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Tesco adults-only sausage rule surprises Fulbourn shoppers
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Posted on 01/04/2022 1:44:09 PM PST by mylife

Sausage fans were taken by surprise after Tesco deemed one of its pork products only suitable for adults over the age of 18 to purchase.

The supermarket giant accidentally listed a "saucisson sec" as "secateurs", which, as a bladed item, meant purchasers must prove their age.

Fufu Fang, 30, said he was "surprised to be stopped at the self-service till" at a Tesco near Cambridge as he attempted to buy his sausage.

Tesco said it was "a bit of a mix-up".

The French-brand saucisson sec is a dry-cured pork product, which Mr Fang attempted to purchase from the Fulbourn branch of Tesco.

"I was very surprised when I was asked if I was old enough to buy the sausage," he said.

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1 posted on 01/04/2022 1:44:09 PM PST by mylife
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To: mylife

No guns, no knives, no sausage!


2 posted on 01/04/2022 1:47:53 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Suppo)
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To: mylife

Fufu Fang. French sausages. British grocery. Wow. What a story.


3 posted on 01/04/2022 1:51:53 PM PST by FlyingEagle
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Don’t forget the Gubermint...


4 posted on 01/04/2022 1:53:56 PM PST by mylife (You believe that ? Cuz you don't believe me? Unbelievable!)
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5 posted on 01/04/2022 1:54:34 PM PST by rlmorel (Nothing can foster principles of freedom more effectively than the imposition of tyranny.)
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To: rlmorel

13 is my limit baby...


6 posted on 01/04/2022 1:57:44 PM PST by mylife (You believe that ? Cuz you don't believe me? Unbelievable!)
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To: mylife

I was grinning just posting that...:)


7 posted on 01/04/2022 1:58:32 PM PST by rlmorel (Nothing can foster principles of freedom more effectively than the imposition of tyranny.)
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Well, some of us still laugh :)


8 posted on 01/04/2022 2:01:10 PM PST by mylife (You believe that ? Cuz you don't believe me? Unbelievable!)
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Baby please! I am not from Havana.


9 posted on 01/04/2022 2:02:00 PM PST by thinkthenpost
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To: FlyingEagle

I think that is Fang Fang’s brother...


10 posted on 01/04/2022 2:02:23 PM PST by rlmorel (Nothing can foster principles of freedom more effectively than the imposition of tyranny.)
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