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Iceland Supermarket Bans Cash Stored in Shoes and Bras

posted by Fnord666 on Saturday March 14 2020, @06:16AM   Printer-friendly
from the gotta-ban-them-all dept.

Chocolate writes:

A UK supermarket has banned the use of money that was stored in shoes and bras as part of the effort to reign in the spread of COVID-19. Among other strange facts coming out of this outbreak is that some people lick their money before handing it over to the cashier.

We are doomed.

[Ed Note - Updated the story to reflect that the store is called Iceland and is, in fact, a UK supermarket.]

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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by zocalo on Saturday March 14 2020, @08:44AM (3 children)

    by zocalo (302) on Saturday March 14 2020, @08:44AM (#971106)
    The supermarket chain is called "Iceland", but is actually British and has nothing to do with the country of the same name - their only native supermarket chain of any real size is called "Bónus" (it has a money bank pig emblem, if you've ever toured Iceland you'll almost certainly have got some supplies there at some point). The Iceland in the article gets its name from a focus on selling frozen foods that enabled it to buy in bulk and sell a low prices, although it's since diversified somewhat.
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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 14 2020, @09:17AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 14 2020, @09:17AM (#971112)

    So, fake news, then! And probably fake boobs, as well. Editores! Mon Dieu! You are supposed to catch stuff like this! I am loosing faith in SN.

    • (Score: 0, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 14 2020, @01:37PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 14 2020, @01:37PM (#971179)

      My faith in SN was already pretty loose.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 14 2020, @04:42PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 14 2020, @04:42PM (#971229)

    ok so i didn't read TFA but have now as i just didn't believe editor would make this mistake.
    Bonus: there have been legal challenges against supermarket by country maybe they could use this headline in court :D