Sensory Friendly Shopping

[IThinkImTurningJapanese]

Calgary Safeway

The grocery store I work at has introduced “sensory friendly shopping every Monday from 7pm to 9pm. Dim lights, no music, no announcements.

 

[Wishful]

Interesting. BTW, does anyone else absolutely hate the music used in grocery stores? I assume many use the same commercial source. It's almost always someone with a terrible voice singing something that grates on my nerves. I keep wondering if it's intended to force people to shop quickly so they can flee the noise.

 

[Rufous McKinney]

BTW, does anyone else absolutely hate the music used in grocery stores?

Mine plays some wonderful station....and I often burst forth on some isle, singing along. But I"ve lucked out apparently.

When I first moved here, I fell in love with the local small town grocery store: wall to wall carpeting, subdued lighting, cat litter absorbing oil drips in the parking lot....

For me: its the freezing temperatures inside grocery stores which cause me to flee and make limited purchases.... and have to keep jackets in the car in July.

 

[leela]

omg, this is amazing. i truly wish this was the everyday shopping ambiance.

 

[alkt]

yes it looks great now if they would just remove all the other customers I might be able to spend five minutes in such a shop without risking pem .

 

[IThinkImTurningJapanese]

Interesting. BTW, does anyone else absolutely hate the music used in grocery stores? I assume many use the same commercial source.

Not me, my store is always re-introducing me to the best American music of the 80's.

 

[Tammy]

Mine plays some wonderful station....and I often burst forth on some isle, singing along. But I"ve lucked out apparently.

Ditto!

 

[soulflower]

Calgary Safeway

The grocery store I work at has introduced “sensory friendly shopping every Monday from 7pm to 9pm. Dim lights, no music, no announcements.

That's very considerate! That is what my local store looks like everyday at 6am - it's the only time I shop. I've never noticed music nor announcements either (most the staff is barely awake in there but that's okay). It is nice to see stores considering this approach though - like it!