Shocked Shopper Finds Squashed Dead Frog Stuck To Lidl Cucumber

A Lidl shopper was shocked to find a dead frog squashed into the side of her newly-purchased cucumber.

Vegan Sareena Rai, 28, shelved her smoothie plans when she spotted the doomed amphibian stuck inside of the 45p vegetable’s plastic wrapper.

While staff immediately swapped the cucumber for a frog-free alternative, the damage had already been done, and Sareena says she’s been put off smoothies for life.

The Leicester-based shopper said: “It has made me feel sick for days.

"I’m vegan so it couldn’t have happened to a worse person. I’m a massive animal lover.

"You expect to see little bugs or flies on vegetables you buy, but not a whole squashed frog! It was really disgusting.

"I’m really glad I spotted it before I put it in my smoothie or before I got home.”

Sareena bought the cucumber from the discount store on Upperton Road, in Leicester, on the evening of Monday 14 September.

It was part of her weekly vegetable shop, and was going to be used in a spinach, apple, banana and cucumber smoothie to help get her five-a-day.

The frog went unnoticed when she picked it up and popped it in her trolley, and also when it was scanned by the shop assistant.

But when Sareena was walking out of the supermarket she looked down into her open bag in her trolley, and spotted the squished frog.

She swapped the vegetable after alerting freaked-out staff, and headed home where she complained to Lidl on Twitter.

Single Sareena said: “It looked a bit like a leaf but it was only when I looked closer that I realised it was a frog.

"I showed the check out boy and he was grossed out. Another girl wanted to have a look and she was grossed out as well.

"I’ve been eating hummus and bread every since - not very healthy - but I’ve been put of eating really.”

[Credit: SWNS]