NewIdeaFood
  • News
  • Dinner Tonight
  • Baking
  • Trolley Watch
  • Easy Entertaining
  • Healthy-ish
  • Video
NewIdeaFood
  • News
  • Dinner Tonight
  • Baking
  • Trolley Watch
  • Easy Entertaining
  • Healthy-ish
  • Video
ALDI - DON'T DROWN IN ONE-OFF DISCOUNTS!
Watch 0:15

ALDI - DON'T DROWN IN ONE-OFF DISCOUNTS!

{headline}

{headline}

Aussie shopper’s secret trick for scoring a FREE Coles hot chook voucher - and ANYONE can do it!

Aussie shopper’s secret trick for scoring a FREE Coles hot chook voucher - and ANYONE can do it!

Coles relaunch their free hot roast chook policy

Coles relaunch their free hot roast chook policy

Coles hot chook crisis - 2 ‘green’ chickens in 2 days

Coles hot chook crisis - 2 ‘green’ chickens in 2 days

Forget the Coles free chook rule! Woolies also has a secret discount policy on hot chickens - and hardly anyone knows about it!

Forget the Coles free chook rule! Woolies also has a secret discount policy on hot chickens - and hardly anyone knows about it!

{headline}

{headline}

NEW UPDATE: The disgusting tactics some dodgy shoppers are pulling to get FREE Coles chooks

NEW UPDATE: The disgusting tactics some dodgy shoppers are pulling to get FREE Coles chooks

‘Check your chicken’: Woolworths shopper claims she made a ‘disgusting’ find in her hot roast chook

‘Check your chicken’: Woolworths shopper claims she made a ‘disgusting’ find in her hot roast chook

Woman stabbed in violent clash at Costco store in Melbourne

Woman stabbed in violent clash at Costco store in Melbourne

{headline}

{headline}

Breaking: Coles is bringing out an all-new BBQ chook - and it sounds amazing!

Breaking: Coles is bringing out an all-new BBQ chook - and it sounds amazing!

The NEW TWIST in Coles’ FREE HOT CHOOK policy that you NEED to know about

The NEW TWIST in Coles’ FREE HOT CHOOK policy that you NEED to know about

Aussie shopper: ‘Woolies staff told me to do THIS to score a FREE hot BBQ chook!’

Aussie shopper: ‘Woolies staff told me to do THIS to score a FREE hot BBQ chook!’

Woolies & Coles have done THIS to the price of hot chooks

Woolies & Coles have done THIS to the price of hot chooks

‘I never noticed that!’ The one thing thousands don’t know about Coles hot chooks - even though it’s been right in front of them all along

‘I never noticed that!’ The one thing thousands don’t know about Coles hot chooks - even though it’s been right in front of them all along

Aussie mum’s horror as she finds THIS crawling inside her Woolies BBQ chook - after she fed it to her kids

Aussie mum’s horror as she finds THIS crawling inside her Woolies BBQ chook - after she fed it to her kids

Jules Sebastian's must-try Crispy Pork Belly in the Air Fryer!

Jules Sebastian's must-try Crispy Pork Belly in the Air Fryer!

  1. Home
  2. News

Aussie shopper buys RAW hot chook from THIS supermarket - and they tell her to ‘put it in the microwave’ to fix it

We can’t believe this - by Amy Sinclair
  • 09 Apr 2019

A Victorian shopper has revealed her horror at cutting open her supermarket hot chook - only to find it still raw in the middle. 

The woman, from Whittlesea, Victoria, spoke of her disgust at the half-cooked BBQ chicken, which she bought from Costco in Epping. 

‘As soon as I cut into it I said ‘oh my goodness, that’s disgusting’. I’ve worked in hospo (hospitality) and I’ve worked for Red Rooster and that’s a no-no,’ the shopper said, as reported in the Herald Sun.

Photos of the chicken show the middle of the chook to be raw, pink and slimy. Other shots posted - which attracted nearly 200 comments on social media - also show a gross, white mucus-like substance around the meat. 

chook

The woman was shocked to find the chicken raw inside.

Image: social media
chicken

Other images show a mucus-like substance.

Image: social media
chicken

This chicken appears to be undercooked.

Image: social media

However when she complained to staff at the bargain megastore, the shopper claims they unbelievably told her to ‘put it in the microwave’ before eventually refunding her. 

This isn’t the first time that Costco has encountered complaints about their chickens being undercooked. 

