“Accidentally went grocery shopping on an empty stomach and now I’m the proud owner of aisle 7”

“Never go shopping when you’re hungry” is a shopping adage that has been cited in print since at least 1971. 
 
“Accidentally went grocery shopping on an empty stomach and now I’m the proud owner of aisle 7” is a jocular food saying that has been printed on many images. The joke was posted on Twitter by Domestic Goddess on February 20, 2015. 
     
       
Twitter   
Domestic Goddess
@DomesticGoddss
Accidentally went grocery shopping on an empty stomach and now I’m the proud owner of aisle 7.
2:55 PM · Feb 20, 2015·Twitter for Android
 
Twitter
Men’s Humor
@MensHumor
Accidentally went grocery shopping on an empty stomach and now I’m the proud owner of aisle 7.
5:00 PM · Apr 7, 2015·Twitter Ads
   
Google Books
The Food Medic for Life:
Easy recipes to help you live well every day

By Hazel Wallace
London, UK: Yellow Kite
2018
Pg. ?:
I’m sure you can relate to this when you go shopping on an empty stomach and suddenly you’re the proud owner of aisle six.
   
Google Books
College:
The Ultimate Teen Guide

By Lisa Maxwell Arter
Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield
2019
Pg. 97:
Rule Number One: Do Not Shop Hungry
If you go the grocery store when you are hungry, you will become the proud owner of aisle 6, your pantry will be stocked with easy-to-consume junk food, and you will still claim you have nothing to eat.
 
Google Books
inally Full, Finally Slim:
30 Days to Permanent Weight Loss One Portion at a Time

By Lisa R. Young
Center Street
2019
Pg. ?:
I accidentally went grocery shopping on an empty stomach and now I’m the proud owner of aisle 7. —Author unknown
 
Twitter
Shannon Courtenay
@scourtenay
NEVER go food shopping when your hungry!!! I’m now the proud owner of aisle 23 🤦‍♀️
3:21 PM · Jul 16, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
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@fras99
Accidentally went to grocery shopping on an empty stomach and now I’m the proud owner of aisle 5
3:35 PM · Nov 26, 2019·Twitter for Android
 
Twitter
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@McClaneJohn2
Made the rookie mistake of going grocery shopping whilst hungry and now I’m the proud owner of aisle 7.
7:41 PM · Dec 12, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
 
Reddit—Cleanjokes
Posted by u/kickypie February 10, 2020
I accidentally went grocery shopping on an empty stomach
and now I’m the proud owner of aisle 4.