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Romaine calm: live frog found in discount supermarket lettuce bag
TL;DR
A live frog was discovered in a bag of discount lettuce purchased in Western Australia, surprising the buyers. Woolworths is investigating the incident, calling it an isolated case.
Key points
- Live frog found in discount lettuce bag
- Incident occurred in Western Australia
- Buyers made humorous comments on national TV
- Woolworths is investigating the isolated incident
- Quality checks are in place for lettuce packaging
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When a group of housemates in Western Australia bought a pair of lettuces in a sealed plastic bag – reduced for quick sale to $1.15 – they got two other things for which they could not have bargained. One was a live frog reckoned to be the size of a man’s palm. The other, a slot on national television.
But despite describing it as “the most random thing” they had encountered upon opening a packet of leafy greens from the supermarket, Laura Jones and Billie Le Pine fronted their interview on ABC news breakfast with a series or ready made one liners.
“Look, if I was in a French supermarket, I probably would have got a two for one deal on that one,” Jones quipped.
As it turns out, the town on the shores of the Southern Ocean in which that bag of lettuce was bought, Esperance, was named for a French frigate – and its twin city is St Martin de Ré. But far from an intended gastronomical addition, Woolworths said this was an “isolated incident” it was investigating “as a priority”.
“Our suppliers have rigorous processes to maintain product quality,” a company spokesperson said. “For heads of lettuce this involves washing and a number of quality checks, which includes checking for foreign materials, before they are packaged and sent to our stores.”
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And Jones and Le Pine weren’t even the ones who opened the packet.
“All credit to our flatmates eh,” Jones said. “It’s their lettuce and they came home and he’s just in the kitchen cookin’ up and then he’s like: ‘bro, there’s a frog in my lettuce.
“He’s one of the most relaxed Australians you’ll ever find”.
Though also highly relaxed, Jones and Le Pine are New Zealanders – as evidenced by her All Blacks and his Warriors guernseys. That and the fact Le Pine’s accent was so thick the ABC host had to make him repeat his lines.
“We named him Greg, so he had a name at least, yeah,” Le Pine said.
“Sorry what did you name him?” anchor James Glenday asked.
“Greg,” Le Pine said.
Jones and Le Pine not only gave Greg a name, but a ceremonial release into a nearby dam.
“We thought we’d give him a wee send off tune,” Le Pine said. “And we played him Crazy Frog for him. So he was pretty happy again”.
Which meant that when Greg slipped back into the wild, his true identity would remain a mystery.
Q&A
What happened with the lettuce in Western Australia?
A live frog was found in a bag of lettuce bought at a discount supermarket in Western Australia.
How did the buyers react to finding a frog in their lettuce?
The buyers described it as 'the most random thing' and made humorous comments during a national television interview.
What is Woolworths doing about the frog incident?
Woolworths is investigating the incident as a priority, stating it was an isolated case and that they have rigorous quality checks.
Where was the lettuce purchased that contained the frog?
The lettuce was purchased in Esperance, a town in Western Australia.
