Most depressing product in a supermarket?

[vernon]

"There was a soft drink bottle on the windowsill. Its label boasted that it contained no nourishment whatsoever."
- Kurt Vonnegut

A bit like this?

I despair when a labelling slight of hand is used to promote carbonated distilled water.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Not supermarkets per se, just their self-service checkout things. I've yet to use my own bag and get out without without some lady-voiced machine announcing ''Unexpected item in the baggage area.'' Yes, it's a customer! One of those humming beans that we see a lot of.

 

[vernon]

[QUOTE 3890809, member: 259"]I must admit to buying fizzy water meself. [/QUOTE]

Yebbut you have to wonder about the need to label distilled water as carb, sugar, sweeteners and gluten free not to mention sodium free.

Perhaps the purchasers are intelligence free?

 

[classic33]

[QUOTE 3890809, member: 259"]Well, seeing water being sold in a supermarket is itself pretty bad. My grandmas would have thrown a collective fit. I must admit to buying fizzy water meself. [/QUOTE]
Invented in Yorkshire.

 

[swee'pea99]

Self serve tills are great. In, out, don't muck about. Hardly ever get 'unexpected item' or any of that nonsense people complain about.

 

[Ganymede]

Not supermarkets per se, just their self-service checkout things. I've yet to use my own bag and get out without without some lady-voiced machine announcing ''Unexpected item in the baggage area.'' Yes, it's a customer! One of those humming beans that we see a lot of.

I use an actual wicker basket and when I tried putting that on the till it DID ITS NUT.

 

[MontyVeda]

Yep... the self serve tills are thee most depressing thing in the supermarkets. They might save you time but they cost jobs.

 

[classic33]

[QUOTE 3891211, member: 259"]They probably said the same about the seed drill and the safety bicycle.[/QUOTE]
Didn't the seed drill improve the yield, whilst employing more though?

 

[SWSteve]

Wouldn't grated cheese freeze in a lump?

Pre grated shouldn't, it'll have an anti-caking agent (sand normally) to stop it sticking together

 

[jefmcg]

Pre grated shouldn't, it'll have an anti-caking agent (sand normally) to stop it sticking together

Covered above, random example in my fridge uses potato starch

 

[young Ed]

precooked jacket potatoes, they take as long as a real jacket potato and is cooked in the same way. what's the ruddy point?
Cheers Ed