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Encyclopedia > Supermarket Sweep
For more information on the British version of Supermarket Sweep, see Dale's Supermarket Sweep.
Supermarket Sweep
Genre Game show
Created by Al Howard
Directed by Lloyd Gross (1965-1967)
Peter Molnár (1965-1967)
Chris Darley (1990-2003)
Presented by Bill Malone (1965-1967)
David Ruprecht (1990-2003)
Narrated by Wally King (1965-1966)
Richard Hayes (1966-1967)
Johnny Gilbert (1990-June 2000)
Randy West (September 2000-2003)
Theme music composer Christopher Rhyne
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
Language(s) English
Production
Executive producer(s) Leonard B. Stern (1965-1967)
Al Howard (1990-1995; 2000-2003)
Producer(s) Talent Associates, Ltd. (1965-1967)
Al Howard Productions (1990-1995; 2000-2003)
Associate Producer(s) Desilu Studios (1965-1967)
Location Food Fair (1965-1967)
Valencia Studios (1990-1995; 2000-2001)
NBC Studios (2001-2003)
Broadcast
Original channel ABC (1965-1967)
Lifetime (1990-95)
PAX (2000-03)
Chronology
Related shows Dale's Supermarket Sweep
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Supermarket Sweep is a television game show which aired in the United States. The premise of the show was based on supermarkets, groceries, and a final shopping spree through a supermarket. The original version of the show was broadcast on ABC (1965-67), with revivals airing on Lifetime (1990-95) and later PAX (2000-03). Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Dales Supermarket Sweep is UK game show based on the American Supermarket Sweep TV show format. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... David Martin Ruprecht (born October 14, 1948 in Saint Louis, Missouri) is an American actor/writer best known for his work as host of the Lifetime/PAX game show, Supermarket Sweep. ... Johnny Gilbert (born July 13, 1924 in Newport News, Virginia) is a prolific American television game show announcer, best known for his over 20-year association with TVs Jeopardy!. His other credits include Sports Challenge, Camouflage, Chain Reaction, Go, Blackout, Card Sharks, Family Feud, The $25,000 Pyramid, and... Randy West (born in New York, USA) has been a premier announcer on American television game shows since 1990. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Leonard Stern is one of the creators, with Roger Price, of the word games mad libs. ... The Desilu logo, used in the 1960s. ... NBC Studios are the two studio facilities belonging to the National Broadcasting Company, with one of them being located at Rockefeller Center in New York City, and the other located in Burbank, California, just outside of Los Angeles. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... Lifetime can refer to: Life expectancy, the length of time a person is alive One of the American media ventures owned by Lifetime Entertainment Services Lifetime (TV network), a cable television network Lifetime Movie Network, a cable movie network Lifetime (band), an American melodic hardcore punk band from New Jersey... In computer security, PaX is a patch for the Linux kernel that implements least privilege protections for memory pages. ... Dales Supermarket Sweep is UK game show based on the American Supermarket Sweep TV show format. ... Quiz show redirects here. ... Packaged food aisles in a Fred Meyer store in Portland, Oregon A supermarket is a departmentalized self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise. ... Supermarket produce section A supermarket is a store that sells a wide variety of goods including food and alcohol, medicine, clothes, and other household products that are consumed regularly. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... In computer security, PaX is a patch for the Linux kernel that implements least privilege protections for memory pages. ...


The ABC version of Supermarket Sweep was broadcast from various Food Fair supermarkets, mostly in the New York tri-state area. For the Lifetime version, a mock supermarket was set up in a television studio at the Valencia Studios. The supermarket was originally modeled after a Hughes Market, until September 1993, when it was remodeled after a Unified Western Market until the end of the series. The PAX version was staged in the same studios and using the same set as the Lifetime version had when it ended. At the beginning of the new season in September 2001, the show moved to NBC studios. New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and is also one of the most populous in the world . ...


