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Wednesday 12 October 2011

Aisle be damned! We spend 64 days of our lives walking round supermarkets (that's a total of 22,000 miles)

We've all seen those research papers that tell us we spend 100 days of our lives on the tolet, a further 55 days picking our noses, and 3 gazillions years sleeping in our beds. Well now there's a new one in town. Apparently, the average Briton covers 22,784 miles travelling to and from the supermarket and traipsing around the aisles over the course of their lifetime, a study claims. That is almost the equivalent of a trip around the globe.


Obsessed: Around half of us will visit at least two supermarkets each week in a bid to track down the best grocery bargains
Check it out: Around half of us will visit at least two supermarkets each week in a bid to track down the best grocery bargains

The study claims that we spend an average of 1,539 hours – 64 days – of our life walking around supermarkets. It also revealed that one in 20 Britons spends up to 30 minutes looking for deals on price comparison websites before heading to their chosen supermarket.


Pugh 

Nearly half of us – 47 per cent – visit at least two supermarkets each week in our quest to find the best deals.


Independent financial expert Alvin Hall points out that this may not necessarily be cost-effective, saying: ‘Driving or taking public transport from one supermarket to another to look for the best deal increases the cost of the goods, even if you get them at the lowest price.’

Despite putting so much effort into shopping, 55 per cent of those surveyed said the chore left them frustrated. That would include me in that category. I detest shopping and a cold shiver runs down my spine whenever my wife says those dreaded words that many husband dread - "Let's go to the shopping mall darling!"