A Whangārei man is looking to “invest in hot cross buns” after he was accidentally charged a whopping $131.70 for a pack from Pak’nSave.
Gavin Williams said he noticed the pricing error after doing his shop, spotting he had paid far more than he usually would.
“My wife doesn’t let me do the shopping very often, you see. Because she gives me a list, I usually come back with half a trolley,” he told Breakfast.
“I looked at the bill and thought, ‘200 bucks for this, that sounds a bit steep’.”
So, doing what his wife normally does, Williams checked the receipt and noticed the six-pack of hot cross buns he’d brought was $131.70.
“I got to the bottom, and I thought, buns have gone up,” he laughed. “I should’ve bought shares in them, $131.70!”
He went back into the shop and asked a staff member if “inflation had hit the price of hot cross buns”.
After saying something “that’s not for television”, the staff member called their manager and refunded Williams his money.
Williams pushed his luck to see if he could get another bag for free. “I was told in very short shrift, ‘no extra buns from here mate’.”
He said that while he doesn’t follow the price of hot cross buns, “I am looking to invest in them though, with this volatile, yeasty market”.
He said he was not mad about the situation because, in the end, he “got a good laugh”.
A Foodstuffs spokesperson got to the bottom of what occurred.
“In the run up to Easter our teams are busy making loads of delicious hot cross buns for customers to enjoy,” they said.
“Pak’nSave Whangārei had a customer order a large number of hot cross buns to be supplied unbagged and in a box. The team printed a label for $131.70, the value of the order, and forgot to reset the printer.
“When the next batch of printing took place, we had two bags of rather expensive hot cross buns being bought by customers.
“We were able to refund both customers and the store team immediately removed other affected stock.”
