The remote Scottish island now has more easter eggs than residents after a local shop made a huge ordering blunder.
Sinclair General Stores on the island of Sanday, Orkney, had intended to order just 80 easter eggs to cater for the small population, but were instead left with hundreds of boxes.A total of 720 easter eggs were delivered to the store after it mistakenly ordered 80 cases instead of 80 eggs.The quantity of festive chocolates now exceeds that of the island's population of around 500 people. Read More: Yours for £3.
Despite locals and staff at the shop finding the mistake rather funny, Mr Dafydd said he was left with feeling of "embarrassment and shame"."The rest of the staff were chuckling and finding it very entertaining," Mr Dafydd told BBC Radio Orkney."I was doing our Easter egg orders and was looking at doing 80. Having put the order through I thought nothing more of it.
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