Police gave chase on foot and a suspect was apprehended.
Edwards said a 33-year-old now faces charges including shoplifting, assault and resisting police.
A 32-year-old woman faces charges of shoplifting and aggravated assault and a 39-year-old man faces charges of shoplifting and behaving threateningly.
All three are due to appear in the Waitākere District Court today.
“There is no tolerance for the violent behaviour that this group exhibited towards supermarket staff, and they will all now be held accountable,” Edwards said.
Last month an American reality TV star visiting New Zealand said she was almost knocked to the ground during a supermarket shoplifting incident.
Kate Gosselin, known from 2000s hit show Kate Plus 8, had been shopping at New World in the Auckland suburb of Botany, according to the Daily Mail.
Gosselin posted a video to TikTok, filmed immediately after incident explaining a man attempted to flee the supermarket with a trolley full of stolen groceries.