The host for the 1965 ABC version was Bill Malone. The announcers were Wally King from 1965 to 1966, and Richard Hayes from 1966 to 1967. The host for the Lifetime and PAX versions was David Ruprecht. The announcer was Johnny Gilbert throughout the Lifetime era and the first half of the 2000-2001 season, and Randy West for the rest of the show's run from 2000 to 2003. Richard Hayes is Professor of Sanscrit at McGill University. ... David Martin Ruprecht (born October 14, 1948 in Saint Louis, Missouri) is an American actor/writer best known for his work as host of the Lifetime/PAX game show, Supermarket Sweep. ... Johnny Gilbert (born July 13, 1924 in Newport News, Virginia) is a prolific American television game show announcer, best known for his over 20-year association with TVs Jeopardy!. His other credits include Sports Challenge, Camouflage, Chain Reaction, Go, Blackout, Card Sharks, Family Feud, The $25,000 Pyramid, and... Randy West (born in New York, USA) has been a premier announcer on American television game shows since 1990. ...

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Broadcast history

Supermarket Sweep originated on ABC and aired from September 7, 1965 to May 26, 1967. The show was revived by Lifetime on February 5, 1990, and ran until May 26, 1995. It was again revived by PAX on April 3, 2000, and ran there until May 23, 2003. is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... In computer security, PaX is a patch for the Linux kernel that implements least privilege protections for memory pages. ... is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 143rd day of the year (144th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Gameplay (ABC version)

Two teams, usually married couples, competed. Each team began with a base time of one minute. In the first part of the game, the teams were shown a grocery item and asked to guess its retail price. The team who came closest won the item and an additional 10 seconds to their time. Six items were played.


In the second part of the game, one contestant from each team went on a shopping spree through the market, using the time accumulated in the first half of the game; the two contestants ran the sweeps separately. After each contestant had run their sweep, the total value of the groceries in each player's cart was determined. The team with the higher total won the right to return to the show and play in the next game. Both teams kept the groceries they had picked up.


Gameplay (Lifetime/PAX version)

The gameplay of the Lifetime/PAX version of Supermarket Sweep consisted of three segments: the question round, the Big Sweep and the Bonus Round. The game was played between three teams of two related individuals, such as a parent and child, spouses, siblings or best friends.


Question round

At the beginning of the game, all three teams started with a base time of 90 seconds; the questions answered added time to their clocks. The round was divided into three sub-rounds; in the first two sub-rounds, one teammate from each team answered a variety of questions and/or played one of several games that involved pricing everyday grocery items, with the teammates switching between sub-roundss. The third sub-round was a Round Robin game, in which the teammates rotated after each question.


Question types

Players were asked a series of questions, usually with specific brand grocery items as the answers; each question was worth 10 seconds. Each round, the questions would follow a specific format, which varied between rounds and shows. Formats used included:

  • Guessing which item a series of interesting facts described.
  • Guessing which item went with a particular slogan.
  • Determining the brand name of a product, the picture of which had the brand name edited out.
  • Selecting one or more answers to a series of questions from a bank of five or six possible choices.
  • Filling in blanks to reveal a product's name; contestants were either given clues and/or letters that were progressively added.
  • 50/50 guesses - selecting the correct answer earned 10 seconds; selecting the wrong one gave the other two teams 10 seconds.
  • Animal Sounds - Given 5 animals as answer choices, contestants answered by making the correct animal's sound.
  • Twisted - Guessing a product's name from synonyms and/or antonyms that replaced each word - for example, "Cow's Ear" might be a clue for Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce.

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Pricing games

The Supermarket Sweep logo from February 5, 1990 to May 28, 1993
The Supermarket Sweep logo from February 5, 1990 to May 28, 1993

During each sub-round, different games were played involving everyday groceries. These games varied from day to day and generally involved the following objectives: Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ...

