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Orkney

4 months ago

Supermarket slip-up sees 38,000 bananas delivered to Scottish town - more than five for each person who lives there ⊖

found 2026 › Mar › 30 (Mon) @ 23:00 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Supermarket ■■
Bere Bannock ■
Orkney ■■

It is a region better known for Bere Bannock and clapshot. But the staple diet in Orkney is about to get a new addition after a supermarket ordered more than ten times too many bananas by mistake.

Bananas galore in Orkney after store orders 38,000 by mistake ⊕

found 2026 › Mar › 30 (Mon) @ 15:00 UTC

a story from BBC ✅ › BBC News

Bananas ■
Orkney ■■
Tesco ■
Kirkwall ■

An ordering glitch has left Tesco in Kirkwall giving away boxes of the fruit for free to schools and community groups.

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