Mum finds live frog in bag of Waitrose salad (From Daily Echo)
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Mum finds live frog in bag of Waitrose salad
7:38am Wednesday 12th September 2012 in News
By Tara Russell, News Reporter
Mum finds live frog in bag of Waitrose sald
One hungry Hampshire mum and daughter found something else green when they opened up their bag of salad - a live frog.
Mum-of-three Christina Carrington, who works as a health care manager, said she opened the bag of leaves before work and took a few for her lunch on the go.
But it wasn't until later that same evening her youngest daughter Daniela Toale made the slimy discovery.
The 20-year-old university student was preparing dinner while her 50-year-old mum was at a gym class when she caught sight of the croaky critter in the salad.
Christina, from Chandler's Ford , had bought the mixed leaf bag from Waitrose in Ringwood .
The frog had survived despite being trapped in the bag for more than 24 hours.
She said: “I am absolutely mortified to think I ate the leaves at lunch time when clearly the frog had been in the same bag. I feel repulsed.”
A spokesman from Waitrose, said: “We are very sorry for the distress caused. All our bagged salad is thoroughly washed and we have steps in place to check each product before packaging.
“Although this is an isolated incident, we're investigating with our suppliers how this happened and taking steps to minimise the chances of this happening again.”
She added that the frog was “fine” and the supermarket chain is seeking advice from the RSPCA on finding it a suitable home.
Comments(53)
bigfella777
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8:08am Wed 12 Sep 12
Well thats obviously a complete lie to start with.You wouldn't get this trouble at Lidls.
freefinker
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8:36am Wed 12 Sep 12
Georgem
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9:02am Wed 12 Sep 12
wossit
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9:05am Wed 12 Sep 12
Huffter
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9:06am Wed 12 Sep 12
Big Mac
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9:13am Wed 12 Sep 12
bigfella777 wrote:Well thats obviously a complete lie...
A spokesman from Waitrose, said: “We are very sorry for the distress caused. All our bagged salad is thoroughly washed and we have steps in place to check each product before packaging.
Well thats obviously a complete lie to start with.You wouldn't get this trouble at Lidls.
no it isn't. It's a statement of company policy. That said, mistakes happen and I bet there is someone in the background hoping mad about this.
In regard to Lidls, I'm sure if they did 'trouble' it would be cheaper though – each to their own.
Georgem
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9:20am Wed 12 Sep 12
MGRA
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9:24am Wed 12 Sep 12
George4th
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9:26am Wed 12 Sep 12
ohec
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9:28am Wed 12 Sep 12
Huey
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9:39am Wed 12 Sep 12
ohec wrote:This is a ribbiting story
If people knew what happened to half their food they would be a lot slimmer, it won't be long before supermarkets will sell you somebody to eat all this ready to eat food to save you the trouble, or are we fast approaching the stage where you don't sit down for a meal you just pop a pill.
Lockssmart
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9:44am Wed 12 Sep 12
George4th
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9:48am Wed 12 Sep 12
Lockssmart wrote:Very good although I didn't immediately have the froggiest idea what it meant!
Saladmander
forestexbury
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9:51am Wed 12 Sep 12
daveetwo
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9:58am Wed 12 Sep 12
Paramjit Bahia
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10:05am Wed 12 Sep 12
Rather than making standard statement, which most will hardly believe, Waitrose should have told the truth:
In cheap small bag of Salad suppliers can only put a little frog, if people want elephant they should pay lot more...
Hope the ladies have found their prince!
pushamara
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10:16am Wed 12 Sep 12
Georgem wrote:Haha! I actually laughed out loud whe I read that! Are you sure it wasn't a bike reflector in the shape of a tiger?!
This sort of thing is far from isolated. Last year, I bought some cornflakes from Waitrose, and almost choked to death on a small plastic dinosaur hidden amongst them.
Georgem
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10:32am Wed 12 Sep 12
Paramjit Bahia wrote:Brilliant! Also, I couldn't help reading it in Borat's voice.
Agree with comment that some people simply do not realise how food is produced in fields.
Rather than making standard statement, which most will hardly believe, Waitrose should have told the truth:
In cheap small bag of Salad suppliers can only put a little frog, if people want elephant they should pay lot more...
