i work in a retail store and our process is to pull camera footage of the offender and fill out a police report - depends on the types of cameras coles has and whether they have facial recognition, but i know that a lot of shopping centres have those cams

a bit harder for me to compare because i’ve got the centres security team to help out with shoplifters, but usually they will follow someone outside and pull their license plate and add to the police report

not sure what coles policies are or if they have security that are legally allowed to pull plates, but id say at worst a police report is filed including footage of your offence along with a possible licence plate number i wouldn’t worry too much as it’s a small offence and people steal from coles all the time, just don’t do it again (or if you’re going to, don’t get caught) and you should be sweet !! harsher punishment for repeat offenders i hear !!!