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"That's nasty": Coles shopper's surprise find in salad

<p>A Coles customer was left feeling sick, saying she'll "never" eat a salad again after finding multiple slugs in her Coles Kitchen Caesar Salad Kit.</p> <p>The packet says that the salad is "washed and ready to eat", but found several slugs on the lettuce as she was preparing it.</p> <p>The shopper described the experience as “absolutely disgusting”.</p> <p>“I don’t like healthy food and that’s the only salad I tolerate,” shopper Steph said to<span> </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/food/coles-shoppers-horror-after-finding-multiple-slugs-in-ready-to-eat-caesar-salad--c-3003515" target="_blank"><em>7NEWS</em></a>. “But nope, never again.”</p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height:281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7841636/coles-1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/2d334d160f2f4d558e6af2eb36686595" /></p> <div class="post_body_wrapper"> <div class="post-body-container"> <div class="post_body"> <div class="body_text redactor-styles redactor-in"> <p>After Steph shared the incident on Facebook, some suggested it was acceptable to find garden bugs in your lettuce.</p> <p>“You all know vegetables and fruit including lettuce are grown outside and it’s literally what slugs eat and thrive on?” one said.</p> <p>Coles said that the supermarket plans on following up the issue with its supplier after the incident.</p> <p>“Coles takes the quality of all our products seriously,” the spokesperson said.</p> <p>“We have contacted the customer to get more information and will follow up with our supplier to investigate the matter.</p> <p>“As always we encourage customers to return any item they’re not 100 per cent happy with to their nearest store for a full refund or replacement.”</p> <p><em>Photo credits: Facebook</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div>

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Iconic tourist destination slugging visitors with a “tourist tax”

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The popular tourist destination of Venice has announced that they are going to start charging day-trippers a new tax from July 1</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">st</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, 2020.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The day-trip tax for tourists was announced about a year ago, but the implementation of the tax has been delayed as authorities argued about how it would be enforced.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">However, city officials have announced that while they’ll confirm the exact fee closer to the date, they will be charging between 3 and 10 euros ($AUD 4.90 to $16.30) a day for day-trip visitors.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Overnight tourists or visitors will be exempt as they already pay tax as a part of their accommodation fees.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There are also exemptions to be expected for those visiting Venice to work, study or visit family. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As Venice is a canal city that’s been popular amongst tourists, the floating city is struggling under the weight of overtourism.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With more than 20 million people visiting the destination each year, this is a far cry of their estimated permanent population of 260,000.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Locals have even begun to protest the amount of tourists who come and visit Venice.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Venice local named Tommaso, who attended a </span><a href="https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/ships-out-of-the-lagoon-locals-march-against-cruise-ships-in-venice/news-story/5d646acacc7f5110c95da8fa069e3f2d"><span style="font-weight: 400;">protest at St Mark’s Square in June</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, said Venice’s lagoon has “never been so full”, leaving the city and locals at the “mercy of mass tourism”.</span></p>

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