Hope the ladies have found their prince!
NotoNwo
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10:43am Wed 12 Sep 12
"Thats right Poirot"
"Ah but my dear Hastings, the bag was opened in the morning and left unattended in the scullery all day until the EVENING when madamoseille Carrington was preparing the evening meal so the frog could have made its way into the bag at any time during the day after madam carrington had left for her place of work!"
"Poirot! You got it! How silly of me to assume the frog was in the bag to begin with."
"Mon amis, they can fool the good Inspector Japp of Scotland Yard, but NOT 'Ercule Poirot !!!"
wilson castaway
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10:44am Wed 12 Sep 12
Northamboy
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11:12am Wed 12 Sep 12
Going to the Echo seems to be an over reaction to me. Glad the frog is ok.
S!monOn
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11:30am Wed 12 Sep 12
wilson castaway
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11:41am Wed 12 Sep 12
Georgem
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11:53am Wed 12 Sep 12
S!monOn wrote:It's a growing problem. I read an interesting article about the phenomenon in last month's 'The Lily Pad".
Just read the headline in the Daily Frog..."Innocen
t frog minding its own business on a cabbage leaf gets abducted, put in a plastic bag and almost eaten by giant alien"... more to follow....
sotonbusdriver
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11:57am Wed 12 Sep 12
No-one has asked why she had "Waitrose Salad",, surely having someone elses salad, is THEFT ???
ameliaS
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11:58am Wed 12 Sep 12
Sovietobserver
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12:07pm Wed 12 Sep 12
lilbitofjodi , Eastleigh
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12:18pm Wed 12 Sep 12
CruelDevil
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12:35pm Wed 12 Sep 12
ameliaS wrote:Unless of course the frog in question had recently completed filming on an episode of "Get Your Own Back!", where everyone is slimey...
Frogs are not slimey, they're lovely little critters.
mr.southampton
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12:47pm Wed 12 Sep 12
Sushi is soooo yesterday dahling!!!
Huffter
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1:31pm Wed 12 Sep 12
NotoNwo wrote:Poirot wouldn't have anything to do with frogs - he's Belgian.
"This woman had opened the bag of salad and took a few leaves for her lunch. Later in the evening the daughter is preparing dinner and makes the grave discovery of the frog!" "Thats right Poirot" "Ah but my dear Hastings, the bag was opened in the morning and left unattended in the scullery all day until the EVENING when madamoseille Carrington was preparing the evening meal so the frog could have made its way into the bag at any time during the day after madam carrington had left for her place of work!" "Poirot! You got it! How silly of me to assume the frog was in the bag to begin with." "Mon amis, they can fool the good Inspector Japp of Scotland Yard, but NOT 'Ercule Poirot !!!"
bobbyboy
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1:53pm Wed 12 Sep 12
alan.of.eastleigh
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2:16pm Wed 12 Sep 12
bigfella777 wrote:The truth is that most of these stories are made up. Not saying this is the case here but we should also bear in mind the frog was not found in a sealed bag. If was found by a child several hours later. Hmmmm....
A spokesman from Waitrose, said: “We are very sorry for the distress caused. All our bagged salad is thoroughly washed and we have steps in place to check each product before packaging. Well thats obviously a complete lie to start with.You wouldn't get this trouble at Lidls.
alan.of.eastleigh
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2:17pm Wed 12 Sep 12
sotonboy84
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2:30pm Wed 12 Sep 12
I've had frogs in my kitchen before so more than likely the bag was left open on the side long enough for a frog to get in OR a frog got into the fridge when the door was open.
Huffter
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4:04pm Wed 12 Sep 12
sotonboy84 wrote:Recently I've had a problem with spiders indoors... now I've got to check the kitchen for fridging frogs!
Wouldn't a frog have suffocated in a sealed bag?! I've had frogs in my kitchen before so more than likely the bag was left open on the side long enough for a frog to get in OR a frog got into the fridge when the door was open.
sotonboy84
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4:17pm Wed 12 Sep 12
Huffter wrote:Eeeeeeek!
sotonboy84 wrote: Wouldn't a frog have suffocated in a sealed bag?! I've had frogs in my kitchen before so more than likely the bag was left open on the side long enough for a frog to get in OR a frog got into the fridge when the door was open.Recently I've had a problem with spiders indoors... now I've got to check the kitchen for fridging frogs!
miltonarcher
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4:42pm Wed 12 Sep 12
S!monOn
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4:52pm Wed 12 Sep 12
sotonbusdriver wrote:Eh?
