Tesco Horror Story

PenguinOfDeath

Think of it as extra protein, for free!

MysteryMe

It's not a nice thing to happen but at the same time Tesco have apologised, offered you compensation and advice for future.

Unfortunately this kind of thing will never be stopped altogether so you just have to count yourself unlucky and move on.

tbw

I reckon that Tesco have done as much as can reasonably be expected. Fruit and veg probably always carries a small risk of something 'live' getting into it whether it is pre-packed or loose produce. Its not very pleasant but at least it was dead! Today I had 2 packs of raspberries from Asda and, after washing them under a spray tap and leaving them to drain, I was a bit taken aback when I was arranging them on a Pavlova base to find that what I thought was a small bit of leaf was actually a fairly juicy caterpillar! I didn't feel happy about using them but all I expect Asda to do is give me a refund tomorrow.

There was a report in the paper this morning about a 10 year old who found a small dead lizard stuck to the bottom of a loaf of Tesco bread. The father was bleating on about how his little lad was 'absolutely traumatised'!!! I find it hard to believe that a 10 year old boy was quite that upset - more likely to have thought it was a good laugh . Again, not a nice thing to find but hardly the end of the world - and who can say when and where the lizard got on the bread?

I feel that too many people are over-eager to jump on the 'claim/blame' bandwagon.

Anselm

Bloody hell, £10 for a moth! How much could I get if I put my cat in the carrots, OP?

daisy_darling

How much compensation were you looking for, OP ? I think a tenner is a nice, goodwill gesture tbh.

Recently I tried a new make of chorizo from sainsbury's. I made paella that night and used the new chorizo in it. Within a couple of mouthfuls hubby was wheezing like a set of bagpipes. He suffers from chronic asthma and has fairly severe COPD so an attack is a serious matter. He couldn't finish his tea and spent the rest of the night trying to cope with the asthma attack.

The offspring finished her tea but was ridiculously hyperactive the rest of the night; babbling rubbish, jumping up and down, fidgetting etc. Until at about ten thirty she suddenly conked out and went to sleep.

I had the WORST wind of my life and for hours couldn't move without impromptu 4nal comment !

Being so astonished by all this I read the ingredients on the chorizo and found amongst the E numbers one with a list of side effects not limited to, but including all of ours. I rand Sainsbury's the next day, not for compensation, but to alert them to the perils contained within their spanish sausage. They were extremely nice and opened a case file regarding this product and sent us a gift voucher for 30 quid.

I'm not one of lifes complainers generally so the gift voucher was totally unexpected. I reckon you should be happy with the tenner meself.

funnyguy

Yeh sounds a bit overdramatic too me.I found a live snail in a washed salad leaf bag once in Sainsburys.Just took it back and joked it was probably a french salad.Had live weevils in flour before,and a frozen maggot sticking out of an iceland corn of the cob.Complained about these and got the mandatory apology and £10 voucher which was quite satisfactory.Life goes on[except for the critters inside]

antrobus

cwood2112 wrote: »

....Does anyone have any thoughts ....

Yes. But given the admonition to be nice to newbies I shall keep my trap shut.

lilibartley

Better things to worry about?

greenfinger22

I wouldn't have taken it back to Tesco's I would have rung Trading Standards and let them deal with it, much more effective. If you still have the bag an moth give them a ring.:)

valk_scot

I picked a lovely, pesticide free, organically grown Cos lettuce from my garden this afternoon, took it in the kitchen to wash it and eventually evicted fourteen earwigs. And that quite possibly wasn't them all, though my family wouldn't blink an eye at something escaping from their plate tbh. One moth? Out of however many thousands of bags of spinach processed that day? I think that's not at all bad.

Anyway I'm pretty sure moths aren't toxic. My cats eat about a dozen every night atm and they're not bothered. I agree though that if you pay extra to have a product washed and ready to eat then it should be free of wildlife, at least to a better standard than I seem to manage some days. But they've admitted it, they've apologised, they've offered some compensation. So what's the problem? Your "horror" at finding it? TBH if that's the most horrific thing that happened to you that week you should count yourself lucky. I do hope you didn't get too dramatic about it around any kids you may have btw? Because that's how eating phobias can get triggered...not by the item itself but by the parental reaction to it.