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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 .

Lizzie44 Sat 26-Jul-25 18:49:24

My favourite isle is the one that leads to the shortest checkout queue

madeleine45 Sat 26-Jul-25 08:20:35

Preferably a U turn ailse that leads me quickly back out, or if not the reduced food ailse to see if perhaps something I would like to eat, is actually at a price I can afford!!

Allira Fri 25-Jul-25 21:07:07

Ooh, haven't had a custard tart for a long time.
I'll put them on the list for tomorrow!

Franski Fri 25-Jul-25 21:00:44

Wherever the custard tarts are.

Allira Fri 25-Jul-25 20:57:52

kittylester

I have a regular Sainsbury's delivery and very rarely get substitutions. I live at charmed life.

And if there is a very occasional substitution, you don't have to accept it!

Nan231 Fri 25-Jul-25 20:21:56

Cleaning aisle.

kittylester Fri 25-Jul-25 19:44:30

I have a regular Sainsbury's delivery and very rarely get substitutions. I live at charmed life.

chrissie13 Fri 25-Jul-25 18:41:22

I love supermarket shopping, my favourite is the reduced aisle or section.

wendym8116 Fri 25-Jul-25 18:36:03

The reduced items

Gwyllt Fri 25-Jul-25 18:10:38

To add to the above And possibly never used !

Pyjamagardener Fri 25-Jul-25 18:02:48

I was waiting for someone to suggest deliveries, but my DD does and the things that get substituted are mind boggling. Lidl don't do home delivery.. perhaps your idea of rude is different to mine. I think it's rude telling me an item is where it's always been,if I knew where it had always been, I wouldn't have asked. Maybe it depends where you live, Im in the SE UK corner 10 minutes away from the sea. All the people who have been rude have been between 50/70. I expect better. I was brought up to be polite and have respect. I went to a pet store recently, young lady serving, guessing late 20s. Chatting about our respective animals, general chit chat. I had just been in another store where, the Indian gentleman called me darling, I thought that was sweet,he was probably my kids age.She had the vapours,if she had been wearing pearls, they would definitely have been clutched.

FranP Fri 25-Jul-25 17:50:30

RosieandherMaw

Oh Aldi’s Aisle of wonder! Or is that Lidl’s designation?

So many things I didn’t even know existed or that I actually needed them?

Yes!

Dearknees1 Fri 25-Jul-25 17:48:24

Middle Lidl!

Oreo Fri 25-Jul-25 17:44:25

EkwaNimitee

The wine aisle!
Whenever DH came into town with me and caught up with me in the supermarket, he inevitably found me there...and got quite the wrong idea about me, ignoring the fact that the trolley was already full of other items.
These days, it's mostly home deliveries but I still get tempted in the wine aisles occasionally.

I do like the wine aisle but get discombobulated as there is too much choice.

pamdixon Fri 25-Jul-25 17:38:42

I have a very favourite aisle in big french supermarkets and its the one where they sell wonderful stock cubes (Knorr) that you cannot get in any other country. I could spend hours there and come home my stock cubes, loads of tins of different flavoured stock powders and other things that you just cannot buy over here. No idea why...........but in the good old days when we used to holiday to France with a car, my husband would aim for the wine section, on the way home, and I'd aim for the stock cubes etc. Not to forget the cartons of Hollandaise sauce, and various other sauces that only cost a few euros each. Simply no idea what the people at the till thought - probably mad English lady!! Not been to france for years though sadly............miss the supermarkets though!

Bukkie Fri 25-Jul-25 17:37:59

I find the staff in most supermarkets really helpful and friendly. The only problem I have is whenever I go to Morrisons they ALWAYS scan a few items twice. So much so I am convinced it's a company policy to do it to make a profit. Perhaps it's just my local Morrisons but it puts me going in.

Jaxjacky Fri 25-Jul-25 16:32:57

Perhaps you should get deliveries Pyjamagardener

AuntieE Fri 25-Jul-25 16:15:13

Well, well you live and learn!

Never have I considered having a favourite part of a supermarket.

I shop strictly according to my shopping-list, and whizz through Lidl, Aldi etc. in quick time.

In my book shopping has to be done, but I do not particularly enjoy it, and I only make a meal of it, if I am buying presents for someone I am fond of.

4allweknow Fri 25-Jul-25 16:08:30

I go in with my list, won't say I am not distracted now and then but basically that's it for me.

Ladyleftfieldlover Fri 25-Jul-25 15:42:15

The wine and spirit aisle. I always check if port or sweet martini is on special offer.

I’ve never encountered rudeness in a supermarket.

SillyNanny321 Fri 25-Jul-25 15:38:58

Thanks to all my aches dont get to shop myself very often but when I do need a crowbar to prise me away from the books. Nothing like books, books & more books!

Knittypamela Fri 25-Jul-25 15:32:03

Books and magazines. I could spend 20 minutes just looking.

Neilspurgeon0 Fri 25-Jul-25 15:31:02

Merlot. Silly fat fingers

Neilspurgeon0 Fri 25-Jul-25 15:30:32

Like metltgran I do love to get it over and done with but… until they put those rediculous plastic doors on… I did enjoy a drool over the cheese aisle, now it is just the queue from hell

Labadi0747 Fri 25-Jul-25 15:08:08

Live in Cairo so when I’m here the aisle with all the condiments & sauces is SO exciting to me. Sad but true !🤣