Horror as spider crawls out of 'white pouch' in Lidl grapes

Natalie Flooks was tucking into the fruit she bought on Tuesday when she made the alarming discovery.

The 34-year-old bought it during her weekly shop at the Antelope Park store.

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Natalie was sharing the punnet with her husband when the pair caught sight of the pouch, possibly a cocoon, nestled between some grapes.

“We looked more closely at the grapes, and they were covered in cobwebs”, said Natalie, adding, “My husband touched the white pouch and a spider crawled out of it”.

Horrified, the pair recoiled and swiftly covered the punnet.

The spider found in grapes bought from Lidl, Antelope Park, Southampton (Image: Natalie Flooks)

She described the spider having a “long and fat yellow body” and was unlike any she had seen before.

Natalie was relived she did not share the fruit with her 10-month-old daughter as she normally does.

She said: “I was not having that punnet in my house and I took it back to Lidl the next day.

“They offered me an exchange and a refund but I am never eating anything from there again.

“I have never expected anything like that before.

“I might’ve eaten spiders eggs for all I know. In my head, I am freaking out about it.”

Natalie has emailed customer services at Lidl and is hoping for a swift explanation.

She said: “I am hoping the suppliers and Lidl check their food in the future before sending it out.

“I would like to think they would do this anyway, but clearly they don’t.”

Natalie made the decision to not shop at Lidl again, despite it being her most local supermarket.

“I told my husband I am not shopping there again as it has put us all right off”, she said.

She added: “We don’t know what we might have eaten.

“It put us off our dinner and we did not eat anything else that night.

“It was awful and you just do not expect to see that in your food.”

A spokesperson from Lidl said: "We were very sorry to hear of this matter as we pride ourselves on having thorough procedures in place to ensure that our fresh fruit is of the highest possible quality for our customers.

"Therefore, we are disappointed that these expected high standards have not been met on this occasion.

"Following contact from the customer this morning, an investigation was immediately launched with the supplier, the outcome of which will be shared directly with them via our Quality Assurance team."