Guy's Grocery Games clearly has some rules for their games that viewers aren't told. It was just the first episode, maybe they'll expand on the viewer briefing rules in future eps, or just leave them as un-viewered rules. The first time you see the show and see them only snag 3 out of all the ham hocks, or see them being somewhat careful to be grabbing everything they put in their cart, you might think they are being stupid in not grabbing it all and/or sweeping the shelf.īut by the second, third, fourth time of all the teams acting that way, viewers would realizes (most of the time) that there must be extra rules keeping those 'obvious' tactics in check. The host needs to give enough rules on air for viewers to understand what is going on, without eating up TOO much time to show the rest of the action (and for Supermarket Sweep, to show all those products on the shelves). The production team made adjustments in the set in order to distance contestants from each other, and from Jones - complying with all COVID protocols, of course, including frequent testing of players and crew - and groceries were sanitized using electrostatic sprayers (and later donated to local charities and food banks). The show, which was supposed to film in the spring, was able to start production in a 35,000-square-foot hangar at the Santa Monica, Calif., airport at the end of July, according to the Los Angeles Times, after pandemic-created restrictions were eased. The team that racks up the biggest grocery bill at the end wins and gets to play for the big money. In EW's exclusive preview of the show, above, Jones sends the players (three teams of two) dashing through the supermarket in search of specific products, and, finally, on one big shopping trip. 18 on ABC, is upping the ante not just on the products that contestants can use to add to their total - Jones excluded.she's the host - but also the grand prize: up to $100,000.
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