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Is this aisle change at Woolworths misguided? One shopper sparks debate
Stocking up on pantry staples like sugar is part of the weekly grocery routine for many.
But what if the next time you went shopping at Woolworths, you discovered that the sugar had been moved to the cordial section, of all places?
This is exactly what happened to one Queensland shopper, Kylie de Waard, who spoke out on social media about the 'weird' change at her local store.
Sharing her experience with thousands of followers, the shopper posted a video stating that she had encountered a Woolworths store in which the sugar was not located in the baking aisle—a sight that she'd never encountered before in all her shopping days.
One shopper was confused about not seeing sugar in the baking aisle of her local store. Image source: jcomp on Freepik.
According to Kylie, it was her first time seeing the everyday item not close to cake mixes and flour and said that it was ‘wrong’ of Woolies to move the item.
'I just went into a Woolworths where the sugar was not in the baking aisle,' she said.
'And I’ve never been into a supermarket in my entire existence where the sugar is not in the baking aisle.'
'So I need to know, is this a new thing they’re doing? Because it’s wrong.'
You can watch the full video below:
This ignited a debate online. According to some, sugar should most definitely belong in the baking aisle.
'All the Woolies near me, it’s in [the] baking aisle, and I’ve got five Woolies within 10 minutes,’ one commented.
While another argued: 'Every supermarket within 30 minutes of my house the sugar is in the baking aisle. That’s the obvious place.'
'I’ve lived in Adelaide, Melbourne, Shepparton, and Horsham. I’ve literally NEVER seen sugar in the coffee aisle, it’s always with baking?' A third said.
'I’ve always found sugar in the baking section. Never ever seen it with coffee,' a fourth confirmed.
But others asserted that they had usually found it in the coffee aisle.
'I just used my Woolies app for my local store. Sugar is in aisle four also coffee, baking stuff in aisle seven,' one said.
'South East Queensland here. It’s been in the coffee aisle for years,' a second added.
While a third said: 'All the Woolies I’ve ever been to, the sugar is in the coffee aisle.'
To prove her case, the shopper returned to another Woolies store and filmed herself pointing out the sugar in the baking aisle.
'To people who thought I was crazy yesterday, this is my local Woolworths,' she said on another video.
'Look! Sugar, sugar! Cake mix! Oh, look at that, baking aisle - flour, sugar.'
'It’s been a very divisive subject. So weird.'
You can watch her follow-up video here:
However, it seems that the strange sighting had nothing to do with the store's policy on storage of goods, as the shop where she'd previously seen the misplaced sugar was reportedly undergoing renovations.
Has this woman not got anything more to worry about than the sugar being placed in a different aisle. Oh dear!! People are homeless,people are starving, there's bushfires raging,floods happening,people can't pay their mortgages,people losing jobs,the planets warming,ETC,ETC,ETC and all she's worried about is where the sugar is.!!!!!!!!
All she really wants is an excuse to be on social media and that's why she's whinging about " Oh poor me,I can't find the sugar" . SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!
