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If you lock your bike in front of a busy door, it will be safe during the day.
But if you are concerned there's many ways to get insurance that will cover theft. My kryptonite bike lock let me get 4 years of theft insurance coverage for $2500 and it was $35 total.
Another common thing my friend does in LA is talk to the security guard. Often they'll watch it for you for a bit.
I'm at 1500miles on mine in LA. I ride it every day for every errand almost, I feel pretty confident in my advice.
I don't live in a big city, closer to suburbia but not quite as sprawling as it gets in some parts of the country. We don't have security guards outside any stores really.
Bike locks offering insurance is interestung, I'll have to look into that!
I don't know how it is in the US, but here you can get a bike theft / vandalism insurance. The insurance will then tell you that you need to use a lock of atleast protection level X.