Headline reads :- "Mum finds live frog in bag of Waitrose salad".. No-one has asked why she had "Waitrose Salad",, surely having someone elses salad, is THEFT ???
Crimbo
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5:05pm Wed 12 Sep 12
BillyTheKid
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5:19pm Wed 12 Sep 12
"Frog in salad story spawns weak joke marathon on Echo forum......"
Fatty x Ford Worker
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5:24pm Wed 12 Sep 12
NotoNwo
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6:34pm Wed 12 Sep 12
Huffter wrote:Yes - he was very resentful of being called a frenchman and you could not blame him either.
NotoNwo wrote:Poirot wouldn't have anything to do with frogs - he's Belgian.
"This woman had opened the bag of salad and took a few leaves for her lunch. Later in the evening the daughter is preparing dinner and makes the grave discovery of the frog!" "Thats right Poirot" "Ah but my dear Hastings, the bag was opened in the morning and left unattended in the scullery all day until the EVENING when madamoseille Carrington was preparing the evening meal so the frog could have made its way into the bag at any time during the day after madam carrington had left for her place of work!" "Poirot! You got it! How silly of me to assume the frog was in the bag to begin with." "Mon amis, they can fool the good Inspector Japp of Scotland Yard, but NOT 'Ercule Poirot !!!"
bigfella777
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6:45pm Wed 12 Sep 12
But it wasn't until later that same evening her youngest daughter Daniela Toale(rich divorced husbands name) made the slimy discovery.
The 20-year-old university student who is studying geothermal astro physics at Oxford was preparing dinner while her 50-year-old mum was at her daily gym class to keep her perfect when she caught sight of the croaky critter in the salad.
Christina, from Chandler's Ford , had bought the mixed leaf bag from Waitrose in Ringwood because she would rather drive 20 miles to shop than be seen dead in Asda.
SNOB!!!
BillyTheKid
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9:10pm Wed 12 Sep 12
bigfella777 wrote:Perhaps ASDA don't do frogs with their salad bags.
Mum-of-three Christina Carrington,who only wears jimmy choo shoes and works as a health care manager, said she opened the bag of leaves before work and took a few for her lunch on the go because she just exists on nothing but lettuce.
But it wasn't until later that same evening her youngest daughter Daniela Toale(rich divorced husbands name) made the slimy discovery.
The 20-year-old university student who is studying geothermal astro physics at Oxford was preparing dinner while her 50-year-old mum was at her daily gym class to keep her perfect when she caught sight of the croaky critter in the salad.
Christina, from Chandler's Ford , had bought the mixed leaf bag from Waitrose in Ringwood because she would rather drive 20 miles to shop than be seen dead in Asda.
SNOB!!!
Linesman
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9:36pm Wed 12 Sep 12
f this had happened in a French supermarket, she would have bought a bottle of wine and the frog would have been legless.
IronLady2010
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10:28pm Wed 12 Sep 12
I found a rubber seal in one of my meals, found out it was from my Pepper grinder. Just binned it and bought a new one. Maybe I should of gone to the echo for some photo opportunity?
BillyTheKid
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11:55pm Wed 12 Sep 12
Personally, I would hope Waitrose take HER to court for attempting to damage their good name.
IronLady2010
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12:19am Thu 13 Sep 12
Hang on, should it be the frog?
longdaytoday
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6:15am Thu 13 Sep 12
Georgem
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9:06am Thu 13 Sep 12
Linesman wrote:"Excuse me sir, I have found some salad in my bag of frog".
She was angry and the frog was hopping mad................I
f this had happened in a French supermarket, she would have bought a bottle of wine and the frog would have been legless.
lionheart
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12:11am Sat 15 Sep 12
I thought it was watercress that was grown in streams not lettuce.
Must have come from Frogham.
sotonbusdriver says...
8:04am Wed 12 Sep 12