I remember when our first local supermarket opened in the very early 70s. It was called Grandways and, besides food, it sold homeware items, toys, as well as sandals, flip flops and fake exercise sandals. This made the store exciting for me and, when my mum was busy shopping for groceries, I spent the time trying on footwear and looking at the cheap ornaments Here’s what else I saw on the supermarket shelves.
1 Bird’s Eye Potato Waffles
…..they’re totally versatile! Now we had a proper freezer at home, mum was buying frozen foods.
2 Arctic Roll
A real treat after Sunday dinner. It made a nice change from jelly and tinned fruit.
3 Findus Crispy Pancakes
With a choice of fillings, meals were getting more exciting!
4 Smiths Crisps
There were always offers on the packet if you sent off tokens.
5 Pyrex Mugs
There was a lot of Pyrex around in the 70s – my mum still has some in her cupboard to this day!
6 Flip Flops
I never expected to get my first pair of flip flops from the supermarket!
7 Colouring Book
Mum probably bought me this to stop me nagging!
8 Wagon Wheels
They were so big, it was like eating 4 chocolate biscuits!
9 Puffa Puffa Rice
I preferred to eat this in the evening, without milk!
10 Sunblest Bread
We never thought of eating brown bread, ever. There was little choice of bread ad I loved the thick, white slices of Sunblest with Kerrygold butter.
11 Box Of Weekend Chocolates
We used to fight over who was having the candid orange and lemon slices in the middle of the tray!
