How supermarkets trick us into buying unhealthy food, and what we can do about it
The way food shops are laid out needs an urgent overhaul if we want to tackle the obesity crisis
about 13 hours ago
Updated: about 11 hours ago
Norah Campbell, Sarah Browne, Francis Finucane
Retail designers estimate that after about 25 minutes in the supermarket we switch from rational to emotional decision-making. Photograph: iStock
Do you ever look up at those signs hanging over the aisles in supermarkets to see how you might possibly get the last three last things you need without going back to the start of the dreaded racetrack?