Supermarket Sweep has been re-created – with a twist.<br /><br />Shoppers were tasked with finding five items in five minutes while wearing glasses to recreate different types of sight loss experienced by blind and partially sighted people (BPS).<br /><br />It came after research revealed 68 per cent of visually impaired adults found going to the supermarket so stressful that they prefer not going altogether.<br /><br />Only one shopper was able to complete the challenge in the time and all mistakenly picked up at least one incorrect item – such as custard instead of cream, or rigatoni pasta shapes instead of penne.<br /><br />It was hosted by blind broadcaster Lucy Edwards and was designed by Müller Yogurt & Desserts to highlight the struggles faced by people living with sight loss.<br /><br />George Vere, aged 31, a shopper who was given eyewear to remove his peripheral vision, said: “I had a complete lack of spatial awareness.”<br /><br />While Eleanor Palmer aged 23, who wore glasses allowing her to perceive light only, said: “Oh my gosh, that is so hard. It's so disorientating – you literally have no idea where you are in the supermarket.”
