On day one of the hearing, evidence was given that Mr Delegat rang in sick on November 25 after waking with diarrhoea and vomiting. He had eaten crayfish the night before at his parents' Featherston home and had "over-indulged".
On his way home to Eketahuna he stopped at Carterton New World to buy bread for his pigs. He was "caught short" and needed to go to the toilet.
He had picked up a bottle of weed killer, before walking through the store's trolley barriers, which he took into the toilet with him, putting it in his pocket while he used the toilet.
Returning to the main part of the store, Mr Delegat decided he didn't need the weed killer and put it on a shelf alongside chocolates.
A staff member, observing his behaviour, never saw him put the product on the shelf and notified his employer about a possible shoplifter in the store.
Mr Delegat paid for the bread and left the store.
Authority member Greg Wood was set to issue his decision last week but Linfox and Mr Delegat agreed to a settlement, the details of which are confidential, Ms Burney said.
She said Mr Delegat had not been reinstated and was considering taking legal action against Carterton New World. "As far as the supermarket goes there is a possibility of further legal action to protect his reputation, given that the supermarket, eight weeks after they found that there was no theft, still issued a trespass order which my client considers unfair and unwarranted."
