A WARRINGTON shopper nearly had the shock of his life after almost being charged more than £600 for two croissants.

The incident occurred at the Asda supermarket at the Westbrook Centre this month.

The shopper, who wishes to remain anonymous, took the croissants to the till area after being tempted by a yellow reduced sticker bargain price label.

This cut the price from the regular £1.70 to just 60p due to the product going out of date.

But an error with the barcode saw the product flash up as £617.91 instead

Thankfully, the shopper noticed the error before paying and notified a member of staff who rectified the price.

Speaking about the incident, a spokesman for Asda said: “We know our croissants are good, but we agree £617 might be pushing it.

“This looks to have been a one-off caused by a smudged or damaged barcode that has scanned incorrectly.

“We have checked our other yellow sticker products at this store and have not found any other issues.

“Thankfully, this was spotted and rectified by our colleague immediately, and we hope this customer enjoyed their croissants knowing he only paid 60p for them in the end.”