Making a perfect sandwich is an art form that some people are certainly better at than others - but sometimes a cheeky meal deal from a supermarket can really hit the spot. But one livid Tesco shopper was left baffled at the lack of filling in her sandwich - so she made an equation to prove that the sarnie had barely anything in it.
Vegan Sarah Fox purchased a plant-based butty from her local store for breakfast, but she soon noticed it was a little lighter than she'd imagined it would be. When she opened up the £2.80 sandwich she was horrified to find the inside was almost bare.
She decided to prove that the vegan sandwich contained less than 50% filling. It was meant to include meat-free sausage coins, tofu, tomato relish, and pea protein pieces - but she didn't find it was value for money.
She began by measuring the length of the sandwich half – which came in at 12cm on both sides. She multiplied these together to find the mathematical area of the bread giving her 144 cm².
As she was working with half a sandwich, she then divided this in two – giving her 72cm². To calculate the area of the filling she multiplied the 7.5cm width by the 8cm length of the filled area.
She then divided it in half, reaching 30cm². Sarah divided the area of the filling by the area of the bread before multiplying by 100 to reach a percentage.
She found that just 41.66% of her sandwich contained filling - and she wasn't impressed.
Sarah said that she usually enjoyed the sandwich, "but not today" so complained to the store online, including her equation. But other customers were not impressed.
One fumed: "Make your own instead of moaning about an overpriced sandwich."
Another rudely wrote: "So rather than using a knife to spread out the filling, you complain about it. Do you need a diagram to show you how to use a knife too?"
Someone even said the sandwich looked like "something the cat made."
A social media user accused her of having "too much time on her hands" too.
The supermarket replied saying: "Sorry for the poor quality sandwich you bought from us, I can appreciate how disappointing this must be."
A Tesco Spokesperson said: "We were sorry to hear about this. We have refunded the customer and are investigating this with our supplier."
