Tag: supermarkets

Every time I see Sainsburys comparing the value-for-money of different brands of toilet roll, the abbreviation they use catches me out and I think they're telling me how much paper I should be "using".

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Online supermarket showing several brands of toilet paper with the price displayed alongside a breakdown showing the price (in pence) per hundred sheets (of toilet paper), but "sheet" is abbreviated to "sht" which looks like... a different word I associate with the product.

Sainsburys grapes confuse me.

500g of white grapes are £2. 500g or red grapes are £2.20. So you'd expect 500g of half-red, half-white grapes to be... £2.10, right? But no, that's £2 too.

So buying 500g of white grapes and 500g of red grapes is cheaper if you buy the mixed packs and then separate them. Why!?

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Online shopping screenshot showing four packets of seedless grapes. 500g red grapes are £2.20; 500g white grapes are £2.00; 500g red & white grapes are £2.00; 900g mixed (red, white and black) grapes are £3.95.

Even this self-checkout thinks I'm eating too much chocolate.

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Self-checkout screen abbreviating a product name to 'Cadbury Giant Butt'.

I guess I'll need some "assistnace" from Tesco to explain why my (long-neglected!) Clubcard didn't work when buying some emergency sunscreen this morning. 😂

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Photo of a self-checkout screen reading "Sorry, we don't recognise this Clubcard. Try again or call for assistnace." [sic]

Kicking off 3Camp 2026, our annual volunteering event, with the traditional "receive and sort a ludicrous amount of groceries" activity.

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A large group of people stand around a pile of shopping in the centre of a nicely decorated kitchen.

The cheese scones from
My local supermarket
Are hexagonal.

It's not for packing.
Their film-covered rectangle
Leaves corner gaps.

Are perhaps they made
In honeycomb baking tins?
Baked by bumblebee?

Or else it's branding.
A visual identity.
Trying to sell more.

A six-sided scone
Does not taste better to me,
Nor warm up faster.
The butter doesn't care
For the shape of your scone,
Mr. John Sainsbury.

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A crumbly hexagonal cheese scone, buttered, on a blue-and-white plate, with a single bite taken out of one half.