How much was the grocery bill? Magistrate

A man stole so much stock from a Coles supermarket that a Brisbane magistrate questioned the size of the bill.

Bradley John Bell on Saturday pleaded guilty in the Brisbane's Magistrates Court to stealing $2632.84 worth of groceries from the Coles supermarket at Chermside in December, 2014.

When the charge was being read, Magistrate Mark Bucknall, who eventually sentenced Bell to a jail term of one month, asked: "How much was the value?"

The shopping list was not detailed in court.

The sentence is to be served concurrently with a jail term for a previous stealing offence so Bell will serve no additional time behind bars.