Christmas Shopping List

A Christmas shopping list.

Vibrant pink paper.

Some seasonal Christmas food here. Parsnips, nuts, ingredients for trifle. Even Xmas is listed as an item.

The list is from Morrisons yet some items have been specified to be sourced from Costco, Salmon and Pepps (peppers?).

This person enjoys an abbreviation, mushs = mushrooms, pots = potatoes, rasps = raspberries.

Morrisons, December 2022

Torn with Columns

To aid reading whilst dashing through the supermarket, this happy shopper has organised their list into columns. All the staples are here for a large weekly shop.

This person is organised as they have their columns but they also take a pen with them to check items off as they go.

Morrisons, Reading, December 2022

Mouse Treats

Very nice neat handwriting here, lots of items fitted on a folded A5 spiral bound piece of paper.

Likely a mother of children at school age, with pets. Mouse treats, “kid’s” crisps/snacks, cookie dough, lollies.

Meat captured in a separate area of the list in large parenthesis. Chicken, prawns, muscles, bacon, ribs, sausages.

Orzo pasta suggests a cook in the house.

Sainsbury’s, Reading, UK, 2nd June 2022

Up on a cliff top

I found this list by a bench high up on a cliff on the Dorset coast.

There was a scrap of folded paper laying on the ground which I opened up and low and behold it was a shopping list.

It is a rather short shopping list. Maybe breakfast essentials for some holiday makers in the area.

Rosa’s Birthday

This just in from Yvonne, our own very special Australian correspondent (her blog can be found here).
“I was standing in the queue and spotted this list clutched in the fist of the shopper ahead of me. I made her an offer she couldn’t refuse (you don’t want to know), and I became the proud owner of the list.
It was at the Coles Supermarket, Myrtleford. Cheers!”

There are many points of interest here, it does indeed to appear to be Rosa’s Birthday and Rosa’s will be getting a scarf and card at least – maybe some eggs too? I am not sure if the carpet cleaner is for her.

The ‘Spray and Wipe’ is not a brand we have in the UK, a quick Google shows this: Colgate Ajax Spray n Wipe 

Now, about the wire wool… The list so far is pretty typical with the usual mix of food stuff and cleaning bits, but wire wool? This is a strange addition, maybe a little too strange as the author hastily crossed it off the list shortly after adding it.

The note paper is is great with tea and cakes shown, the handwriting is female. 

Many thanks Yvonne, what did you have to promise to get your hands on this list? Whatever it was, it is much appreciated.

Eggs Rosa, Money, cucumber, potatoes, red onions, cos lettuce, cream x 2, bacon, deodorant, spinach, vanilla, mushrooms, coffee beans, washing power, toilet cleaner, spray n wipe, toilet things, steel wool, dishwasher cleaner, b’day card Rosa, scarf for Rosa, preen carpet cleaner.

Found by Yvonne, Coles Supermarket, Myrtleford, Australia

22nd December 2016

Maris Piper

She wrote Maris Piper, he was confused or thought she was too pernickety and appended ‘spuds’? Different hand?

What else is happening here? A roast? A pickling session? Making chutney?

 Maris piper spuds, veg, cauliflower cheese, vinegar, smoked streaky bacon, bag sugar, Yorkshires.

Found Morrisons, Reading

October 2016

A Pink List: Spagbol Sauce

Good to see such a pink pink. Here goes:

Nacho crisps, bacon, onion, dip – salsa, spagbol sauce, mince, tomato purée, pasta, pet food, cleaner spray, wipes, garlic bread, carpet cleaner.
Certainly bolognese on the menu.  This is pretty much a one meal shopping list with a few other bits thrown in.

Other pink lists include:

https://theshoppinglists.com/2016/08/12/posh-coffee/

Found Morrisons, Reading

11th August 2016

Eggs, Bacon & Night Cream

Great list, couple with children and a friend called Miguel who is celebrating a birthday. 

Em and Neil Dinner, sushi stuff, milk, pizza and bits for boys, washing up liquid, cereals, nuts, Miguel birthday present, popcorn, eggs, bacon, night cream.

Donated by Neil

Sainsbury’s Richmond, London

6th April 2016

Turkey Rashers

Squared paper, a blue biro, dots after each word.

Are those apostrophes to be seen in the plurals; eggs, rashers and chillis?

The shopping list: 6 Eggs, shampoo, shower gel, bacon, turkey rashers, biscuits, crisps, brown sauce, crushed chillies.

Found Asda Reading

11th August 2016

Tiny Pork Pies


Bread, salad stuff, baguette, cheese, marmite, sausage rolls, tiny pork pies, Kellogg’s, bacon, toilet rolls, salt and rinse, lager.

Unusual to see Kellogg’s written a brand, rather than the cereal type.

What is salt + rinse?  Is it this? Colgate salt rinse

There are no obvious meals to be cooked here.

Found Sainsbury’s, Reading

9th August 2016