behaviour is constantly changing though, and lots of things that were a big no no seem to be fine now. I remember being told not to eat on the street, with an exception for some chips on a bench at the seaside. Nowadays it seems normal to eat crisps, even burgers and chicken while walking down the street.

Our Tesco has a Costa in it so I vote no, not any more.