@11dustyattic wrote:I hadn't heard of Drakes. We don't have them here. I just assumed it was one of the big supermarkets where they can return to any store, not necessarily where they bought it.
So do you think it might have been for publicity?
They used to be branded as Foodland / IGA, which I think has stores nationally. Kind of known as the "indie" supermarket chain, I think as at least some of them are franchises (? not 100% sure on that, will have to add it to my google list, lol).
They can be quite different, at any rate - one of the ones near me specialises in imported goods and makes a lot of stuff in-house - they do these paprika and cheese sausages that are amazing, in that they're literally the only sausage I've ever enjoyed eating 
but I digress... The other one is a bit more mainstream but still has better variety as unlike Coles / Woolies, they don't remove popular brands from the shelves and substitute them with their (usually) inferior own-brand stuff.
Anyway. The point I just spent two pointless paragraphs intending to make was... They're basically still a regular supermarket and you can typically return stuff bought at one to another under normal circumstances.
Sidenote: while a relatively large chain, they certainly haven't constantly been in the news like Coles / Woolies have, talking about new restrictions, having to hire thousands of staff etc, so I won't begrudge the effort even if it is a bit of an embellished tale - those sausages are darn good.
