Man may profit from 10-year-old beans

A man is in the running to earn £500 (€698) from a 10-year-old tin of baked beans which he found in the back of his cupboard.

Tesco is offering the money to the first customer who can produce a can of 1993 Tesco Value Baked Beans.

Mark Pugh, from Stratford-Upon-Avon, England, found the beans, which originally sold for 17p, in the back of a cupboard at work.

He said: "The job I do means I could be called out at any minute or have to work longer shifts so I always keep a reserve supply of food.

"I'd seen a tin lying around somewhere and when I couldn't find it at home, I had a look in the office."

He has written to Tesco about his beans and is awaiting a reply.

They want to display the tin in their head office as part of a display marking 10 years of the cut-price value brand.