Patrons of the Domino’s branch at Stockbridge Retail Park have been buying the store’s potato wedges, priced at £3.49 per portion, unaware that the product had been sourced from the next door cut-price supermarket, Aldi, who sell a bag for 59 pence.
Initially, the pizza outlet claimed that Aldi’s own-brand wedges were being bought for personal use. However, after the store manager was confronted about the large quantity of bags being purchased, the company’s media office issued a statement.
A spokesman for Domino’s said: “Very occasionally stores are in an unfortunate situation where some products may run out. With big sporting events in full swing the Linlithgow store was faced with no wedges. We do not advocate this as a solution and we have spoken to them to ensure ordering has been adjusted to fully cover this busy period and our customers get Domino’s wedges”
5 comments:
I don't understand the outrage. Don't all restaurants buy food, cook it, and resell it at higher rates? Does Aldis have that bad of a reputation in West Lothian? I've found their frozen products to be okay (just stay away from "fresh" produce). Do people think Domino's has their own potato farms like McDonalds?
To be fair Miss C, I suspect it's faux outrage.
What's the big deal? where do they THINK this sort of food comes from? it's not like DOmino's grows potatoes
Indeed. And of course, Domino's Wedges are much better, so I hear, than Domino's Wedgies.
Lurker111
Outrage! Gosh, I didn't realise people cared so deeply about where their potato wedges came from. Though to be fair, that's less of a markup than I'd expect.
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