Found in Waitrose, UK, this shopping list is bulleted with little circles prefixing each item. Blue pen on a back of an envelope.
Some interesting things here, not sure what the second item is, ‘Quealo’? Or the penultimate item, ‘Pilos’.
I had to Google, but Ñoqui is the Spanish spelling on the Italian Gnocchi. Very good.
Waitrose, UK, March 2023
A5 Lined note paper with blue biro. Consistent use of the grocer’s apostrophe.
A grocer’s apostrophe is a spelling mistake caused by placing an apostrophe before the s of a plural word. In English, the plural form of a word is most commonly shown by adding an s to the end (e.g., “cats,” “bananas,” “pictures”). Don’t add your own apostrophe!
Not sure what Mary (Nurpac) is.
Waitrose, Didcot, UK, 13th April 2023
The headline item on this list is Breathrite. Google tells me that this could be either nasal strips like this:
Or an equine remedy which is “Suitable for horses prone to coughing”.
This intelligence was gathered with a UK centric view of the internet. Breathrite may be something else in the US where this list was found.
Other items are coffee brav?, ivory Tylenol, dishwasher soap and ‘gentle’ soap.
Ivory Tylenol does not show up on my searches.
Walmart Neighborhood Market, La Mesa, California, USA
A donation to the shopping list archive from Oxfordshire in the UK. This list is likely from an older person.
Clues:
This person owns a cat, has use for matches (open fire, smoker, gas hob?) and sometimes suffers from indigestion. Coffee was an after thought on the list and written in a different pen.
Soda crystals are used for cleaning.
Oxfordshire, 1st Feb 2023
Cat owner. Purrpose made note paper with a feline theme. This person did not paws as they made the list else they would have been late for the shop, a catastrophe. I wish I could have written a list like this, maybe they could show meow.
Mixed capitalisation on this shopping list.
Waffles for break?
Yogs4f?
Fab Con 🙂
Morrisons, Reading, December 2022
3 Items. Balsamic glaze for a salad. Beetroot and cold coffee.
All nicely written on purpose build shopping list note paper. Don’t see this very often.
Morrisons, Bridport, 16th July 2022
A top up list of a few items. Written on a torn piece of note paper with fashionable rounded corners.
Aldi 8th June 2017
This appears to be shopping for two people in two hands with two pens.
They are working age dog and cat owners with no children.
On P’s side of the list we have chicken, weetabix, French fries, custard creams, cokes and tissues. On G’s side we have duck in plum, chick/mushrooms, cold puds (eclair), trifle, lattes, cookies and chocs.
Some items have been crossed off, some have been circled. Some items in capitals and some in lower case. Notice the change of pen between hand wash and pads/pants.
Sainsbury’s, Reading. 3rd August 2021
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
I guess this person works for Knight Frank or they are buying or selling a house with them.
Cat owner. What is Nub?
Rice krispies, shreddies, cat food x 2, coffee 37 x 3, veg, yoghurt, lacto free (not sure what), nub, bananas and kiwis, bread.
Found by Angela, Waitrose, Basingstoke.
Date unsure.