A Pineapple Will Help You Find Your Soulmate! Spanish Dating Trend Takes the Centre Stage

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We are living in a world of social media trends. If anything on social media, especially a reel on Instagram turns viral, the audience is quick to follow it. The trend doesn't have to make sense at all, if it's weird, funny or even cringe for that matter, it grabs the attention of the audience even more. Now what if I say finding your soulmate could be as simple as flipping a pineapple?

Now, in a different context, picture having a juicy slice of pineapple on a warm summer evening, the sweetness lingering in your tongue as you savour it. Feels like pure bliss, right? If you love a pineapple what if I say a pineapple can bring love into your lives. Yes, according to the new social media trend that's getting viral in Spain an upside-down pineapple can change your single status while you go supermarket shopping . Let's see how.

The 'Pineapple Gate' phenomenon - In Mercadona supermarket in Spain, a phenomenon called the 'pineapple gate' arose owing to this viral social media trend. Here, all those looking for love can place an upside-down pineapple in their shopping cart between 7pm to 8pm. For example, Sally takes her shopping cart with an upside-down pineapple to the wine aisle. Once she finds a guy with the same pineapple code and takes an interest in him, she can bump her shopping cart to his cart. If the feeling is mutual, then spot on, he bumps his cart to hers and they strike up a conversation.

Relationship symbols - It doesn't end there, to make matters more interesting you can also get to know what kind of relationship the person you have set your eyes on is looking forward to. If the shopping cart has sweets or chocolates, it indicates that your love interest is looking for a long-term relationship. Instead, if the cart has lettuce, then the person you're interested in is only looking for something casual. All you have to do is make up your mind if you have to add sweets or lettuce in your shopping cart.

Mercadona marketing strategy - Due to this hit social media trend, pineapples are being sold out in large quantities at Mercadona supermarket. At the same time, this popular chain of supermarkets that extends to Spain and Portugal asserts that it has no hand whatsoever at this marketing strategy using the pineapple dating social media trend. Mercadona also denies any kind of spike in their sales, despite the shortage of pineapples in the supermarket.

So to say, due to this trending pineapple dating method, people are opting for face-to-face encounters instead of app based connections. This is causing a vital threat to dating apps with many users abandoning them altogether. The biggest wonder is no matter how weird the social media trend is, people who remain glued to their mobiles 24/7 for any kind of requirement are ditching online matchmaking and settling for offline dating in Spain. To conclude, if you are in Spain and single to mingle, why not get an upside-down pineapple in your trolley at Mercadona right now. Simply get ready to bump your cart and get the guy or girl of your dreams!