"anton" wrote
Possibly because the claim that a supermarket layout was
'aimed at making shopping easy, quick and efficient' was
so transparently false as to be laughable. Supermarket
layouts are aimed at maximising sales of the higher-margin
items- so for instance, many decades ago they had already
worked out that the basic shopping items like bread, milk & sugar
should be
widely separated. You can't just dash in & buy the basics without
having to
go past lots of other attractive
items that will leap into your trolley.
--
Anton

And why is the fruit and veg often the FIRST thing you have to put in
your trolley where it can get squashed by all the other stuff?
Jenny