Toad salad - Yummy!

HUNTINGDON When Sainsbury’s began urging customers to “try something new today”, it’s unlikely that anyone at the supermarket chain had toad on a bed of herb salad in mind.

Jessanne De’Ath, from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, was unpacking her groceries when she found a natterjack toad, an endangered species in Britain, in her bag of salad. The 7cm (2in) toad is thought to have travelled from Portugal, where the salad was packed.

Ms De’Ath pierced holes in the bag and took it to her local council’s environmental health department. Her next port of call was Sainsbury’s, which gave her a £10 voucher. “I won’t be spending it on salad,” she said.

A Sainsbury’s spokesman said: “An Environmental Health Officer has been informed and is investigating this thoroughly.”