Man finds bug baked into his vanilla wafer cookies
We never like to think about how our food gets made. It's impossible for factory conditions to be perfect all the time -- and on occasion, there may be an error in food production. This one, however, is especially gross.
New York resident Eric Sowa bought a box of vanilla wafer cookies at the chain grocery store ALDI. He opened the box when his 9-year-old daughter wanted a snack, and they were shocked with what they found: a bug, what he said to be a spider, baked into the cookie.
Credit: Eric Sowa
When Sowa and his wife, Elizabeth, complained to ALDI, the company offered them a $5 coupon and said their particular manufacturer would contact them.
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According to Sowa, however, there has not been follow-up: "There has been no communication, nor the store saying they would pull any inventory or notify," he told his local ABC affiliate.
Sowa also called the notion of a $5 coupon "laughable."
ABC reached out to ALDI and they released this statement:
At ALDI, we take the safety and integrity of the products we sell very seriously. That's why every private-label food product we sell comes with the ALDI Double Guarantee, which means we will replace the product and refund the purchase price of any ALDI food product if a customer is not 100 percent satisfied.
Our understanding is that this is an isolated incident and our supplier has reached out to the customer to investigate the matter further. We sincerely regret any inconvenience or concern this situation may have caused.
