Cyber attack forces desperate Co-op into flogging Christmas pastries in MAY
CO-OP stores started flogging Christmas pastries in May — amid stock supply chaos after a crippling cyber attack.
In a desperate bid to fill empty shelves the chain shipped out the chicken and cranberry Festive Slices to some supermarkets.
The £1.90 treats are typically sold in November and December.
But ongoing online problems meant they were available again last week.
Co-op's internal ordering system was hit by a cyber attack last month before the retailer pulled the plug on its own software to limit the damage.
As a result some branches have been sent the winter warmers instead of the anticipated summer supplies.
One staff member told The Sun: 'They sent them, so we cooked them.
'It was a bit strange, but we have to keep items on the shelves or customers will go elsewhere.
"Customers have been a bit confused, but it's still a good product.
"They've actually been quite popular despite being so out of season.'
Private customer data was stolen in the hack but the Co-op said that did not include passwords, bank or credit card details.
A spokesman said: 'Stock availability has improved and we continue to work closely with our suppliers.'
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
BBC News
8 minutes ago
- BBC News
Crewe midfielder Lunt signs new one-year contract
Crewe midfielder Owen Lunt has signed a new one-year contract with the League Two 20-year-old played 23 times for the Alex this season, either side of a three-month loan with National League North side nephew of Crewe legend Kenny Lunt, has been with the club for more than 10 of his five starts in 2024-25 came in the last four games of the season as Crewe finished in ninth place, eight points outside the new deal has the option for an additional 12 months and follows the club's recent signing of Harrogate Town's top goalscorer Josh March on a two-year contract.
BBC News
13 minutes ago
- BBC News
'Doge' audits needed in Reform-led Staffordshire, says Farage
The Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has said he is "absolutely certain savings can be made" on the costs of running Staffordshire County Council. It comes after the party announced it will send its first Elon Musk-style Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) team into local authorities to assess "wasteful spending".Reform said the first council to be audited will be Kent County Council, but Farage, who was in Staffordshire on Tuesday, said it would also get the Doge team in "soon". The Conservatives have called the auditing process a "big vote of no confidence by Nigel Farage in the ability of his newly-elected councillors to do their job of holding their council to account". Farage met county councillors on Tuesday after Reform won 49 out of 62 seats on the council during the local elections on 1 May. The party took control from the Conservatives, who had led the authority since 2009. The audit plans follow the US Doge, launched during Donald Trump's presidency to cut federal spending. Billionaire Elon Musk was involved but has since left his position spearheading the was asked about "wasteful spending" and the cost of an upcoming by-election to replace Wayne resigned after he attracted criticism for a post on his Facebook account in March that called on the navy to intercept small boats attempting to reach Britain and use a "volley of gun fire aimed at sinking them".Farage said: "It's unfortunate. This guy said some things on social media. He shouldn't have said, as a result of that came under some pretty abusive online pressure, and would rather it hadn't happened."Reform had previously stood by Mr Titely saying he dropped out for personal reasons, and refused to comment on the social media post. Reform said its new auditing team would be made up of software engineers, data analysts and forensic auditors who are doing the work for free. Farage added it is headed up by a 28 year-old tech entrepreneur, called Nathaniel Fried, "who supports the Reform cause" and takes the view that "government at all levels have not been looking after taxpayers' money". Ian Cooper is the Reform leader of the authority in Staffordshire, who said his first priority was to "lift the drains and see what comes out". He said this "Doge" would look at how departments are run and where the money's gone, adding "what it's spent on exactly, and that kind of level of granular detail. from that we can make better decision making". Philip White, the Conservative leader of the opposition on the county said: "We have a by-election for the council after one of Reform's councillors quit after two weeks so perhaps Nigel Farage would like to put himself forward as a candidate given he does not seem to trust his local councillors to run the county council themselves."The by-election for the Gnosall and Eccleshall division will take place on 17 July.
BBC News
13 minutes ago
- BBC News
Edinburgh Airport cocaine mule wins sentence appeal
A man caught smuggling £5m of cocaine from Mexico at Edinburgh Airport has successfully appealed his Purvis was carrying 45kg (99lbs) of the Class-A drug when he was stopped by a Border Force officer in July last 35-year-old, who claimed he had only brought back four sombreros, was jailed for 10 years in April after admitting being concerned in the supply of cocaine and in the fraudulent evasion of importing controlled lawyers challenged the sentence as excessive and judges have now agreed eight years and six months would be "appropriate". Lord Summers selected a starting point for his sentence as 15 years but then reduced it by a third as he said Purvis pled guilty at the earliest judges Lady Wise and Lord Doherty said the headline sentence should have been lower but disagreed that the plea came at the earliest possible of Mann Crescent, Murton, in County Durham, tendered his guilty pleas to the charge in March this year at the High Court in court heard that he arrived at Edinburgh Airport after flying from Mexico via Paris before he was stopped. He and his companion each had a large black suitcase and Purvis was also carrying a bag with four multi-coloured Brian Gill KC told the court: "He said that the only thing that he had acquired in Mexico was the sombreros."A search of the cases found 15 vacuum-sealed packages covered in mustard to put off sniffer dogs. The maximum street value of the drugs was in excess of £ was told he was going to be questioned and responded: "It's all mine, my mate has nothing to do with it. I put it in his case." The court heard that Purvis stood to have a £5,000 debt wiped out and to be paid £20,000 to bring the drugs into the solicitor advocate Simon Collins argued that the sentence imposed on the first offender was excessive and said he had "a limited involvement" in what would have been a very lucrative transaction for others with more significant roles in the drugs trade.
