Shoppers recreate supermarket sweep with a twist Supermarket Sweep has been re-created - with a twist. 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). It came after research revealed 68% of visually impaired adults found going to the supermarket so stressful that they prefer not going altogether.
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” 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.” And Dominique Daeschner, 25, who also took on the challenge, said: “It really gave me an insight into what life is like.
” The eyewear was supplied by the Thomas Pocklington Trust, a na.