Not necessarily what you want in your salad (Picture: SWNS)
A dad came face to face with a massive locust after unpacking his Aldi shop, suspecting it came home with him in a bag of celery.
Lee Westacott, 39, found the hefty bug on the inside of his fridge door after unloading his haul from the budget supermarket.
‘It’s like a jacked-up grasshopper,’ the shocked cable jointer said.
Although his son was ‘amazed’ by the encounter, Lee was less impressed and decided to throw away his veg.
He got in touch with Aldi to complain, and they gave him a £5 voucher to make it up to him.
They also said that he could get a refund on his bag of celery if he brings it back to the shop, but Lee did not fancy doing that.
‘It was probably about three inches – it’s quite a big bug,’ he said. ‘It’s now in a bag in the kitchen.’
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Lee, from Droitwich Spa in Worcestershire, said: ‘We bought some celery and some other bits of veg so I’m guessing it’s come out of one of those packets.
‘I have contacted [Aldi] and they’ve sent me an email back saying they’ll give me a £5 goodwill voucher to use for a future shop.
‘Initially, I didn’t know if it had been all over the food in the fridge.
‘Aldi said what I could do was take the pack of celery back to them and they’d refund the bag but I’m probably going to throw most of it away.’
An Aldi spokesperson said: ‘While it has not been possible to establish whether this insect came from an Aldi product, such a rare finding can occasionally occur with products that are grown in natural conditions.
‘We have apologised to Mr Westacott and would encourage him to return the packaging of any opened fresh produce to his nearest store for a full refund.’
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