Try people poking their fingers through the plastic into a peach pie, squeezing the sweet rolls, pulling all the husks off the sweet corn - then not buying anything! Honestly, I haven't figured out how to come across as a nice person with a firm business mind yet either. One idea that might work: keep the bulk of your peaches in the truck so people can see them, but not touch them. Then only put a few quart boxes out where they can touch, then sell them the peaches from the truck. I have had some, not much, success with putting out samples. NOTHING stop the kids, parents today have just let the TV raise their kids, instead of using loving discipline. The only kids I trust in my stall are the homeschoolers

adjust your price to recover the loss and don't worry about it.

I actually make a lot of sales because of the kids. They are attracted to a colorful display. I encourage them to take a cherry tomato (or purple bean or whatever) to taste. The kids LOVE being able to try these things and the parents LOVE the kids eating healthy foods, and therefore, more sales! You might distract the kids with a sample plate of peaches, cut up, under a plastic cover. Use the peaches that were bruised by the pinchers.

Sell them by the container (Qt) etc . You will have a lot less dammage. Our peach vendor does this and reuses the baskets.I sell okra by the pint and quart and people always comment "how pretty mine is" I just smile and think (if you and everyone else had been picking thru it would look ugly and scratched up). Prepackaging definitly helps the handling issue. My problem is big heirloom tomatoes that are too big to put in these containers . I can tell where every finger has squeezed them... But you just charge more for them and know you will lose some to squeezers