CANDIDATES for the worst supermarket sandwich of the year have been unveiled, as consumers share their lunchtime woes online.
The UK eats around 11.5 billion sandwiches a year according to the British Sandwich Assosication – and these might be some of the worst.
Many unhappy customers took to social media last year to lash out about their poor piece.
Louise Pritchard from Broughton, Flintshire took to Facebook to share her sandwich fail – a “disgusting” £1.90 chicken sandwich from Tesco.
Pictures show the woefully under-filled sandwich, which Louise had bought for her daughter on 15 November.
Online commenters saw the funny side however.
Rob Young wrote: “I think your chicken has crossed the road.”
Ben Bull, 34, from Brighton had a similar experience with his £2.80 Chicken and Bacon sandwich.
The customer service adviser was “shocked” when he opened his snack on 8 November to find half the contents missing.
He posted a photo of the meal on Co-Op’s Facebook page with the caption: “Thanks for the sandwich guys, I’m stuffed and sarcastic (if you couldn’t tell).”
Speaking today, he said: “Everyone at work was shocked and it became a bit of a joke around the office.
“I just won’t buy a sandwich there again. I’m always complaining that their shelves are empty and when they do fill em up its with these poor quality sandwiches.”
Jerry Moore, 29, from Corby, Northamptonshire was equally unimpressed with her “Cucumber and bread” sandwich bought from Tesco.
The trainee dog groomer had purchased a £1.90 tuna and cucumber sandwich, but was dismayed to find “b***** all” inside.
She said: “When I saw it, it was the same kind of defeated sad you get when someone lets you down for the 304th time.
“Like, you knew it was probably going to happen, but you believed it might not anyway because you’re full of rainbows and optimism.
“I do buy it regularly and it can be under-filled, but this took it to the next level, I’d say as an estimate there was b***** all.
“Let’s just say I burned more calories eating the sandwich than I received from the tuna.”
Breakfast sandwiches seemed to fair no better, with Aldi and Tesco blasted for their stingy offerings.
Joey Reid, 20, from Macclesfield, Cheshire shared a snap of his almost empty Aldi All Day Breakfast Triple Sandwich with the caption: “Where’s the rest of my butty?”
The £1.99 snack is supposed to contain sausage, egg and bacon on malted bread.
However Joey’s offering purchased back in September contained just one small sliver of sausage.
The snack was so bad, it prompted pal Cairn Michie to comment: “This legit looks like depression if depression was a meal.”
Barry Frankish reported similar problems with his £2.75 Tesco Sausage, Bacon and Egg Sandwich.
He posted a picture showing the scant sandwich with the caption: “I know there’s been cutbacks, but come on Tesco at least put some edible filling in my sandwich.
“What’s more, it wasn’t even a full size slice of bread in my Sausage, bacon and egg triple. The contents from all three would only just fill one regular sandwich.”
Barry’s post sparked outrage among social media users.
Abi Jaynes wrote: “That’s a disgrace. I would’ve taken it back as well and asked for my money back not a replacement!”
Allison Sawyer added: “That looks awful! Totally inedible.”
And Michelle Standen said: “I’d have taken it back, that’s disgusting and it looks awful.”
Back in April, Jon Baylis reported the same problem with the sandwich purchased at his local Tesco in Truro, Cornwall.
In a post on Tesco’s Community page, he said: “All day breakfast in ciabatta with half a sausage and hardly anything else.
“£2.75 you having a laugh?”
Despite its high-end reputation, Marks and Spencer also found themselves in the firing line.
Customer Alice Fox was left fuming at the state of her Plant Kitchen Roasted Vegetable Sandwich.
She shared a photo of the snack with the caption: “£2.50 for the plant kitchen roasted veg sandwich and you get this?
“Disgusting. Waste of money and inedible. Straight in the bin.”
Her picture shows a soggy-looking sandwich containing a few slivers of avocado, two pieces of spinach and a smattering of onion.
Lauren Shaw from Chester, Cheshire was also disappointed with her “rip-off” Aldi salmon sandwich.
She posted a photo showing the measly meal which contained half a piece of salmon and a smear of cream cheese.
She shared the image with the caption: “Great amount of salmon, not! What a rip-off!”
Co-op have since apologised to Ben Bull for his experience.
A Co-Op spokeswoman said: “The store manager and the team at Burgess Hill work very hard to ensure great availability in store.
“Having spoken to the store manager today, there aren’t any availability issues in store, but store colleagues are always on hand if customers have any queries.
“In relation to the sandwich, we go to great lengths to ensure the highest quality of the products we sell, and we take customer complaints very seriously.
“We’re sorry that on this occasion the customer wasn’t happy with the product they purchased.”
