Odd Substitutions

[surreyman]

Received my online grocery delivery yesterday among which were two substituted items, but my chicken tikka masala ready meal was bizarrely subbed by a packet of frozen prawns.
To be fair they are normally pretty accurate with their subs.
Have any of you guys had any similar experience with weird substitutions ?

[calmck]

I am called the morning of delivery if something is not available and asked what substitute I want. Agree prawns for tikka is strange

[jno]

not me, but...

I ordered mayo and had it subbed for window cleaner

https://www.which.co.uk/news/2017/03/13-of-the-worst-supermarket-substitution-fails-revealed/

[dannyk13]

Yes, quite a few times.

[Buenchico]

I don't use online shopping but I admire the sense of humour of the Tesco worker who suggested substituting a pregnancy test kit with a pack of condoms ;-)
https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/17-times-supermarkets-tried-substitute-7932009
(There are lots more interesting substitutions in that link!)

More here
https://www.madeformums.com/news/the-strangest-substitutions-for-online-family-shops-ever/
and here
https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/best-in-edinburgh/asda-tesco-sainsburys-shoppers-share-18204634
and here
https://metro.co.uk/2018/12/23/incredible-substitutions-people-received-online-christmas-grocery-shop-8278547/

[Vagus]

I ordered three Bramley cooking apples.
They were substituted with three packs of six Braeburn eating apples so I ended up with 18 eating apples.

[diddlydo]

Having had ridiculous substitutions in the past I now tick the "No subs" box.

[gness]

Not online groceries but when I went to live in Canada the company gave us a house and an account at Sears to furnish and decorate it.

The shelves in the basement were a bit rough so I ordered some rolls of Fablon to tart them up. I received a salad spinner.

[eleanor2]

Not substitutions. The odd time I've had food we didn't order which I've contacted them about & they've said to keep.

[Mamyalynne]

Never any really odd subs but occasionally something I didn't fancy and it was removed from my total bill.

[Canary42]

I think you've started a trend.

Prior to today I've never experienced any anomalies, but just now my grocery delivery arrived with oranges substituted with a cauliflower !