After discovering their turkeys are rotting hours before their Christmas feast, irate customers attacked shops.
Customers from Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Lidl, and Asda used Twitter to express their annoyance. One said the stench was “so horrible it can’t be explained,” while another said they used scented candles to attempt to get rid of the odor.
What the b***** hell @sainsburys, one Sainsbury’s consumer said on social media after posting a picture of the holiday bird’s decomposing flesh. It’s horrible, my turkey. Holiday ruined. A child is sobbing. We must now eat beans on toast. An unquestionable shamed. Christmas turkey
Another customer said, “@sainsburys we just opened our turkey and it is rotting despite having a use by date of December 27! Please let us know how to obtain a refund.
A third person said, “Bought a Turkey from @sainsburys less than 5 hours ago opened it to give a soak overnight and it definitely reeks.” I’m devastated. Totally unnecessary, thanks, @sainsburys #Sainsburys #rottenturkey
‘The turkey my family purchased didn’t seem rotten until we cooked it. The stench was so horrible it can’t be explained. It was rotting on the inside when we opened it up @Sainsburys again again,’ a fourth customer of the grocery store said.
A client of Asda tweeted: “@AsdaServiceTeam @asda.” Discovering on Christmas morning that the turkey we just purchased from you is rotten? The first Christmas was destroyed for my brother and my children. Can you do anything to rescue the day?
Days before Christmas, customers also complained on Twitter about last-minute delivery cancellations and having their basics for the holiday feast replaced with irrelevant goods.
‘@Tesco no Turkey on Christmas Day owing to opening ours and finding it to be so horrible it made my other half puke up,’ a Tesco customer tweeted. With no meat for Christmas dinner, that is a $40 chicken that was thrown in the trash. Who should we submit this horrible bird to in order to get a refund?
Another remarked: “@Tesco christmas ruined. A fresh turkey, dated the 26th, was purchased on the 23rd. in a refrigerator. Absolutely nasty and smelly.”
The remaining butchers and fishmongers at the supermarket will be eliminated from 279 locations since more customers are choosing pre-packaged foods.
To get rid of the stench of decomposing turkey meat, one Lidl customer resorted to burning scented candles. “@LidlGB disappointed, rotting turkey crown totally stank the kitchen out when we just opened it, straight into the rubbish outside,” they said. “We got the perfumed candles burning.”
We’re really sorry to hear this, a Tesco representative stated. We take great care while choosing and cooking our turkeys since we are aware that it plays a significant role in many of our customers’ Christmas celebrations.
We kindly request that anybody who is not entirely satisfied return the item to one of our locations so that we may look into it further and provide a full refund.
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