  • Selecting which of three items: was priced above or below a certain amount; was not a given price; was on sale; was incorrectly priced; or was the most expensive.
  • Determining how much of one item could be bought for a certain amount of money.
  • County Fair - Tested players' sense of knowledge of a particular gadget.
  • Higher or Lower - Guessing whether a product sold for an amount higher or lower than the price given (a variation also included the possibility of the shown price being correct).

If a player was correct, he/she earned 10 seconds for his/her team; however, if all three players were right, 20 seconds (30 in the "On Sale" game, and for all games after September 1994) were added to all three teams' times.


Special games

  • 30-Second Shootout - at the beginning of the second sub-round of the question round, both contestants on a team played an individual game, which could bank the team 30 seconds of sweep time; each team took turns playing the game individually. The format usually consisted of a contestant guessing a series of words using clues given by his or her partner (a la The $25,000 Pyramid and Password). The first letter of each correct answer was a letter in the name of a grocery product, which the guesser then had to determine to earn the sweep time. Each team had 30 seconds to achieve this (40 in the Lifetime era), and if a word was accidentally blurted out by the clue-giver, that disqualified the team automatically. An additional rule was that once a clue was used on one of the words in the list, it could not be used again. On some episodes an alternative format was used with a picture of a product shown. Each clue changed the product's picture.
    • Snack Attack Movie Game - Three 10 second questions about movies were asked to the players. The player who answered the last of these correctly earned the right to take a taste test of a food item in the market (he/she could have as much as he/she wanted); correctly identifying the item earned that team a $50 bonus for the Big Sweep. If he/she guessed right on a second chance, that team earned $25.

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Round Robin game

The final sub-round, teammates switched after each question. The contestants were shown a scrambled name, and three clues were given for 10 seconds each. If no one answered correctly after the last clue was given, all three clues were repeated quickly. On some episodes an alternative format was used with five clues given and no scrambled name. The Round Robin originally consisted of four questions, but was lengthened to six in 1992.


Mini-sweep

Beginning in September 1991, the mini-sweep was introduced. At the beginning of a sub-round, a toss-up question was asked with a particular product as the answer. The team that correctly answered it earned ten seconds, as well as a chance for one team member to run into the market to retrieve the product, which was marked with the show's logo. If the product was returned in 30 seconds or less, the team won $50 toward their Sweep total. Approximately a year after its debut, the mini-sweep bonus was doubled to $100 if the product was brought back within 20 seconds or less.


When the mini-sweep was first introduced, only one was played per show (at the beginning of the first question round). After 3 seasons, a second mini-sweep was added (it was later used only during special weeks in the PAX version).


Big Sweep

David Ruprecht on the set of Supermarket Sweep at NBC Studios.
David Ruprecht on the set of Supermarket Sweep at NBC Studios.

The "Big Sweep" was the chance for the teams to run throughout the store and grab whatever they could off the supermarket shelves. The clock was set the highest time earned by any of the three teams. The "runner" for that team was sent out into the market, with the other runners being allowed to enter when their time remained on the clock. During the Big Sweep, the show's announcer would provide the "play-by-play". Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... David Martin Ruprecht (born October 14, 1948 in Saint Louis, Missouri) is an American actor/writer best known for his work as host of the Lifetime/PAX game show, Supermarket Sweep. ... NBC Studios are the two studio facilities belonging to the National Broadcasting Company, with one of them being located at Rockefeller Center in New York City, and the other located in Burbank, California, just outside of Los Angeles. ...


Once time had run out, the products were scanned while the show took a commercial break. After the break, the grand total of each team's efforts was revealed. The team with the highest grand total, including bonuses from the question round, won cash in the amount of their sweep total, and a change to play in the Bonus Sweep.


The runner could bring their cart back to the team's register at any time, at which point it would be emptied while the runner took an empty cart. Items in the runner's cart when the bell rang would be included in their total, and they did not need to return to the register at the end of the sweep.


