Shoppers have been comparing prices of melons as the cost of living crisis hits the weekly supermarket shop. One customer got caught out as Lidl, thinking that the watermelon she was buying cost £1.19.
It was only when she and her partner checked the receipt afterwards did they realised that had been the price per kilogram, so with the weight of theirs - 3.5kg - it came to a whopping £4.20, reports the MEN.
Sharing her dismay in a money-saving Facebook page, the shopper said: "I feel like I’ve been robbed - £4.20 for a watermelon in Lidl today. My partner thought it was £1.19 (obviously didn’t look at the actual price by weight). He could eat a watermelon in a day…. It’s staying as a decoration for that price!!!"
Many commented on the post saying that Lidl was one of few retailers selling the fruit by weight, with some admitting they had also been caught out.
"I have been caught out in Lidl before on other fresh produce, a pumpkin, charging by weight not by item," said one. "As it was a big shop I didn't realise until I got home, never again."
Some shoppers said the price of melon has shot up everywhere, with one sharing a photo they took of Asda's watermelons priced at £7 each and another saying they'd seen them for £6.99 in Costco.
Last week fruit and vegetables hit the headlines after one shopper admitted to chopping off his broccoli stalks in a supermarket to save cash. He took out a pen knife to cut them off, saying it was 'a waste of money'. But rather than being impressed with his deed, hundreds of shoppers responded saying 'you should eat the stalks'.
Lidl has been approached for a comment.
