Daniel James Bell, 31, targeted shop after shop in York, despite being repeatedly arrested and on a suspended prison sentence, said Kelly Clarke, prosecuting.
He threatened to stab a shopworker who chased after him to try and get the stolen goods back and took charity boxes and an ice cream business’ takings as well as items off the shelves.
In one raid, he left security tags from items he was stealing in a bin for sanitary items in the women's toilets at Tesco on Clifton Moor.
York magistrates gave him a community order during the crime spree for carrying a blade in public and within days Bell was stealing again.
Bell, 31, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to 10 shoplifting offences, one offence of going equipped to steal, one of assaulting a shopworker and one of failure to attend court.
He was in breach of the community order and the 17-month suspended prison sentence, which was imposed for dangerous driving, drink driving, driving whilst disqualified and other offences, York Crown Court heard.
Defence barrister Emily Hassell said Bell had been in prison on remand since his final arrest late last year.
Recorder Andrew Dallas said that was the equivalent of a 10-month prison sentence under the provision to release prisoners after serving 40 per cent of their term.
If he passed an immediate jail sentence, Bell would soon be released without any support in the rehabilitation Bell said he wanted to do.
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