Aldi sausage roll drama that shocked Portslade pensioner in 2018

We're dusting off this gem from our archives to give our readers a fun flashback, to a time when sausage roll scandals were the talk of the town.

In Portslade, Tony Francis, a sprightly 74-year-old, had a daily ritual of purchasing a pack of 10 succulent sausage rolls from his Aldi supermarket in Boundary Road.

Imagine his shock when one day, a sausage roll was mysteriously absent, leaving him with only nine in his packet.

Mr Francis said: "I was gobsmacked.

"I was in Aldi and usually buy the pack of 10 sausage rolls. When I got them home I found out there was only nine."

Sausage roll short-change... Mr Francis' offending packet

But the plot thickened when he contacted Aldi and discovered a disturbing fact.

There had been a recall on these pastries due a risk of them containing metal earlier that summer.

A fact, our sausage roll aficionado claims, he was never made aware of.

“I buy them on a regular basis, and I have never been told about it. There was no barcode on the packet, so I don’t if they were in the batch that was recalled.”

Left out of the loop and feeling ignored, Mr Francis hung up his sausage roll habit for good (“I’m not eating sausage rolls any more”), convinced that Aldi could have handled the situation better.

Aldi did, however, try to put the pensioners mind at ease - there was no metal in his rolls.

The supermarket stated: "The packet Mr Francis bought was not affected by the recall in June.

"We apologise for any inconvenience caused and have offered him a full refund."

The supermarket also assured that recall notices would be displayed prominently in stores for six weeks.