Paul Wall, 45, of Abbey Road in Barking, pleaded guilty to thefts from Co-op on Rayleigh Road in Hutton.
The first took place on August 29 when he stole £132 worth of items alongside Daniel Meade.
Then on September 3 Wall stole a further £60 worth of stock from the same store.
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On Friday, November 28, Wall was sentenced to 12 weeks in prison.
Magistrates decided only a prison sentence could be justified due to his record of previous offending.
Meade, 46, also of Abbey Road in Barking, pleaded guilty to one count of theft and was sentenced to eight weeks in prison earlier in November.
