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    Man finds dead bird in Tesco salad bag

    Photo: SWNSA man was shocked to discover that his store-bought salad contained the skeletal remains of a dead bird.

    The unpleasant finding was made as Paul Streeter, from Weare, Somerset, served a dinner of pizza and salad to his girlfriend Julia and three children on Saturday night.

    To their horror a dead bird was laying amongst the baby rocket leaf salad which had just been bought from their local Tesco supermarket in Burnham-On-Sea on the same day.


    Mr Streeter spoke of the horrifying discovery to Bristol 24/7. He said: “I couldn't believe my eyes. It was horrific. Julia was seconds away from eating it. The bird was emaciated and about four inches long. At first Julia thought it was a leaf and tried to separate it with her fork.

    “Then she just screamed and went to be sick - she is a vegetarian too.”

    Following the incident, the couple were offered compensation in the form of clubcard points by the store before Mr Streeter formally lodged a complaint to Tesco.

    A Tesco spokesman responded to the incident and said in a statement: “We take matters of this kind extremely seriously and are very disappointed to learn of this incident.

    “Ensuring our food is of the highest quality is extremely important to us and we and our suppliers have robust systems in place to prevent foreign objects getting into products.

    “We are in contact with the customer and have apologised.”

    The store added that they would investigate further.

     

    593 comments

    • wee jack  •  6 months ago
      Is this is what is meant by Tesco Extra?
      • Occasion 6 months ago
        nice one lol
      • A Yahoo! User 6 months ago
        nice one lol
      • Noel 6 months ago
        What a lucky sausage that man and his gf are. I never find any extra edibles in my tesco shopping. I suppose thats what the tesco extra means.
    • Wʊbble the Huney Munster  •  6 months ago
      “We take matters of this kind extremely seriously and are very disappointed to learn of this incident. " So here are some clubcard points. Thats taking it serious.
      • RB 007 6 months ago
        yeah... thats their promise " every little helps" you know. Where is the food standard agency? Shame on Tesco and all its clubcards.
      • SHARON 6 months ago
        prop only got a tenner comp and refund on bag of lettace
      • Luap 6 months ago
        Tescos should be hit with the hardest penalty available for this. It is totally outrageous. Club points? Are they joking? Or are they trying to insult the intelligence of the public?
    • impassioned  •  6 months ago
      well in this case obviously every little doesn't help !!!!!!!!!!!
      • Owain 6 months ago
        They will be selling 24hr RAT packs next
      • buddy 6 months ago
        i think thats asda
      • Andrew 6 months ago
        No it's definitely Tesco.
    • chickboy  •  6 months ago
      i once found some pork in a pork pie
      • P 6 months ago
        Well done! Did you trace it's origin?
      • david 6 months ago
        looks like a good time to buy a lottery ticket.
      • Dr. Zook 6 months ago
        A pig must have sneaked in to the factory along with the cats.
    • ace_molecatcher  •  6 months ago
      He should have reported it immediately to his local Trading Standards department. They wouldn't be fobbed-off with clubcard points; they would prosecute, and Tesco would almost certainly recieve a very large fine.
      • susan 6 months ago
        Or better still close the store for a while...
      • Andrew 6 months ago
        How about closing all of them, whilst they get their pricing policies sorted out. Come on Tesco, get a grip.
    • Siobhan Delight  •  6 months ago
      I hope that poor bird didn't suffer and was dead long before the packaging. Support your local green grocer!
    • john h  •  6 months ago
      I found minute barely detectable remains of a dead bird among a load of vegetables and watery gravy when I bought a chicken and vegetable pie from Tescos
    • Helen  •  6 months ago
      Thats what you get for shopping at Tesco. They are so profit obsessed that they squeeze their suppliers to within an inch of their lives. No wonder quality is poor and mistakes like this are made.
    • billy  •  6 months ago
      You find stuff happening like this in all supermarkets. Had no end of problems with Morrisons. I used to work there... let me just say DO NOT buy anything from oven fresh. You have no idea trust me, same goes with the produce... no end of pests in the warehouse, best one being a lizard... yes a lizard. It did look pretty damn cool though. mini dragon,
    • bibliophilly  •  6 months ago
      Wont shop at Tesco at all as they permit the sale of live turtles wrapped in cling film in their stores in China. I have it in writing that they view this as observing another nation's culture.
    • bear  •  6 months ago
      offered them club points HAHAHAHAHA p..........sing myself , another case of the high and mighty can do EXACTLY what they want .....tossers.
    • Jingoistic Maniac  •  6 months ago
      Something tells me this is only the tip of the iceberg...
    • Lyn  •  6 months ago
      Tesco make me laugh, £4.86 something for 4 tins of tomatoes but the next week buy one get one free they are now £7 for 4 lol. They do this with all there stuff. Put the price up but now you can get 2 for 1 but you would have had the same thing last week,no saving there Im afraid. Crisp last week £1 this week they're £3 for 2 but single price is now £1.99. Next week they will go back to £1. Someone this week said sorry you over charged me, the staff memeber said no I have not in a nasty manner the old lady insisted and she was right. ALWAYS CHECK YOUR TILL RECEIPT TESCO ARE BAD FOR RIPPING YOU OFF!!!
    • Thunderbird2  •  6 months ago
      I remember when they built our local Tesco store, they put the bolts of the compound fence on the outside, it took them ages to find out how the stock was being nicked
    • steve r  •  6 months ago
      good old tesco, i found a small bone in my peanuts once, they pinched it off me at the customer service counter and i never heard any more... Never shopped there since.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  6 months ago
      So he didn't wash the salad before serving it how very nice
    • goncalo d  •  6 months ago
      Hi Once Tesco Extra at Beckton east London they charge me double I compaline in store, once,two,three, nothing happen, I compalin online once, two then they reply saying that I should go to the store and complain to the store Manager what I did, she said to me that they will refund me the money but untill now nothing happen... I complaine again and nothing happen is over 2 years I have recipt of the purcharge,complain letters and notes of all my visits to the strore but nothing happen, what a waste of time and money with this giants scumers of the food world... who is gonna deal with this guys, what does the gov do about this and other matters nothing a bunch of stupid ignorantes that's all .
    • hazelo3c  •  6 months ago
      OMG! I thought i was unlucky when i found a live caterpiller in my Lidls lettuce last week.
    • Statue of Liberty  •  6 months ago
      i used to work and marks and spencer's and waitrose this doesnt surprise me in the slightest
    • Bubbleburster  •  6 months ago
      From my experience what Tesco do is promise a thorough investigation of the offending object which then goes missing before it can be analysed.
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