The three main rules for the Big Sweep were:

  • Teams could only take up to five of each item;
  • Any items that were dropped and/or knocked over had to be put back on the shelf or in one's cart;
  • Only one member of each team could be in the store at a time. The other team member was required to remain at the checkout counter to unload the groceries onto the checkout counter.

The product limit, which was absent in the original ABC version of the show, was written to prevent a team from overloading its cart with expensive items, such as poultry, laundry detergent or over-the-counter drugs. Teams could also be penalized money, although this was uncommon. A team was penalized $25 for every item they dropped and did not pick up; in addition, penalties could be incurred for running into cameramen or other show personnel. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


In the show's first season on Lifetime (the 1990-91 season), costumed characters such as Frankenstein, a gorilla, or "Mr. Yuck", ran through the aisles during the Sweep; if he came near a contestant or vice versa, the contestant had to turn around and go the other direction. The characters were dropped in 1991. This article is about the 1818 novel. ... Type species Troglodytes gorilla Savage, 1847 distribution of Gorilla Species Gorilla gorilla Gorilla beringei The gorilla, the largest of the living primates, is a ground-dwelling omnivore that inhabits the forests of Africa. ...


Bonuses

Many bonuses were available during the Big Sweep at different times during the show's run. Each contestant could take only one of each type of bonus (also known as "Big Moneymakers"). Some of these included:

  • Bonus Specials - Scattered throughout the market were stuffed animals, inflated balloons of products, or cardboard promotional signs for products with bonus tags on them. The runner was credited with the item if he got it back to the check-out counter before time expired, assuming he got it over the red line by the registers without breaking it. An opponent could steal the item from a contestant if he left it unprotected before getting it over the line. These oversized products and/or signs could be worth anywhere from $50 to $200. In September 1993, a fourth bonus worth $250 (the "Super Bonus") was added to the market; during certain special weeks (starting in 1993), another was added (a $300 "Super Super Bonus"), which replaced the $50 bonus. This is the only bonus feature to appear in every episode.
  • "Manager's Special" or "Red Tag Special" - During the sweep, the host would announce a special was over the loudspeaker. The contestant had to run back to a bin full of cans and find the item with a special tag on it (an unmarked item awarded no bonus, even if it was the correct product). Value $200.
  • Shopping List - Before the sweep began, contestants were given three specific items. The runner would have to pick up those three items during the sweep for a $250 bonus. The runner could get the items (in no particular order), but the final item had to be in their cart before the bell rang to receive credit. Variations included the list items being in alphabetical order, and retrieving several specific magazine titles from a display. Value $250. This was the first bonus to be featured aside from the Bonus Specials and the Millstone Coffee.
  • Finding a product using clues available on 3 (changed to 2 in September 2001 to May 2003) television monitors in the store. Value $250; $300 when the clues led to a movie in the video stand. Another variation is the "Splitting the Name" game, with one half of a product's name on each monitor.
  • Instant Coupon Machines - A contestant could win bonus money by getting a coupon and locating the associated product on the.
  • Double and Triple Coupons - Certain items had double- or triple-value coupons located on or near the actual item that would multiply its value by two or three.
  • Collecting a bag of soda cans and having the partner either stack them or run them through a recycling machine. Value $100-$150.
  • Players were given a list of specific foods from a similar group, such as breads or produce, with a given number of each item to retrieve. Putting the exact amount of each item in the specified container resulted in the bonus prize. Value $250.
  • Super Sandwich - Players would make a sandwich according to Ruprecht's specification, then wrap it in foil and seal it in a bag. An alternative format used with the International Bread Center by the runners having to retrieve the bread. Value $200.
  • Placing items from a very limited supply onto a specially marked table or into a marked basket (one item at a time). Stealing from another table/basket was allowed (once again, one item at a time). For each item in one's possession at the end of the bell, the team received a small bonus ($50-$100 or $200-$250 total).
  • Cracker Jackpot or Jolly Time Is Money - A table was set up with many boxes of Cracker Jack or Jolly Time Popcorn. The shopping contestant had to tear through as many of them as possible to find a token with the shopping cart logo on it. Value $100-$250.
  • Bonus Envelope - Halfway through the sweep, a clue was given to a specific product. After hearing the clue, the partners would run into the store and give the clue to the runners (later, this was not allowed), who had to find the product and take the bonus envelope located next to it. Value $200. A variation was played with movie titles and the video stand.
  • In the back of the store there was a large box of laundry detergent with four colored envelopes on it, ranging from $25-$100. The runner randomly picked one of the envelopes, and the money was added to the total.
  • A frozen yogurt machine containing four flavors was located near the back of the supermarket. Before the Sweep, the host announced three flavors. Runners had to fill a plastic cup marked with two black lines with the required flavors in the proper order, place the lid on, and put the cup in a special plastic bucket attached to their cart. Value $250.
  • Three shopping carts or large garbage bags filled with balloons were located in one of the back corners of the supermarket. Runners could bring back one cart/bag to the front of the supermarket for their partners to pop. Popping all of the balloons before time expired earned the team $150 (later $200).

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Bonus sweep

The winning team was given 60 seconds to find three products in the market. They were given a clue to the first product, after which the time started. The second clue was found on the first item, and the third clue on the second item. If the team found the third product, they won $5000. Teams had to find all three items before they could win the money. If they found the final item before one of the other items, they were reminded to find all three items. If the team was unsuccessful, the team still won $200 for each item found.


Clues had several formats in the series. Some clues were two-line rhyme which described the product, with its brand name as the final missing word in the rhyme. Other clues referred to a play on words of the product's title. On occasion, clues would lead to a movie in the movie rack, a fruit or vegetable in the produce section, a flower in a special kiosk located at the front of the market that was used only during the bonus round, or a greeting card near the magazine rack.


Tournaments

During both runs of the show, special tournaments were held periodically, as well as other individual shows in which former teams were invited back for a chance to win more money.


Twin Car Giveaway

From September 5-30, 1994, at the beginning of the show's last season on Lifetime, a month-long Twin Car Giveaway tournament was held. During the first three weeks of the tournament, a standard game was played each day. The twelve teams with the highest Big Sweep totals from these episodes returned for the fourth week, in which games were played with no Bonus Sweep. The six teams with the highest Big Sweep totals during that week returned for the Friday show to play for a pair of Geo Trackers. On the Friday show, three teams first played an eight-question Round Robin game, where each correct answer was worth $50 towards their sweep total. Each team then had a flat three minutes in the Big Sweep. This process was repeated for the other three teams. At the end of the show, the team with the highest Big Sweep total won the two cars. The Geo Tracker was a mini SUV produced between the 1989 and 2004 model years. ...


Other tournaments and specials

Occasionally, former teams were invited back to play for additional money. These consisted largely of "Sweeps of Champions", which gave previous $5000 winners a chance to go on another sweep for the opportunity to play for a second $5000; and "Second Chance" episodes, which allowed previous winners who missed the $5000 to come back for a second chance at that amount. On a few early episodes, former players were invited back for a chance at $10,000.


When the show moved to PAX in April of 2000, several themed week-long tournaments were held, such as "Family Week" and "Tournament of Heroes Week". These tournaments usually consisted of four standard episodes on Monday through Thursday, with the three teams scoring the highest in the Big Sweep returning on the Friday show to play for the grand prize (usually cash or a trip).


International versions

A syndicated Canadian version of the show, later aired on Global TV, was produced between 1992 and 1995, with Tino Monté as host and Dave King as announcer. Originally, the bonus round had the winners looking for $5000 as the US show, but later on, the winning team chose one envelope from a letter in the show's title, containing a prize they won, such as a trip. Also, they used returning champions. In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ... The Global Television Network (more commonly called Global) is a major English-language television network in Canada, owned by CanWest Global Communications. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Dave King (hockey) is a Hockey coach for Metallurg Magnitogorsk, a team that plays in the Russian Hockey Super League. ... “C$” redirects here. ...


