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The supermarket hasn't even LOOKED at my application

Write out another application. Keep it short. Neatly typed up with full contact details at the top. Take the application to the supermarket. Make sure you're neatly dressed when you arrive.
Ask to see the manager, failing that, assistant manager. Hand them the application. Explain to them that you are willing to do any type of work if they hire you. Thank them for seeing you and depart.
If that doesn't work try taking your application to another supermarket. You could also walk around the local shops and ask if there is any work. Don't get despondent if you keep failing. You get better the more attempts you make talking to people. The people who find work are the people who keep persisting.

this happens, many employers, especially supermarkets, get 100s of applications, so usually they will just grab the top dozen or so off the stack, and throw out the rest.
dont let that get you down and try again, if that one supermarket still has vacancies, try again there, else try a different one.

indeed, handing in your application in person gets you on top of said list, the climate isn't there for finding jobs at the moment.
it took me half a year and several dozen applications before getting accepted, only one in 10 even called me for extra questions, and one in 10 of those invited me for an actual conversation...

I lived in a kinda small town when I first started looking for work. I applied at just about every shop and fast food place and market in town. I was so discouraged when no one paid any attention to me. No calls, no interviews, no nothing.
I was shy, sure, but, always polite and tidy.

BUT, I can say this with some certainty, I would never have gotten any single job I had, without someone putting in a good word for me.

From the 2 seasonal jobs I had, then the 4 restaurant/retail jobs, the 2 professional ones, and my 7 freelance customers... every last one, someone put in a good word for me because they knew me.
One of them, it was really only a passing knowing, honestly. We were at a professional lunch and a guy tweeted he didn't know anyone and didn't want to sit alone, so I told him he could sit with me (ha! He thought I was being nice to him.). To say thanks, he ended up introducing me to his handler later that day, who has since contracted me on small side jobs about 10 times.

Anyway, let your parents friends, or your old teachers or any other social groups you might have an 'in' to... do you have a grandma that plays bingo? have her tell her friends there that you are looking for a job.

Don't have a family or close friend support willing to talk about your job search? Try volunteering for something like a food bank. You'd both find people that widen your social circle, and you might meet supermarket owners or managers who drop off donations.

Best of luck. Try not to get discouraged.