Mother's anger after being offered 47p compensation after 'finding' drill bit in loaf
A WOMAN who claims to have found a three-inch drill part in a loaf of bread is furious after being offered 47p compensation.
Chantal Bray bought the bread from Sainsbury's, in Greenwood Avenue.
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UNWELCOME DISCOVERY: Chantal Bray, of Palmcourt, Orchard Park, north Hull, claims to have found a broken drill bit in a loaf of bread she bought from Sainsbury's. Picture: Peter Harbour
Her daughter Charlotte made herself a cheese and ham toasted sandwich that evening and suffered a stomach upset.
It was only the next morning that Charlotte, 20, realised what the bread contained.
She said: "I got some bread out to make egg on toast for my boyfriend and then I noticed brown spots all over it.
"I dropped it because I thought it was covered in flies or something."
A closer look at the Sainsbury's Basics loaf revealed the rusty end of a drill, she said.
"It's probably a good job I noticed it in time," Charlotte said.
When the family called to complain, they were asked to return the bread – and offered a 47p refund.
"It's not acceptable," said Chantal, 38.
"Sainsbury's has got such a reputation. Food is expensive enough as it is and a drill bit should not be found in a loaf of bread."
Charlotte, who lives with her mum in Palmcourt, north Hull, said she was badly sick after eating the bread.
She said: "It was as if Sainsbury's wasn't bothered.
"They talk about customer care, but they obviously didn't take my customer care into consideration."
The supermarket said the Brays might receive more compensation later.
A spokeswoman said: "It is really important to us to make sure everything we sell is safe and we set the highest standards to ensure that this is the case.
"We have apologised to Miss Bray and have asked that she returns the bread to us so we can carry out a full investigation and offer further compensation, in addition to the initial refund."








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by harryoffdock2
Tuesday, January 10 2012, 11:01AM
“Is that the drill bit, or one of her front teeth?”
by darkchuck
Tuesday, January 10 2012, 9:13AM
“cheers none _ta”
by rtyrty20
Tuesday, January 10 2012, 9:01AM
“The item in the photo is quite blatantly not three inches”
by charmless
Tuesday, January 10 2012, 4:20AM
“wash ya manky hands then complain,probably caught more off those mucky mitts of hers.”
by mikylasdad
Monday, January 09 2012, 11:26PM
“That was a Full loaf when the photo shoot started. Send her a bill for the drill bit I say the other half is in her eyebrow?
But in all fairness this does happen all the time. I myself went into a shop and bought 2 slices of bread and when I open them there was pieces of cheese and tomato and bits off letuice in it and even salad cream needless to say I ate it YUM YUM!!!!!!!!!!”
by Mark_Hull_65
Monday, January 09 2012, 9:35PM
“Obviously this is some strange definition of the word 'inch' I wasn't familiar with.
If that's three inches long I must have an eighteen inch... I've said too much.”
by killby
Monday, January 09 2012, 8:07PM
“This lady obviously bit off more than she could chew.”
by none_ta
Monday, January 09 2012, 7:54PM
“Oy !! Where's my comment praising 'darkchuck' for his very funny comment?
by darkchuck
Monday, January 9 2012, 8:21AM
"i found a wooden stick in an ice lolly the other day, nearly killed me it did, ......"”
by swallo
Monday, January 09 2012, 6:21PM
“They are after some dough so they can carry on loafing around”
by TonySGay
Monday, January 09 2012, 6:03PM
“If that's a 3 inch drill bit, then I've got a 12 inch w*lly!!”