What would you have done?

I don’t see the problem 💁‍♀️

I wish my Tesco mistake had been wine. I had dog food delivered and I haven't got a dog. I too tried to return it and couldn't so my neighbour's dog had extra supplies.

Sarah74

Do food banks accept alcohol?

I don’t know. I usually donate through my local Tesco collection point. If not, a PTA raffle prize in a summer Fayre would work.

I ordered something online after several weeks it hadn't arrived so I notified the company. They sent out a replacement which arrived quickly.
Some time later the original item arrived. I notified the company. They told me to keep the second item.

I would have kept them and donated to a local charity raffle - there's always something happening this time of year. Your honesty is commendable but I can also relate to the delivery driver too; if ever we were offered tips like that where I worked we had to submit them to head office under 'charitable' donations protocol - we weren't even supposed to accept the price of a cuppa.

I had a couple of things that I didn't order, and noticed them straight away. The Ocado driver told me to keep them as for whatever reason they had been put in my order. I wasn't charged for them.

I emailed to say I had them and if they were local to me I would deliver to whoever may have been expecting the items!

The reply was to just keep them, which I did.

Do food banks accept alcohol?

I’d have kept it and donated it to a food bank.

I’d have kept it from a big supermarket, not in days gone by from a local corner shop though.

Well you can’t say you ve missed out if you caused the missing out ?.?
I m afraid if I d been told to take them I would have Tesco and other supermarkets waste so much and are not poverty stricken 😂 I d do as I was told

I admire your honesty but the delivery guy was right in my view and just as honest as you !
This has happened to me before, I accept the goods and simply mail the company to explain. Eventually someone replies and (paraphrasing ) was told" please accept as a goodwill gesture ".

If the delivery person told me to keep them and there would be no charge for them then I would have done so.
I had similar a few weeks back only it was a lot more than two bottles of wine. I did a quick count, it was over £60 worth of mixed goods. I was told the same as you, it was Tesco’s mistake (apparently there were quite a few that day) and it was easier/cheaper for them to send the deliveries out as they were, rather than have staff spend a long time sorting it out.
I kept some of it, my daughter took some, rest went to Food Bank.