“Back of pack says refer to front for cooking times..trying to weigh a turkey on small kitchen scales is fun! Merry Christmas!” Lidl also had a problem, according to the Daily Star, with a customer claiming their medium turkey crown was “rancid ...

Supermarkets have been accused of ruining Christmas after shoppers claimed their turkeys went off before their use-by date.

Customers who bought their birds from Tesco, Lidl and Sainsbury's claim to have discovered their Christmas Day turkeys rotten.

To make things worse, many said they only realised the main component of their Christmas dinner had gone off this morning - too late to find a replacement.