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What’s your favourite aisle in the supermarket?

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Kandinsky Thu 24-Jul-25 09:03:53

Just a bit of Friday trivia grin

Mine has to be the soap powders / fabric conditioners. Could literally spend half an hour looking at all the different brands .

Casdon Thu 24-Jul-25 15:44:52

I like the deli aisle, which has different options in every supermarket, and I love trying new things each time I go shopping, M&S is the best because they regularly update the options available.

Oreo Thu 24-Jul-25 16:45:52

Def the bread aisle with all sorts of deliciousness on offer, croissants and scones , fruited teacakes, pain au chocolate 😍

GrannyIvy Thu 24-Jul-25 17:07:08

I’m with GG13 and Georgesgran most definitely the wine aisle 🥂checking all the offers 😂

Elowen33 Thu 24-Jul-25 17:17:48

None of them, I go straight to the items I need without looking at everything else, I dislike shopping for anything.

JamesandJon33 Thu 24-Jul-25 17:29:33

Bed linen and stuff. Can’t get enough

ferry23 Thu 24-Jul-25 17:29:54

Yogaknit

Those aisles where you're never quite sure what's going to be there. Like when Waitrose use the same aisle for reduced Easter eggs and random reduced garden stuff. I get moderately excited after Christmas when the supermarkets lump all their end of season stuff in one aisle. I end up buying things I never knew I needed, like socks in a tumbler.

How do you get the tumbler on your foot without breaking it?

Kandinsky Thu 24-Jul-25 18:17:48

Not sure why I thought today was Friday but never mind grin
Great reading all your replies smile

Northernsoulnanna Thu 24-Jul-25 18:37:30

Most of the time im superspeedy around a supermarket.
But as hard as i try i cant avoid tescos clothes section ,its as if someone takes control of my legs and takes me there .
And i usually end up buying something.

MiniMoon Thu 24-Jul-25 18:46:21

DH does all our shopping. The last time I went with him I came home with a waffle maker from the middle aisle of Lidl. I love a bargain.

Smintie Thu 24-Jul-25 18:48:22

I love the ‘aisle of lost things’. My daughter called it that when she was around 7 or 8.

It has a mixture of past & future events, random bits of decorative items, plant fertiliser and other things.

Grammaretto Thu 24-Jul-25 18:49:27

Lidl is my local supermarket. It's small and I wizz round to buy essentials. I walk there so have to consider what I can carry home.
I bought myself 2 treats today; a pink hydrangea and a bottle of red wine.

My other shop isn't a supermarket. It's a community owned store which has a refillery, sells artisan bread delivered from Edinburgh, Borders meat and venison, milk in glass bottles, local free range eggs and vegetables from East Lothian. Etc
They also sell my pots - I'm a potter.
Tomorrow I shall be volunteering there on the till. It's such an asset to our town.

M0nica Thu 24-Jul-25 19:43:12

Magazines and newspapers.

LadyGracie Thu 24-Jul-25 19:49:13

Sweetie aisle for me.

Casdon Thu 24-Jul-25 21:30:41

The good thing is that between us we are pretty evenly distributed over the supermarket, the only place there’s queuing is in the wine aisle.

MrsQuigley Thu 24-Jul-25 21:48:09

I thought I had lost a whole day somewhere but no, it is still Thursday.
My favourite aisle in the supermarket currently is the chiller aisle for a bit of light relief.

Allira Thu 24-Jul-25 22:21:24

Casdon

The good thing is that between us we are pretty evenly distributed over the supermarket, the only place there’s queuing is in the wine aisle.

😁

Fruit, veg and wine!

Cleaning aisle? To be endured as fast as possible.

Casdon Thu 24-Jul-25 22:45:32

I don’t linger at all in the cleaning aisle I admit, I buy British cleaning products wherever I can, so I go to B&M or Home Bargains for them. Dental products are my next British made project.

Lomo123 Thu 24-Jul-25 22:53:34

Cleaning product aisle then soap powders closely followed by booze aisle. Reduced section for a rake mainly because it's always different stuff.

Aldom Thu 24-Jul-25 22:57:55

Kandinsky

Not sure why I thought today was Friday but never mind grin
Great reading all your replies smile

You're in good company! grin
Last Friday I was convinced all day that it was Saturday. When I went in to town I was puzzled when there was no market.
On real Saturday I felt I had gained an extra day of the weekend. grin

whywhywhy Thu 24-Jul-25 23:03:38

None - I hate supermarket shopping.

keepingquiet Thu 24-Jul-25 23:10:50

whywhywhy

None - I hate supermarket shopping.

Me too- in and out as soon as possible.

Scribbles Thu 24-Jul-25 23:31:09

Kandinsky

Just a bit of Friday trivia grin

Mine has to be the soap powders / fabric conditioners. Could literally spend half an hour looking at all the different brands .

I cannot walk down the laundry aisle in a supermarket. All those overwhelming chemical perfumes induce a strong allergic response: coughing, streaming eyes, flushed skin, light-headedness. It's horrible.
(I get my groceries delivered, including non-scented laundry products).
If I have a favourite section, it's probably fruit & veg.

growstuff Fri 25-Jul-25 00:09:22

Fruit and veg.

kittylester Fri 25-Jul-25 07:26:51

I quite like looking at the clothes and I love the 'homewares' bits.

Aldom Fri 25-Jul-25 07:43:07

Scribbles. I'm the same as you with regards to the detergent aisle. My eyes and nose start running and I start to sneeze. I only use Sensitive laundry liquid and Method products for cleaning.