A man in the United Kingdom shopping at a local Tesco supermarket was left stunned after ordering a bag of apples. He was caught by surprise as the supermarket substituted a bag of apples with a brand new iPhone. 

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Nick James collected his groceries from a local Tesco Extra in Twickenham and was told by the staff that there was a “surprise” in his bag. Mr James was left stunned after he found a brand new iPhone SE in his bag. 

He told the Mirror: “I was half expecting the surprise to be an Easter egg or something - I was a little bit shocked, to say the least.”

A big thanks this week to @Tesco & @tescomobile. On Wednesday evening we went to pick up our click and collect order and had a little surprise in there - an Apple iPhone SE. Apparently we ordered apples and randomly got an apple iphone! Made my sons week! #tesco #substitute pic.twitter.com/Mo8rZoAUwD

Tesco Supermarkets also have a subsidiary business i.e. Tesco Mobile which is giving away free iPhones, AirPods and Samsung devices as a part of a promotional campaign this week. The campaign involves substituting people’s groceries with gadgets and has been aptly called the “super substitutes” promotion. 

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Other lucky customers have also received substitutes such as a brand new Samsung Galaxy S21 in place of Galaxy chocolates. a Motorola E7 instead of a bread roll and an iPhone 12 Mini instead of Mini Cheddar cheese. 

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