Every year it’s the same story. The temperature starts dropping, you dig out last year’s electric blanket, and discover the controller has given up the ghost or the thing just doesn’t heat evenly anymore. So you think, “no worries, I’ll grab one from Kmart.” And then you get there and the shelves are bare. Not a heated throw in sight. Just an empty shelf with a little price tag mocking you.

There’s something uniquely Australian about Chemist Warehouse, isn’t there? Those garish yellow and red signs dot our suburbs like beacons of bargain-hunting hope. I’ll admit it – despite everything I’m about to say, I’m a regular customer. The prices are genuinely good, and when you’re on a budget (which, let’s be honest, most of us are these days), that matters.

But bloody hell, have you tried navigating one of these stores lately?