How to make shopping's correctly

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Where am I going?

I going to the corner shop:• I go to a shop near home to make small shooping to save

time• I go to a shop near home to buy few items: a bread,a

bootle of juice, a cake

I’m going to the supermarket

• I go to supermarket to buy food and ingredients:

(oil, sugar, flour, fruits and vegetable), cleaning products( sponge, washing powder), toiletries( soap, toothpaste), magasines, books

• I save time by going in few shops to buy it

Before I go out shopping I should :

• I should make a ”shopping” list to know where to go:

for a long list I should go to a supermarket (big shop)or for 2-3 products I can go to the shop near of your house (small shop)

• I write my shopping list with all the products I need in the house over a period of time: food, magazines, cleaning product, toiletries, writing instruments, notebooks even shoes and clothes

• Draft list: 1 kilo of potatoes, 1 bottle of orange juice, 2 carrots, 3 big apples, 4 tomatoes, 1 kilo of chicken meat, 1 small bag of washing powder, 1 bag of sugar, 1 bottle of cooking oil, 1 soap, 1 shampoo

Money• I need to have money to buy

• Money are pieces of paper with different values or can be pieces of metal that have printed on them their value

• Money can be obtained by adults after doing a job.

I arrive at the shop. How I behave corectly

• I use the right door: Entrance door

• I check if I have money and the shopping list

• I speak politly and calm when I speak to a shop’s employees or other clients: Hello! I would like to buy...! Thank you!

• I keep intact the products I buy while in the shop, I should wait to open them when I get home

• I must close the fridge/freezer door after use 

• I can’t to walk on the areas where is the yellow little ladder with Caution or Wet floor message to avoid an accident

• I take a trolley ora a shopping basket or a bag and go inside

How I place corectly the products I choose to buy in the trolley or bag

• First I place in the bag or in the basket or in the trolley the products thats are not easy to damage: potatoes, carrots, plastic bottle, soap, shampoo, tins

• Then I add the products that are easy to damage: bread, eggs,tomatoes, fruits, herbs, jars, magazines

How I can find the section with the shelve that has the products I would like to buy it

• I read the signs I see above the shelve thats explains what I can find in that section

• If I don’t find what I want , I should ask help from one of the employee

What to do in case I breake a bottle or a jar by accident

• I go and find an employee and ask to clean the content

• Until the floor is clean I ask the other clients to be careful

• I go to the cashier and pay the damage

I finish to add in the trolley. What I do next?

• I go to the till’s area to pay the products

• I stay in the queue, if is necesarly

• I pay the amount asked by the cashier

• I say thank you for her or him assistence and help with the bagging

• I take back the trolley to the designated area, take the bags and go home

Source:

Blijdorp Association Romania