Lettuce introduce you to the live frog found in this grocery store salad bag
An Australian man found a live frog in a bag of lettuce he purchased from a supermarket. The incident occurred in Esperance, Western Australia, and the frog was named Greg by the man's housemates. Woolworths, the supermarket chain, has stated that this is an isolated incident and is investigating the matter.
- ▪Rhys Smoker discovered a live frog in a sealed bag of lettuce while preparing dinner.
- ▪The frog was named Greg and was later released into a nearby pond.
- ▪Woolworths has apologized and is investigating the incident with their suppliers.
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- ▪ Lettuce introduce you to the live frog found in a grocery store salad bag — New York Post
- ▪ Lettuce introduce you to the live frog found in this grocery store salad bag — ABC News — International
- ▪ Romaine calm: live frog found in discount supermarket lettuce bag — The Guardian — World
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ShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountWhen Australian farmer Rhys Smoker announced he’d found a live frog in a bag of lettuce, his housemates didn’t believe him.Open this photo in gallery:A frog sits inside a salad bag in Esperance, Australia, on May 16.Laura Jones, Billy Le Pine, Rhys Smoker and Lilli Ashby/via The Canadian PressSmoker had been preparing a steak and salad dinner on Saturday for the three people who share his house in Esperance in Western Australia state when he spotted the frog among the leaves inside the sealed plastic bag he’d bought from a supermarket, housemate Laura Jones said on Tuesday.“He’s like, ‘Oh Bro, there’s a frog in the lettuce.’ And we’re like, ‘No, you’re taking the mick, like that’s not real,’” Jones told AP.
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