Romaine calm: live frog found in discount supermarket lettuce bag

<p>‘Look, if I was in a French supermarket, I probably would have got a two for one deal on that one,’ woman in WA told national TV</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/may/18/australia-news-live-nsw-victoria-queensland-politics-labor-liberal-coalition-melbourne-sydney-brisbane-economy-weather-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>When a group of housemates in Western Australia bought a pair of lettuces in a sealed plastic bag – reduced for quick sale to $1.15 – they got two other things for which they could not have bargained. One was a live frog reckoned to be the size of a man’s palm. The other, a slot on national television.</p><p>But despite describing it as “the most random thing” they had encountered upon opening a packet of leafy greens from the supermarket, Laura Jones and Billie Le Pine fronted <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdBG2rP0s7E">their interview on ABC news breakfast</a> with a series or ready made one liners.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/18/live-frog-lettuce-bag-supermarket-australia">Continue reading...</a>