Said one social media user: ‘Bought one, came home, was pink, called up got a refund.’

‘Figured it was an error and bought another … pink.

‘Seen too many posts about undercooked chooks to try again.’

The Herald Sun reports that Costco ‘did not respond to questions’ about whether they’d received complaints about their chickens or had changed their cooking methods. 

However a Costco assistant general merchandise manager did tell the paper that “a number of external and environmental factors that can cause meat to be pink yet still fully cooked and safe to eat”.

Amy Sinclair
Amy Sinclair
Amy Sinclair is a contibutor for New Idea Food.

Subscribe to New Idea-$12 for your first 12 issues!

Subscribe Now
Subscribe to New Idea

Subscribe to New Idea-$12 for your first 12 issues!

Subscribe Now
Subscribe to New Idea

Recommended to you

ALDI - DON'T DROWN IN ONE-OFF DISCOUNTS!
Watch 0:15

ALDI - DON'T DROWN IN ONE-OFF DISCOUNTS!

{headline}

{headline}

Aussie shopper’s secret trick for scoring a FREE Coles hot chook voucher - and ANYONE can do it!

Aussie shopper’s secret trick for scoring a FREE Coles hot chook voucher - and ANYONE can do it!

Coles relaunch their free hot roast chook policy

Coles relaunch their free hot roast chook policy

Coles hot chook crisis - 2 ‘green’ chickens in 2 days

Coles hot chook crisis - 2 ‘green’ chickens in 2 days

Forget the Coles free chook rule! Woolies also has a secret discount policy on hot chickens - and hardly anyone knows about it!

Forget the Coles free chook rule! Woolies also has a secret discount policy on hot chickens - and hardly anyone knows about it!

{headline}

{headline}

NEW UPDATE: The disgusting tactics some dodgy shoppers are pulling to get FREE Coles chooks

NEW UPDATE: The disgusting tactics some dodgy shoppers are pulling to get FREE Coles chooks

‘Check your chicken’: Woolworths shopper claims she made a ‘disgusting’ find in her hot roast chook

‘Check your chicken’: Woolworths shopper claims she made a ‘disgusting’ find in her hot roast chook

Woman stabbed in violent clash at Costco store in Melbourne

Woman stabbed in violent clash at Costco store in Melbourne

{headline}

{headline}

Breaking: Coles is bringing out an all-new BBQ chook - and it sounds amazing!

Breaking: Coles is bringing out an all-new BBQ chook - and it sounds amazing!

The NEW TWIST in Coles’ FREE HOT CHOOK policy that you NEED to know about

The NEW TWIST in Coles’ FREE HOT CHOOK policy that you NEED to know about

Aussie shopper: ‘Woolies staff told me to do THIS to score a FREE hot BBQ chook!’

Aussie shopper: ‘Woolies staff told me to do THIS to score a FREE hot BBQ chook!’

Woolies & Coles have done THIS to the price of hot chooks

Woolies & Coles have done THIS to the price of hot chooks

‘I never noticed that!’ The one thing thousands don’t know about Coles hot chooks - even though it’s been right in front of them all along

‘I never noticed that!’ The one thing thousands don’t know about Coles hot chooks - even though it’s been right in front of them all along

Aussie mum’s horror as she finds THIS crawling inside her Woolies BBQ chook - after she fed it to her kids

Aussie mum’s horror as she finds THIS crawling inside her Woolies BBQ chook - after she fed it to her kids

Jules Sebastian's must-try Crispy Pork Belly in the Air Fryer!

Jules Sebastian's must-try Crispy Pork Belly in the Air Fryer!

NewIdeaFood
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Dietary info
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Dietary info
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy

Brands

  • New Idea
  • Better Homes and Gardens
  • Better Homes and Gardens Shop
  • All Recipes
  • Practical Parenting

Our Network

  • marie claire
  • Beauty Crew
  • Who
  • Women's Weekly Food
  • Bounty Parents
  • Girlfriend
  • That’s Life
  • Home Beautiful
  • 7plus
  • 7News
  • Health Engine
  • Starts at 60
  • The West Australian
  • Perth Now
  • Airtasker
  • Society One
© 2021 Are Media PTY LTD
Get more from New Idea Food

Magazine Subscription Offer

Subscribe to New Idea-$12 for your first 12 issues!

Shop This Offer
Subscribe to New Idea