A British version of Supermarket Sweep was produced between 1992 and 2001 and aired during the day with Dale Winton as host and Bobby Bragg as announcer and it was produced by Fremantle Media for Carlton on ITV. The show was revived in 2007 and filming for 60 new episodes began in January 2007 at the Maidstone Studios, this time produced by talkbackTHAMES. The rules were the same as the American show, except they were looking for £2000. The original show was taped at Central's Lenton Lane studios in Nottingham, and the setup was a little different from the US show. The new version has a slightly different set from the original, and it has a new theme tune. The grand prize has also been upped to £5000. UK Fun House announcer Gary King has also replaced Bobby Bragg as announcer. Dales Supermarket Sweep is UK game show based on the American Supermarket Sweep TV show format. ... Dale Winton (born 22 May 1955 in London) is an English radio DJ and television presenter. ... FremantleMedia (formerly All-American Television and Pearson Television) is an independent production company that holds the rights to the Goodson/Todman game show library which includes such classic game shows as The Price is Right, Match Game, Ive Got a Secret, and Family Feud. ... // Carlton, New South Wales Carlton, Victoria Carlton, a neighbourhood in Edmonton Carlton Hotel, Cannes Carlton, Bedfordshire Carlton, Cambridgeshire Carlton, County Durham Carlton, Leicestershire Carlton, North Yorkshire Carlton, Hambleton or Carlton-in-Cleveland Carlton, Richmondshire or Carlton Town Carlton, Selby Carlton, Nottinghamshire Carlton, South Yorkshire Carlton, Suffolk Carlton, West Yorkshire The... Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... talkbackTHAMES is a British television production company, a division of FremantleMedia (part of the RTL Group). ... GBP redirects here. ... For other uses, see Nottingham (disambiguation). ... For other uses see funhouse (disambiguation) Fun House was a United States childrens television game show that aired from September 5, 1988 to April 13, 1991, originally in syndication, and later on the Fox Network. ... Gary King (born Stevenage, England, August 1963) is a popular British radio presenter who has worked for most of the countrys best-known stations. ...


An Australian version of the show was produced by Grundy, airing on the Nine Network between 1992 and 1994 with Ian Turpie as host. Col Mooney and Alan Glover served as announcers. The supermarket on this show was originally a Coles Supermarket, but this was later changed to a generic supermarket. Like the US show, the winners searched the supermarket to look for $5000. The latter set was identical to the US show, as with most Grundy-produced game shows in Australia at the time. Reg Grundy Organisation was an Australian television production company founded by Reg Grundy (born Reg Grundle) in 1959. ... The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian television network based in Willoughby, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney. ... Ian Turpie is a former Australian television celebrity known primarily for hosting a long-running game show called The Price Is Right. ... Coles Supermarkets is an Australian supermarket chain owned by Coles Group. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 1. ...


Brazil had two versions of the program: the first was produced by Band between 1990 and 1993, and the last, by Record on the 21st century, as a part of the TV show Note e Anote. Both versions was nominated only "Supermarket", and hosted by Ricardo Corte Real. Most likely, Brazil is the only nation to have aired non-English-language versions of Supermarket Sweep. Rede Bandeirantes (Portuguese: Bandeirantes Network), officially nicknamed Band, is a television network from Brazil, based in São Paulo. ... Rede Record is a Brazilian television network. ... 20XX redirects here. ...


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Supermarket Sweep - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2798 words)
Supermarket Sweep was a game show that originated on the ABC Network from December 20, 1965 to July 14, 1967.
In the original run, Supermarket Sweep was broadcast from Food Fair supermarkets across the country; for the revivals, a mock supermarket was set up in a TV studio.
The supermarket on this show was originally a Coles Supermarket, but this was later changed to a generic supermarket.
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