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Lidl recalls some ‘Paw Patrol’ snacks because of a URL to a pornographic site on its packaging

This week in weird retail news.
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Hey there, it’s Friday and you know what we’re going to say…welcome back to another edition of this week in weird retail news! As usual, we have a curated mix of some truly strange and kind of funny but very real retail news. And as usual, we hope it makes your day!

One woman came home from grocery shopping only to discover an actual live frog inside her spinach container. Meanwhile, some Paw Patrol-themed snacks were recalled by a supermarket chain upon discovering its packaging featured a URL to a pornographic site.

  • A woman is suing Eataly Boston over a piece of prosciutto that she slipped on while at the restaurant, fracturing her leg.
  • British supermarket chain Lidl recalled four varieties of Paw Patrol-themed snacks after finding out the website URLs on the packaging led to a pornographic site.
  • A Detroit woman returned the Earthbound Farm spinach container she bought at the grocery store after discovering a live frog inside it.

And our loyal newsletter readers will recall an exciting and odd but sadly untrue tidbit…you know, when we said that an Ohio man won $235,000 in a lottery after finding a ticket in a bag of store-bought rice? Yeah, sorry, but the most surprising thing we’ve ever found in a bag of rice is rocks.

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Retail news that keeps industry pros in the know

Retail Brew delivers the latest retail industry news and insights surrounding marketing, DTC, and e-commerce to keep leaders and decision-makers up to date.