Three girls allegedly stole potato chips from Vigor Brown Street Dairy yesterday while an older couple with a baby waited outside of the store.
Dairy owner Zan Li was "extremely surprised" and "really disappointed" by the incident as he believed the three young women were with their parents or caregivers.
"It is very common for young people to try and steal but I can't believe these people would do this in front of a baby."
"The couple were older than 18 so they know what is wrong and what is right and children often follow their parents' actions. It's not a good thing to show your kids, you're teaching them to steal."
Mr Li said the three girls entered the dairy at about 12.50pm yesterday after standing outside for a couple of minutes.