Bunnings $5 hack will change the way you shop: 'Genius'

Aussie Bunnings customers have stumbled across a genius hack that will revolutionise the way you tackle your weekly grocery run.

Shoppers have been sharing the discovery on social media, posting footage of themselves using square plastic storage tubs, purchased at Bunnings, that also happen to fit like a glove into Woolworths shopping trolleys.

This means you can effortlessly load up your groceries, breeze through the checkout, and easily unload at home, all while saying goodbye to plastic and paper bags forever.

Even the good folks at Bunnings have jumped on board, posting a viral video showcasing the shopping hack being put to the test.

In the footage shared on the Bunnings Facebook page a shopper purchases two 42L tubs at Bunnings before heading to Woolworths.

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With seamless precision, the tubs fit perfectly into a standard-sized trolley, the groceries are chosen, effortlessly checked out, and neatly packed into the car's boot in the plastic tubs.

The post quickly went viral, amassing over 5K likes and causing a social media frenzy over the simple solution.

"Started using these for shopping a few weeks ago. Such a brilliant idea!" commented one person. "This is actually genius," exclaimed another.

"It's also good because you can separate items into categories in the tubs such as one tub for fridge or freezer goods, one for fruit and veg etc... Makes shopping and putting it away at home so much easier," shared another user.

The clever hack has also gained popularity on TikTok, with eager customers itching to try it out for themselves.

One shopper, @ti_j_anna, shared her experience, documenting her grocery trip using the hack.

"I'm off to do the weekly shop using a hack I saw," she said in a video posted to TikTok, "Let's see how we go."

In her video, she demonstrates the flawless fit of the two Bunnings tubs into a Woolworths trolley.

She captures the entire process, from hand-picking her groceries to smoothly navigating through the checkout. After the items are scanned and purchased, she efficiently arranges them back into the tubs within the trolley, before effortlessly packing them into the car's boot.

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"Loaded up and straight to the car!" she exclaims in the video, sharing footage of the tubs securely placed in her boot, expressing her astonishment, "Oh my god, I'm actually dead. That was so easy!"

The TikTok user goes on to highly recommend using the two square buckets from Bunnings for grocery shopping, sharing how effortless it is to unload the shopping at home, before returning the tubs to the car for the next trip.

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