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It's definitely a developmental ages and stages thing.
Routine, warnings, etc are all good techniques. Also calmness on the part of parents, being aware of what's going on, etc all helps. For example - are they over tired, hungry, whatever when we try to go for that one more errand? That's a set up for failure and expecting too much for their age and stage.
Sounds to me on the OP that the child is hungry in the beginning and probably rather tired. I would go with the giving her a snack. Low blood sugar can do awful things.
Something I found really helpful were these little books: Your Two Year Old by Ames et all (they have them for each year) I don't necessarily agree with many of the discipline ideas they give...but the age/stage info is pretty good. I can remember reading the book of the appropriate age and then the one ahead and thinking AHA no wonder. I don't know...for me it really helped.
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