Waitrose accused of racism over ‘ugly’ dark chocolate duckling

By Lloyd Bent
Published 9th Apr 2019, 13:15 BST
Updated 9th Apr 2019, 15:16 BST
The supermarket took the £8 set of chocolate ducks off sale after the social media backlash (Photo: Shutterstock)The supermarket took the £8 set of chocolate ducks off sale after the social media backlash (Photo: Shutterstock)
The supermarket took the £8 set of chocolate ducks off sale after the social media backlash (Photo: Shutterstock)

Waitrose has apologised after it attracted criticism for selling “racist” dark chocolate Easter ducklings branded “Ugly” on the packaging.

The supermarket took the £8 set of chocolate ducks off sale after the social media backlash, which slammed the naming. The white chocolate duck was called “Fluffy” and the milk chocolate one “Crispy”.

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One Twitter user who took offence to the names shared a picture of the Easter gift online, writing: “Crispy, Fluffy and Ugly – trio of Easter ducklings at #Waitrose.

“Ugly is the dark one on the right. Overheard women saying ‘this is not right’.

“I agree, doesn’t look good at all. Thousands of other options… why #ugly?????”

Crispy, Fluffy and Ugly - trio of Easter ducklings at #waitrose . Ugly is the dark one on the right. Overheard women saying “this is not right” , I agree, doesn’t look good at all. Thousands of other options... why