Haiku Trip To Lidl

🎠

No market today

Last fair day on Saturday

Before eight o’clock

🛒

My weekly budget

of only ten quid a week

on groceries fails

🧋

More points for Shoppix

I hope there’s enough funds for

Matcha bubble tea

🍠

First, sweet potatoes

for chips, mash and winter soups

and they will go far

🍄

Next, chestnut mushrooms

nutritious, yummy and cheap

fine meat substitutes

🥦

No fresh broccoli

or cauliflower bouquet

frozen it is, then…

🍆

A bold aubergine

priced under sixty-nine pence

seems deliberate

🎃

Alas dear Pumpkin

the epic seasonal squash

and the right size, too

🍌

I love Bananas

they go so well in dishes

beyond British lands

🛍️

There was no tofu

and I forgot the kimchi

Let’s go to Waitrose

🍱

Home after a swim

I received a random call

Let’s get some sushi

🍣

This poem was written as a response to this challenge. I used the picture of my reciept as a guide. Shoppix is an app where you scan your grocery receipts and if you get enough points you can swap them for vouchers or PayPal cash. Lidl is a European grocery chain known for cheaper prices, but their fruit and veg don’t always last long. Waitrose is on the more expensive side, but have nice things there.