to start another supermarket substitution thread?

[amy83firsttimer]

Just had asda deliver, 5 subs.
One red wine for another, not the end of the world, but PANEER unavailable so they've sent me PHILADELPHIA!

Think my veg and paneer curry won't be happening this week.
Care to share your worst subs?

Asda once sent me a pork pie instead of a vegetarian ready meal.

Started low carb yesterday.
Did a shop, delivered today these are honest subs.
Swede x 2 > spring greens x 2
Baby cauli x 2 > spring greens x 3
Asparagus > spring greens
Mange tout > broccoli
Runner beans > broccoli
Green beans > broccoli
Celery > extra special broccoli
Celeriac > white cabbage
Turnip x 2 > white cabbage x 4???

I rang customer service to enquire wtf was going on with the bloody cabbage.
I think the picker got pissed off when stood by the cabbage and just thought yeh we don't have any of that I'll just give her cabbage. ...

Ha! Looks like it's broccoli, cabbage and spring grebes all week then fatstacks I once ordered foundation in ivory, they substituted not only a different brand but the darkest shade too

Well I'll not be standing downwind of Fatstacks if she's going to eat all that cabbage.

toothpaste in place of tampons

Sent me a lime instead of a lemon! Wtf?

I returned the surplus cabbage,
I like it as much as the next woman but there is a limit

Herbs always seem to cause problems. Instead of substituting, say, cut basic with growing basil or dried basil, we get rosemary.

I also get unreasonably irritated when they substitute, say, a 2-pack of avocadoes for a single loose avocado. I know that technically the pack is a "single item" but I then don't have enough in spite of paying the same amount as I'd intended to for two?!

Asda gave me four bottles of sweet chilli sauce instead of a bottle of sake...

Tesco once gave me frozen fish fingers instead of fresh squid

Chardonnay subbed for Sauvignon Blanc - sent back obviously ! This lead to a near serious wine emergency in my house.

Tesco is usually the best online service because you can elect for no subs or give instructions as to what you want and what not to send.

Up to now I've come out on top e.g. ordered Tesco own brand tonic and got Fever Tree v expensive tonic instead and price matched

FatStacks your list made me laugh out loud

Nappies were always a pain, instead of substituting for a different brand / type which would have been fine, I'd always get the brand I'd chosen but in a completely different size, often useless.

Not a substitution, but once a bag has split and a load of my fruit and veg had rolled out into the crate, as he was picking it all up, the delivery boy looked very concerned and said "this apple doesn't look too good"

It was an onion

I had an annoying one today, I ordered some toffee sauce to go on some waffles and they substituted it with a box of wafer ice cream cones.

Not a substitute but my Christmas order did not contain two of the rather vital bags of veg I ordered (parsnips, potatoes etc). I did however have a very random Band Aid CD that I most definitely did not order in one of the other bags.

On the plus side there was an extra bottle of bubbly which kind of made up for it!

I got a large box of Maltesers instead of 4 tiger rolls

I got my plain Alpro yoghurt highlighted as subsituted with Alpro Yoghurt-plain, first time I've ever had an ideal substitution as it was exactly what I ordered although there was a crumpled up wrapper and chicken breasts in the bag too, which I didn't order but got for free

Once ordered prawn crackers and got Skips. Both prawn flavour I suppose so I can see the connection...

once had two packs of sausage rolls subbed with two tubs of spreadable lurpack

I had 3 bottles of Sauvignon Blanc substituted by Pinot Noir on Tesco Click and Collect. SauvignonBlank - I would definitely have preferred Chardonnay!
The child young lad who handed over the shopping couldn't understand what my problem was...

I once had a pack of size three nappies substituted for size four nappies. I looked at the driver, then at my toddler, and said that I didn't think he would shrink by the time I came to use them. The driver nearly cried laughing.

It was a delivery at a holiday self catering cottage so it was a bit of a challenge working out where to get the right nappies, but we weren't at the back of beyond so it wasn't a crisis.

I was told by one driver that it was a computer that made the substitution choice. It is sort of reassuring that no human gets it soooo wrong.

Once ordered fish fingers, got multiple packs of salmon fillets, which was pretty good.

my shopping from tesco was delivered yesterday, order 3 pampers newborn nappies, they delivered 3 huggies size 4!
wee bit bit big me thinks for my 6lb baby, lol