Rats found in Tesco delivery crate and in restaurant
Beckie Richardson, 19, from Essex, started hyperventilating and collapsed when she found a live rat inside a crate containing her online shopping order from Tesco, according to her mother Sue Richardson.
Mrs Richardson, who was also unloading the crates and rushed to help her daughter, told ITV News: “As Beckie lifted one of [the crates] I heard an almighty crash and she was on the floor.
“I looked in the crate and this rat was just there looking up at us sitting next to the Smarties, eggs, and tins.
“My daughter was so traumatised by it that she had a panic attack and fell on the floor and rather than getting away from the rat, I had to look after her.”
A Tesco spokesman said: “We take the cleanliness of our stores and delivery vehicles extremely seriously so were concerned to hear of the issue at our Romford Gallows Corner store.
“Although we’re confident this is an isolated incident, we’ve taken immediate action including working with a pest-control company and jet washing the area where we store our online deliveries.
“We have visited and apologised to Mrs Richardson, delivered a replacement tray of groceries, and offered her some flowers as a gesture of goodwill.”
Meanwhile, a Wetherspoons in Trowbridge was closed for 30 minutes on Tuesday night after a diner complained that a rat ran up a his trouser leg and took a chip from out of his hand.
Wetherspoons apologised for the incident.
