{"id":2336,"date":"2025-04-10T09:50:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T09:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/?p=2336"},"modified":"2025-04-15T23:10:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T23:10:33","slug":"receipt-artist-creates-supermarket-bills-with-a-to-z-of-items-and-a-trump-prank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/10\/receipt-artist-creates-supermarket-bills-with-a-to-z-of-items-and-a-trump-prank\/","title":{"rendered":"Receipt artist creates supermarket bills with A to Z of items and a Trump prank"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The idea for the stunt first came to Graeme over ten years ago in 2012 (Picture: Graeme Bowman)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A receipt artist has taken social media<\/a> by storm<\/a> after he compiled a perfect A to Z of items on a supermarket bill.<\/p>\n

Graeme Bowman, 43, set himself the challenge of finding 26 items for each letter of the alphabet at his local Leyton ASDA.<\/p>\n

The advertising specialist has also stunned Reddit<\/a> with other receipt artwork, including takedowns of Donald Trump<\/a> and building a Christmas tree with his purchases.<\/p>\n

The idea for the stunt first came to Graeme over ten years ago in 2012, but it has taken him until now to work out what to buy for the pesky X and Z.<\/p>\n

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The 26 item receipt from A to Z (Picture: Graeme Bowman)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Graeme, from Walthamstow, hopped over to his nearby superstore at the beginning of April and spent up to two hours finding all the right items, starting with Apples for A and Bananas for B.<\/p>\n

He had to get creative, finding an extension chord for E, because eggs came up as \u2018Organic Eggs\u2019.<\/p>\n

Quiche was a genius find to fill the letter Q as part of the \u00a375 shop. He found pomegranates for P and a \u00a315 USB stick for U.<\/p>\n

But the real problems began at the end of the alphabet.<\/p>\n

Graeme told Metro<\/strong>: \u2018I knew I needed an ASDA superstore with clothes and other bits and bobs so I could find Z and X.<\/p>\n

\u2018I was looking through all the shelves. I was thinking maybe the best bet is a toy zebra or a zebra book. <\/p>\n

\u2018I was very surprised when I discovered a zinkeez toy and I was even more surprised when it came up as that on the receipt.\u2019<\/p>\n

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The marketing man is amusing his wife and thousands of redditors (Picture: Graeme Bowman)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Zinkees toys are popular children\u2019s fidget toys based on a viral TikTok video.<\/p>\n

Graeme revealed he actually abandoned the shop a week earlier because he could not find an X item first time around.<\/p>\n

He added: \u2018The store had an X box controller section but there were no products. So the second time I picked up a few different things and tried it and found the X box dock\u2019.<\/p>\n

The 43-year-old even revealed a surprising reason he chose to shop in ASDA. <\/p>\n

The supermarket chain uses \u2018simple descriptions\u2019 for their products, whereas stores like Tesco use \u2018far more descriptive\u2019 lines for each item.<\/p>\n

Graeme needed the descriptive Tesco receipt for an earlier receipt artwork he created for Trump\u2019s inauguration<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He went to a Lea Valley shop and bought a hair blonding kit, a face tan mistand an entire pack of male diapers.<\/p>\n

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The large diapers and cheetos were a dig at Trump (Picture: Graeme Bowman)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The marketing man also bought Cheetos and coke, taking the mick out of Trump\u2019s eating habits.<\/p>\n

This dig at Trump bill artwork went down a treat on Reddit, but it was not as popular as the A to Z.<\/p>\n

That post racked up over 33,000 upvotes and 1,400 comments.<\/p>\n

Graeme\u2019s first adventure into receipt art began with the construction of a Christmas tree out of festive items<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He bought goose fat, mince pies, sausages and carrots \u2013 all items of different lengths \u2013 in order to build a Christmas tree.<\/p>\n

That receipt might make it seem straight forward, but Graeme revealed to Metro<\/strong> it involved multiple run-ins with store authorities,<\/p>\n

He said: \u2018The Christmas Tree was very stressful! I did not realise that you could scan the stuff on the self checkout and cancel the transaction.<\/p>\n

\u2018So I would scan everything, see it is not right, but I\u2019d still pay and then take it to the customer service desk and ask for a refund.<\/p>\n

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Ham, nuts and cards came together to form a Christmas Tree (Picture: Graeme Bowman)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018I did this twice or so \u2013 and then I told them \u201cI\u2019m sorry I\u2019m wasting your time. I am doing this stupid art project.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018So that was painful. I might even do it again better next year.\u2019<\/p>\n

Graeme has other new receipts planned for future projects, he plans to do one with numbers, from one to ten.<\/p>\n

Another he started on Valentine\u2019s Day, and will pick up again nine months after Valentine\u2019s Day, but he will leave the rest to our imagination.<\/p>\n

This is not the first odd endeavour from the creative advertiser.<\/p>\n

He has a business selling 1.6kg chocolate bricks<\/a>, which was even featured in the popular Off Menu podcast.<\/p>\n

\u2018My wife finds it all a little bit bewildering,\u2019 he told Metro<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2018Another part of the reason I do it is because I work in advertising.<\/p>\n

\u2018My day job is to try and get people to take notice of the things I am making. Usually that is for a brand. <\/p>\n

\u2018So I can put this project on my portfolio. Creative directors like to see other things you have done on the side.\u2019<\/p>\n

Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

For more stories like this, <\/strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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