Oh, well. I suppose the worst that will happen to me is injuring my hand as I punch the end of the conveyor belt, not getting my sugar fix.

UnSubRocky wrote on Jun 28^th, 2023 at 12:41pm:


You of all people should be thankful that you will no longer be tempted to buy lollies and chocolates at the checkout! You might lose a little weight.

I’ve NEVER been into sweets. For me it’s always been
savoury.

So this move by Woolworths will not affect me in any way. My husband is going to have the biggest sook once he sees this new policy in action. I’m not going to say a thing until it actually happens.

Lollies and chocolates are not good for your teeth, your BSL’s and your purse/wallet. As far as I’m concerned they’re utter rubbish.

Edit : Except for cough lollies. I still need those. Especially over Winter 🥺

Belgarion wrote on Jun 28^th, 2023 at 12:45pm:


It’s definitely a positive spin in order to gain more traction in the highly competitive area of brand segregation.  Even so, its spillover effects will have a lot of mums like myself singing the Woolworths jingle when it comes to choosing which store’s glass doors we will go through. These bloody lollies and chocolates are behind all sorts of health issues. In children we’re looking at ADHD and obesity and tooth decay. And that’s just for starters 😐😩

Dnarever wrote on Jun 28^th, 2023 at 12:59pm:


Oh look .... another one who’s married and knows how to circumvent THE WIFE system 😐

But you’re probably right. I guess I’ll have to come up with some last minute excuse to rush home.

Even then I bet he’ll buy some chocolates and lollies when he next gets petrol for his car. I (accidentally) discovered his secret squirrel stash yesterday when I was trying to find a tissue (for my sniffles) in the glove box! It was like some blooming treasure chest FULL to the brim with all the brightest colours and flavours you could ever want.

I was left absolutely speechless (and you all know that I’m NEVER speechless).

Dnarever wrote on Jun 28^th, 2023 at 12:59pm:




The ends of the aisle in question usually is loaded with chocolates and lollies on special. He will probably see that before he sees that the counter section is bare of sweets. But, I think Lisa means that her husband limits the purchase of chocolate to what he can find at the checkout counter.

I had a habit of buying one chocolate block during my fortnightly shopping. I would also purchase a packet of chips, and a bottle of softdrink -- as part of the treats I would give myself. However, after continuously falling asleep in front of the television, simply from having a diluted orange juice after getting home at the end of a work shift, I decided to go low sugar diets.

It kind of hurts, so far.

The aisle full of chocolates and lollies??? The RUBBISH aisle you mean? Oh he knows it’s an out of bounds area of the supermarket. We bypass that aisle every time. I find he goes strangely quiet when we do that 😂🤣😳

Chips, chocolates and lollies 👈 should be banned IMO. Can you imagine how dreadfully healthy Australians would be after just a few months of NOT eating these items ???

Don’t forget there’s always biscuits and cakes which we can have with tea, coffee and hot cocoa. I’m sure we won’t die 😂🤣😆

Captain Caveman wrote on Jun 28^th, 2023 at 3:08pm:


Ha! Good point. They wouldn’t be thinking of chocolate cake and chocolate biscuits....would they? 😳