Order sausage rolls, get Pampers

We also use Sainsbury’s although we were for many years a 1/2 mile outside their delivery limit
We get the occasional substitute but it’s usually pretty close to the spec of what we wanted
If not reach it back to the driver
I cannot speak for every store but our daughters man is a driver amongst various other things he’s trained to do in there and its not a sophisticated method used for the picking. . Pickers simply go and pick. . It’s done in store not in some remote warehouse here anyhow
Regular the handheld thingy will say stock when there is non and most of the time there is new stock out the back but occasionally the stock has disappeared but there is a time lag between the shelf and the checkout and I’m told that usually within a half hour the item will go out of stock on the system
The son on law also does stock checks and says that if they were not done continually the place could not operate, , Shoplifters, , but all are not caught obviously so they end up endlessly with slight shortages
He says its very seldom that there are any serious amounts of missing items

That is a good point Clint. It’s a bit more complicated if the offer involves the customer choosing which of several alternative items they want included in their delivery but if the retailer cannot fulfill an offer as specified it should be withdrawn from the website or the unavailable product should be removed from the offer. The companies create these complications – they need to have systems in place to support them.

Indeed. Foetid or fetid in a name would be enough to put me off.

I’m intrigued to learn what the market is for this seemingly repugnant product.

I have a feeling that the herbs and spices gantries in supermarkets are filled and serviced by the distributors and not necessarily the store staff so all sorts of unusual victuals might lurk there to tempt the local epicures. Still, an odd selection by the picker.

Curries and other things. My wife has used it but really not worth the candle. Apparently attractive to wolves according to Wikipedia , in fact the article is quite amusing.

Some ‘rancid’ food is good as a background flavour – just think about fish sauce in Asian food. Horrible by itself, adds depth in a dish.

Do check that it has not reached the ‘Worst Before’ date. 🙂

I am even more intrigued that anyone should want to substitute anything else for garlic or onion – both of which are much more easily sourced than asafoetida.