I usually don't take the kids to run any errands. I do most of my banking online so I wouldn't have a need to take them there.
Sometimes we might be out somewhere in the car at OEYC or the park and if I ahve just 1 DCK with me then I might make a quick dash into the grocery store with them to pick up 1-5 items of whatever I need. But I would never go and do my big weekly grocery run with any DCK. I do my big grocery shopping usually on weekends or a weeknight. I don't think i could even contemplate taking a dck with me. It is hard enough doing the weekly haul with my own kids and they are older. lol

I also don't have a van so we are limited if we can go anywhere in the car based on the day and how many kids I have and carseats. If I have 1-2 kids i might drive to a different park rather than walk to the same local park day after day...but mostly we don't go places in the car unless it is a special trip day like the zoo.

I mean...sometimes I have a day where I have to run the kids' lunch to them because I forgot it on the counter but it wouldn't be a regular thing.

I also have a permission form for each parent saying I can take their child within our region. I would never drive any of them without permission or that signed consent.

I actually ran into my old daycare provider (we left ways on great terms) in the grocery store one day and she looked worried as if I 'caught' her. I couldn't understand why she was so uncomfortable like a deer in the headlights when I said hi to her. Then I realized that since she was the the grocery store with a new DCk she probably feels like I caught her during work time doing her personal errands and that I might be upset at the thought that she had done the same with my kids.

The thought of her doing shopping with my kids wouldn't have bothered me. One of the things that bothered me more is that she would occasionally tell me she was taking the kids over to her friends' house who also has kids so the kids can all play together. That made me uncomfortable because I didn't know her friend or what kind of house they had or whether it was safe, who else might be there etc...but since she told me honestly what her intent was and she made it seem like the kids would have fun - i would say okay but feel tense until I picked up my kids