Shopping Trolley Detritus: March 2006

Friday, March 31, 2006

Aren't you supposed to drink milk if you drink bleach by accident - or is that an urban myth?

Parrott - can you buy them in Sainsbury's?
And what the hell is 'kinkyman' - I'm sure I've never seen those in Sainsbury's either!

Posh tea

Postcodes and telephone numbers

Saturday, March 25, 2006

Unusually I know who wrote these lists (I won't embarrass him). I love the 'Rachel snacks - fat content' on the bottom one - well she was pregnant at the time!

An excited hand (when writing the word lottery), I find it interesting when 'lottery' appears on a list, especially since this list comes from Cirencester Waitrose and I'm not sure they sell lottery tickets there. Does that say 'Chewy' underneath - guess that's for the dog?

Off your trolley

Have you ever collected a trolley or basket at the supermarket only to find a screwed up piece of paper wedged in the metal at the bottom?

Have you ever picked up that piece of paper and read the words written there?

People leave these slips of their domestic arrangements without a second thought - but they say so much about their author - and not just what they will be having for dinner on Tuesday evening.

I've been collection shopping lists from various supermarket chains up and down the UK for a couple of years now. They are fascinating (go on, have a look - they really are), not just a list of grocery items.

How they are laid out, how things are abbreviated, when someone is obviously following a recipe and how they choose to mark an item when they have picked it from the shelf.

I bet you never thought about these insignificant scraps of paper - be careful what you leave behind at the supermarket, it says more about you than you might think!

Shopping Trolley Detritus

Friday, March 31, 2006

Saturday, March 25, 2006

Off your trolley

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