They were doing this for a while in my neighborhood but I haven't seen them in months. From what I read on this board, it was a common practice. I can't imagine that it was a successful approach since most people just want to get their groceries in the car and get home.

I was black-balled from talking to missionaries. I used to cook for them, and give them a decent meal. Well, because I have a vigina when the male missionaries where in my area I had to cook for 3 extra ppl as I couldn't be alone with them!! I had a friend staying with me til he found a place of his own (his mother got a new man, and wanted the house for themselves) ..Anyway, don't they run and tell the mission pres all about it..

Only if they are gay.

They are probably hungry.

I had a couple of mishies acost me in a grocery store parking lot in SoCal last summer.

This seems a bit on the crazy side, even for the mishies. I mean I hungout in malls.

The only reason they would hang out in a supermarket parking lot is because they're short on good leads and wish to leverage the law of averages --

After:
P number of attempts they'll have an opening to teach
Q number of first discussions which will ultimately result in
R number of baptismal committments from people who eventually recant and
S number of actual baptisms.

Those new converts will further develop into:
T number of tithing-paying-temple-attending-true-beleivers,
U number of members unknown/unaccounted for,
V number of members whose whereabouts are known but go inactive,
W number of members who stay members but change into New Order Mormons that have a buffet-style system of performance,
X number of people who become proper exmormons who have their names removed
Y number of TBMs that become Mormon apologists and
Z number of people that become contra-Mormon-apologist-activists.

OR deco's right -- they're just hungry....

We had a TBM owned Chinese fast food joint start up in Lethbridge a couple years ago....every so often you'd see the parking lot full of Morg Mishie econo POS cars...ya just knew they were chowin' down on the cheap (probably free) food and havin' a conference....