Co-op gives away free pasta sauce and coffee by mistake

Co-op gives away free pasta sauce and coffee by mistake 37 minutes ago Share Save Liv McMahon Technology reporter Share Save Peter in Lancashire Peter says "nothing will be going to waste" from his hugely discounted Co-op purchase. A suspected glitch on Thursday evening saw some Co-op product prices reduced by as much as 100% on the delivery app Deliveroo. The pricing error allowed some shoppers to get products - including jars of Loyd Grossman pasta sauce, Costa ground coffee and Fox's cookies - for free. Whether a retailer has to honour purchases of products advertising lower prices in error can depend on their terms and conditions. But the BBC spoke to several people who were able to take advantage of the Co-op's reduced items on Deliveroo, such as Robinsons squash being discounted from £1.50 to 15p a bottle. A Co-op spokesperson said the low prices were the result of "a clerical error". "A small number of prices were showing incorrectly on our Deliveroo shop for a few hours las ... Read full article.