Embarrassing Tesco spelling mistake leaves customers howling in car park

05 October 2023 , 10:01

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The retailer was spotted to have a spelling error in its charging point facilities (Image: In Pictures via Getty Images)

Whilst out for a weekly shop at your local Tesco, you may expect to find trolleys, crossings and signs with instructions but for one shopper, they found a hilarious mistake.

An electrical charging point at a Tesco superstore in Birmingham became a comical embarrassment after a perceptive shopper realised a spelling mistake, meaning the car park was welcoming “electric verhicles only." The irony is that cars are still parked and charging in the designated areas.

More reports of other Tesco branches having grammatical errors have come to light since this sighting. A store in East Sussex misplaced an apostrophe in the town name - upsetting some of the locals.

The spelling 'mistake' spotted out whilst shopping (BPM MEDIA)

According to Birmingham Live, the mistake was due to be changed after being pointed out: “It appears Tesco is also being slow to understand the move to electric ‘verhicles,’ “ said the source who submitted the photo, who poked fun at the error nobody seemed to have spotted..

And it's by no means the first time Tesco has fallen foul of a typo.

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Shoppers were left in stitches after realising an eye-watering mistake on a sign that was supposed to inform customers about the lack of bakery items due to staff shortages with the sign reading; "Sorry no bakery due to staff shortage. Apologies for any incontinence," instead of 'inconvenience.'

Commenters found the sign hilarious: "Tesco bakery is wild." Since the typo, a Tesco spokesperson shared the hilarity and apologised if people were confused by the sign and expected bakery items to be available for purchase. The sign was attached to a bakery tray with some yellow tape.

Another sighting was by teacher, Jo Harbrd was shopping at the store when she saw a sign making Hastings sound like it could be a person: “Serving Hasting’s shopper a little better every day.” She claimed to have felt like ‘vomiting’ after realising the error, as she took to social media to express her concern - which people online claimed she was overreacting.

Since the mistake, Tesco has since been in touch and thanked Jo for bringing this to their attention and will take the appropriate action to rectify the issue.

Kelis Cassia Edwards