Tesco Horror Story

prowla

The OP is right - the food was labelled as washed and ready to eat, which it evidently wasn't.

OTOH, you could have invited Bear Grylls around - he would have loved it!

meer53

At least the moth was clean.

peachyprice

If the moth had been washed why would it have any more germs on it than the spinach?

A washed moth in a bag of spinach is hardly a horror story.

pineapple

peachyprice wrote: »

If the moth had been washed why would it have any more germs on it than the spinach?

A washed moth in a bag of spinach is hardly a horror story.

I think they should have charged for it as an 'extra'. Could spark off a whole new range.
Mixed moth salad
Caterpillar and caper mix
Snail surprise with avocado dip
:rotfl:

burnleymik

Haha. Same old PV+W standards in this thread. OP came here to vent and this is a legitimate vent, what is with the jumping down their throat, including the moron who made the accusation of OP being a "moneygrabber"... sigh?.

You can jump to whatever conclusion you like, but this is a pretty horrible incident to be fair, imagine Op or their other half had actually bitten into this....

Op bought the pre-packed and sealed goods as "washed and ready to eat", I don't know how else you can interpret that other than you can put it straight onto your plate.

Judging by their response to Op that clearly isn't the case, which simply is not good enough IMO. I

If a supermarket advertises to me that something is washed and ready to eat that is exactly what I expect to get, not find dead creatures inside.

I wouldn't be happy with their response either.

Petlamb

I think the response and compensation are, mostly, adequate.

The one bit of the reply that would have hacked me off would be the "you should always wash fruit and veg" - that being so, why do you sell "washed and ready to eat" labelled items?

geordieracer

smallblueplanet wrote: »

This is funny, right. What do you do when you accidently swallow a fly?

Swallow a spider to catch the fly.

dickydonkin

Haffiana wrote: »

It isn't 'just' a moth. It is a dead moth, and it is decomposing over a few days trapped in an airtight bag with a moist organic substrate. It is the equivalent of a rotting piece of potentially contaminated meat kept in a wet bag that is possibly going to be eaten raw. I say potentially because chances are that it wouldn't cause any problem at all, but it might.

The moth will likely be 'decomposing' at the same rate as the spinach as both are organic matter.

How many of us have found insects inside fruit without even considering taking the product back to the retailer. As with all items that are grown outside, there is always the chance that some bug will manage to get between the folds of leaves/stalks etc.

I think Tesco's response was reasonable and a reminder to check all fruit and veg before eating - pre washed or otherwise.

burnleymik

dickydonkin wrote: »

The moth will likely be 'decomposing' at the same rate as the spinach as both are organic matter.

How many of us have found insects inside fruit without even considering taking the product back to the retailer. As with all items that are grown outside, there is always the chance that some bug will manage to get between the folds of leaves/stalks etc.

I think Tesco's response was reasonable and a reminder to check all fruit and veg before eating - pre washed or otherwise.

In that case it isn't "ready to eat", even by their own standards.....

Pollycat

burnleymik wrote: »

Haha. Same old PV+W standards in this thread. OP came here to vent and this is a legitimate vent, what is with the jumping down their throat, including the moron who made the accusation of OP being a "moneygrabber"... sigh?.

It may be a legitimate vent, I personally think the OP's post is far too dramatic:

Tesco Horror Story

Horror story? Really?:eek:

I would like some opinions on a drama we have had with tesco recently.

Drama? :cool: