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Wildest online shop substitutions

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MintSticks · 02/10/2022 20:43

Tesco have just delivered our online grocery shop and it’s always interesting to see what substitutions have been made.

I’ve come to the conclusion that the pickers must by and large be teenage boys with little to no experience doing a grocery shop.

One of the things I’d ordered today was a pot of jam. I scrolled through around 6 pages of jams online and settled upon the value jam, added it to the basket and didn’t think it warranted a note for the picker.

What I got was 2 jars of shredless marmalade. 🥴🥴

I mean, any jam would have done, seeded, seedless, raspberry, strawberry..who thinks marmalade is an accurate sub for jam? I’m looking forward to having peanut butter and marmalade on my toast this week 🤣🤣🤢🤢

Another time I was planning a low calorie/low carb menu for myself so ordered frozen cauliflower rice and instead got frozen rice which defeated the object.

Anyone else have some absolutely random/funny sub stories?

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VeniVidiWeeWee · 04/10/2022 02:21

And other things that didn't happen......

InsertPunHere · 04/10/2022 02:28

Lamb curry for vegetable curry, meat feast for margarita pizza, pork sausages for Cauldron veggie sausages.

flowerspage · 04/10/2022 02:59

Last Christmas we ordered two £1 dairy milk advent calendars which were subbed for two 300g bars of dairy milk and price matched. Was pretty chuffed with that one! Grin

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WutheringShites86 · 04/10/2022 08:54

Eh @VeniVidiWeeWee? You think everyone is making stuff up?

Clearly you don't do online food shopping!

YorkieTheRabbit · 04/10/2022 09:06

Someone posted on here recently that they had ordered face masks and been sent a rolling pin 🤣

MintSticks · 23/10/2022 13:50

These are hilarious and I feel slightly better about my subs now!

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SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 23/10/2022 13:57

Not my story, but one I read in a similar thread on here, some years ago - a MNer ordered white wine and got grapes as a substitute. As she said - “I didn’t want to have to make my own!”

Magenta82 · 23/10/2022 13:58

Creme de menthe instead of cherry brandy.
Ironing water instead of fabric softener.
2 packs of 2 finest steaks instead of 2 packs of 1 standard, it was buy 1 get 1 free or something so that was a result!

CuriousCatfish · 23/10/2022 13:59

The pickers don't choose the subs or have time to go looking.

Timetoflower22 · 04/09/2023 17:47

Ordered chai seeds... got raisins 🤣

TheYearOfSmallThings · 04/09/2023 17:49

ThreeFeetTall · 02/10/2022 22:03

Ordered a pack of covid tests, got sent haemorrhoid cream Confused

Grin Genius

Bluevelvetsofa · 04/09/2023 17:52

A bottle of coke. Got a nine pack of toilet rolls

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