Tesco is one of the largest and more popular mega-stores in the UK with families flocking there for good quality products at good value. However, one family was left traumatised after their shopping trip at Tesco, when their groceries turned up a nasty surprise that frankly, no one shopping at a supermarket expects.
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As reported by Lancashire Telegraph,a family from Bradford were left horrified after discovering that the banana pack they brought at Tesco contained a huge spider wedged in between the fruit.
Unfortunately, this is not the first-time customers have found spiders in their bananas. Previously, some shoppers have pointed out that they foundwhite patches on their bananas which were actually spider nest.
Spider in supermarket banana
A shopper and his family shopped at Tesco’s for their groceries and returned home with their stuff. It was his partner, who has a phobia of spiders, who found the insect crushed between two bananas.
The shopper describes the moment saying,
I heard her scream and then when I came in she showed me.
We put it immediately outside. She was in tears and is suffering mentally.
The report also claims that the family has been mentally affected by the find. The shopper further states,
It has been quite traumatic what we have just been through. The smell of the dead animal remained in our house for a while.
You hear of these types of stories and you don't think it will happen to you.
We immediately checked all our fruit and have not even eaten since because you are thinking of that.
Tesco’s reaction
Tesco has apologised for the oversight on their part, saying,
We sell millions of bananas every week and our growers work carefully to clean and inspect all our fruit before it is packaged.
We’re sorry that on this extremely rare occasion, a spider appears to have made it through undetected.
In a situation like this, a customer can return the item to one of our stores for a full refund.
The affected family is however not satisfied with Tesco’s response, and have refused to accept Tesco's refund offer because it cannot adequately compensate for how they have been affected.
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Lancashire Telegraph: ‘Tesco apologises after family finds big spider in bananas’
