Sabry Moustafa Nassar, 51, applied for bail when he appeared in Parramatta Bail Court but was successfully opposed by police prosecutors because of the risk to the community and fears of a repeat incident.
The court heard the crash was similar to an incident at Lakemba in January for which he has also been charged.
Magistrate Holly Kemp said there were elements of 'predatory or deliberate behaviour' in that offence which occurred in January.
image class="left" url= Sabry Moustafa Nassar, 51, applied for bail when he appeared in Parramatta Bail Court but was successfully opposed by police prosecutors because of the risk to the community and fears of a repeat incident (pictured, scene of the crash in Greenacre on Friday)
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'The material before me concerns, in my view, two similar incidents over a short period of time and represents a serious example in this alleged offence,' Magistrate Kemp said.
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She added no bail conditions would mitigate her fear for the community or concerns Nassar could reoffend.
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Nassar's lawyer Mostafa Daoudie told the court his client was unconscious during the Greenacre incident and denied he deliberately drove into the store.
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Nassar is facing a maximum possible jail term of two years and Mr Daoudie said that due to court delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, time in custody would be likely to outweigh any sentence.
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Nassar was re-arrested on Friday and charged with a number of offences relating to Thursday's crash which injured 14 people.
He has been charged with driving furiously in a motor vehicle causing bodily harm, reckless driving, negligent driving, proceeding through a red traffic light and failing to notify authorities of a change of residential address.
Nassar has also been charged with driving recklessly and not giving his details to another driver in relation to a separate traffic incident at Lakemba on January 14.
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