What's the strangest "substitute" item you've been offered on your home delivery?

Liquorice_Twirls

Mine was -

I ordered 12 tins of Whiskas cat food from Asda and it was substituted with 12 tins of Pedigree Chum (dog food)!!

What were they thinking?

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belfastgirl23

Apparently the computer makes the choice.

I was offered plain flour instead of strong white bread flour - definitely no substitute! And spicy grated cheese instead of mozzarella!

zenseeker

I once had a pack of Cadbury Creme Egg's substituted with a box of bog standard hens eggs.

Wolfsbayne

I had a tin of fruit cocktail substituted for dried mixed fruit.

apples1

I was given green loo roll instead of white from Tesco a few years back - the delivery driver was stunned when I said no thanks!!

Thankfully Sainsbury's deliver here and now and they understand that loo roll MUST only ever be white!!

skintlass

I can beat them all - instead of bread I was sent a packet of brazil nuts - even the driver was confused.

PetuliaGristle

I once had mixed spice substituted with allspice.

ethansmum

I little jiff lemon juice was what I wanted- but got a single banana instead! Both are yellow i guess

Ben84

belfastgirl23 wrote: »

Apparently the computer makes the choice.

That explains a few things! lol

I don't know about the other stores, but Waitrose have a no substitutions option which I always use when ordering with them.

I can't really have substituted items, they're often not suitable. I don't eat pork or seafood in any form, and I try to avoid certain combinations of food types. And just to make things more complex I don't buy anything from Nestle either. After all this a huge selection of stuff is off the shopping list, so personally it's easier to just make do without an item.

Mum_of_Boys

GirlySquare wrote: »

I once had mixed spice substituted with allspice.

Sammy_Girl

:rotfl:

These substitutes are so funny lol. I've found Tesco to be most random with their substitutes. I like my microwave macaroni cheeses to take for work, and one week I ordered six. Unfortunately six microwave cauliflower cheeses turned up...not quite the same really.

I do like OPs. 12 tis of dog food instead of cat food lol. I don't think my dog would be impressed of he ended up with cat food lol