Overview
- Shoppers shared photos and accounts on X describing in-date birds that smelled rancid or appeared discoloured, prompting some to abandon Christmas meals.
- The reports extended beyond Tesco to Sainsbury's, Asda, Lidl and Morrisons, alongside claims of missing items or cancelled festive grocery deliveries.
- Sainsbury's said it would contact affected customers and investigate; Asda and Morrisons issued apologies and said they were working to resolve cases.
- News outlets said they asked Tesco for comment on the complaints, but they did not publish a response from the retailer.
- One customer claimed turkeys bought at Tesco Ealing Broadway bore May and June sell-by dates, and a butcher offered a possible explanation that packaging breaches or storage issues can cause in-date meat to spoil.