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The thinking behind supermarket displays.

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merlotgran Thu 25-May-17 13:48:10

Seems increasingly bizarre - or maybe I just have no sense of direction.

Last week I wanted to buy two lightbulbs in Tesco so I headed to the aisle marked 'electrical'

Not a light bulb or anything resembling one in sight so I asked an assistant where I would find them. She pointed to the far end of the store and said, 'They're way over there.....with the dog food.' hmm

This morning DH asked me to pick up a fishing magazine when I went into Sainsbury's. The aisles had been changed since my last visit so after wandering about in the area where I thought they'd be I had to ask for help.

I was directed to the baby aisle....confused grin

Is it me?

vampirequeen Thu 25-May-17 16:56:58

My local Morrison's decided that ice cream sauce shouldn't be near the ice cream but with the baking stuff which was miles away.

I asked about the logic behind it and was told that one of the sauces was a form of golden syrup which was used in baking. I pointed out that, although I'd used golden syrup from a tin, in all my years pf baking I'd never used ice cream sauce. The manager looked at me in a rather confused way and a female staff member said, 'We told you so.'. The next week the ice cream sauce was back near the freezers grin

callgirl1 Thu 25-May-17 17:17:01

I was doing my online Tesco order, couldn`t find vinegar, put it in the search engine, it was with cooking ingredients.

Ella123 Thu 25-May-17 17:30:39

In my local morrisons they move the lentils so often staff have problems finding them

JackyB Thu 25-May-17 19:46:48

We have a new supermarket (well, an old one taken over by a new chain). I don't go there often because I can never find anything, and I complain at the till every time (they are obviously drilled to ask "was everything all right?" and I give them an honest answer. The mayonnaise is just inside the door with the salad dressings, oils and vinegars. The tomato ketchup is right at the other end of the shop.

As they say - go figure!