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Bananas galore in Orkney after store orders 38,000 by mistake
Tesco Kirkwall gave away 38,000 surplus bananas after an order error and ferry disruption, distributing them to schools and community groups to avoid waste.
- On Monday, the Tesco Kirkwall Superstore redistributed 38,000 bananas after a massive ordering error, donating the surplus fruit to local schools and community groups across the Orkney Islands.
- Store staff intended to order 380kg of fruit but accidentally purchased 380 wholesale boxes, each containing about 100 bananas; high winds prevented the usual return of surplus goods to the mainland via ferry.
- On Saturday, Tesco community champion Paula Clarke posted on Facebook urging groups to collect the fruit, writing, "We have mountains of bananas," and inviting locals to collect boxes free from the Customer Service Desk.
- Local organizations including football clubs and the Stromness Community Fridge claimed the stock quickly, and Tesco confirmed on Monday that all bananas have been successfully redistributed to these good causes.
- Two years ago, a small shop in Sanday inadvertently ordered 720 Easter Eggs instead of 80, illustrating the logistical challenges of island commerce in the Orkney Islands and showing this is not the first ordering blunder.
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perspectivemedia.comSupermarket gives out thousands of bananas for free after surplus order
Tesco in Kirkwall ordered 380 boxes of the fruit by mistake, and gave them out to schools and community groups.
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Orkney Islands flooded with 38,000 bananas after Tesco mistake
Banarama! The Orkney Islands don’t know what to do with (Picture: Getty Images/500px) Every person living in the remote Orkney Islands could be chomping down on two bananas each after a Tesco worker mistakenly ordered 36,000. Now staff are appealing to local football teams and schools to come forward and claim the extra bananas before they go to waste. Tesco in Kirkwall wanted to order 380kg (750lbs) of the exotic fruit but a ‘glitch in the syst…
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