A Tesco supermarket in Kirkwall accidentally ordered 10 times too many bananas due to a clerical error. With ferry disruptions preventing returns, the store is now giving away thousands of bananas to schools and community groups across Orkney.
A Tesco supermarket in Kirkwall, Orkney, has given away thousands of bananas for free to schools and community groups after mistakenly ordering 380 surplus boxes of the fruit.
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