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Supermarket Layouts. Discuss

After about three years of shopping at the same branch of Sainsbury's I have, or rather had, my pattern down to a tee. I could remember exactly where the things I wanted were located, and with a bit of forethought, I could be in and out in under 5 minutes with enough shopping for two/three days, checkoutstaff permitting. Occasionally the odd item or maybe even an aisle would swap, but this would be a relatively easy to accomodate.

Upon entering the shop this morning for the first time in a week I noticed two things. First, upped the wattage on the lighting which made everything look shinnier and brighter. Essentially though this didn't matter becuase even if I wasn't blinded, they had moved all the shelves about and I couldn't find anything anyway. I first noticed this as I went to pick up some chicken to find myself looking at brillo pads.

20 minutes later I gave up trying to orientate myself and admitted defeat, leaving with about half the items I needed, and resigning myself to weeks of milling aimlessly on the whim of a shop 'designer' who says by putting halibut next to chocolote my visit spend will be 3p greater...

21 Apr 2006 13:28 | (2) comments | Things