Tesco shopper left red-faced after secret purchases exposed by little-known Clubcard feature

A Tesco shopper was caught out by his wife when his secret purchases were exposed thanks to a little-known Clubcard feature. The customer told Reddit users that the supermarket 'grassed' him up after showing his top purchases of 2024.

He shared a screenshot from his wife's mobile which showed his top three purchases of 2024. The list showed that he had splashed out on a staggering 411 cinnamon swirls from the store's bakery and drank 258 cans of sugar-free Red Bull over the past 12 months.

He also drank 219 cans of Diet Coke in the same period. The man said: "Tesco grassed me up to my wife's Clubcard app."

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When quizzed about his cinnamon swirl spree on Reddit, he admitted: "I like two or three whenever I go to the shop before work, but I don't even like them that much." He also confessed: "I sometimes leave the edges/crust though so it's not as bad as it looks."

But his love for sweet treats did not stop at Tesco, Mirror reports. The man said: "Also at weekends I sometimes get cinnamon swirls from the Co-op near my house. Let it be known that the Co-op's cinnamon swirl game absolutely embarrasses Tesco."

One person commented: "This is absolutely unhinged behaviour, 411 of them and you often waste part of it because they're not that good. What would the numbers be like if you loved them?"

Another Reddit user said: "I have a serious sugar problem and looked to see how many KitKats I bought last year. I'm ashamed to say it was over 900 KitKats.

"So far only had 24 this year and I've managed to have the willpower not to order any. I did calorie and nutrient tracking for a week and I had just over 4x the amount of sugar intake. Now I'm down to 1.5x."

Another person shared his own experience, joking: "You think that's bad, I share a Nectar app with my wife, a few days I found out she's our town's number one cherry Pepsi buyer. She out bought the whole town... I'm thinking rehab is needed."

Elsewhere, a member of the CasualUK subreddit community issued a health warning to the man, stating: "You are literally eating a slow moving bullet to the heart.

"These are treats. Like, deserts. From an Internet stranger to another, you really need to have a serious talk with yourself. At the very least just get some caffeine from loose leaf tea.

"I'm serious mate, this isn't a morning routine, this is slow diabetic/heart disease aided suicide if you keep this up. Much love, take care of yourself. Leave this routine to a cheat day or weekend at the very least." The Mirror contacted Tesco for comment.