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Market Basket shopper says she found a widow spider in grapes
The New Hampshire woman warned others to check their fruit before digging in.
A New Hampshire shopper got an unwelcome surprise in her produce this week — a widow spider, she says, crawling inside her container of grapes.
In a Facebook post, Calista Plaisted says she purchased Anthony’s Organic red grapes from the Market Basket in Lee, New Hampshire, on Sunday. When she pulled them out of the fridge a few days later, she noticed spider webs on the grapes.
“As I pulled them out, I expected to find a small spider, but instead I discovered a widow,” the post says.
Plaisted told NBC10 Boston that a Google Image search showed the spider as a widow, and she later confirmed this with a University of New Hampshire expert.
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Plaisted said she contacted Market Basket to let them know, who, in return, said that the store had already sold out of the brand of grapes and that they would notify the supplier.
On Friday, Boston.com could not immediately reach Plaisted, Market Basket, or the grape company.
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