Village Grocer has apologized and temporarily closed its Bangsar Village bakery after a customer shared a video on Facebook showing a cockroach crawling on bread. The company stated that immediate action was taken, including closure, sanitation, and pest control measures. The bakery will remain closed until an internal audit confirms that all necessary hygiene and safety standards have been met.
Supermarket chain closes Bangsar bakery with roach spotted crawling on bread: outlet undergoes sanitisation, deep cleaning and pest controlNew to investing?as a first-time user . Exclusively for Malay Mail readers: Use codeKUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — A supermarket chain has apologised after a Facebook post from a customer highlighted a cockroach spotted on bread at the bakery section of one of its outlets.
“We are writing to sincerely apologize for the incident that occurred today, January 16, 2025, at our Bangsar bakery, as brought to our attention through social media,” read the statement. The company stated that upon learning of the incident, immediate action was taken, including the closure of the Bangsar bakery and a thorough sanitisation and deep cleaning process was undertaken and comprehensive pest control was administered encompassing all areas of the bakery, including equipment and display units.
The chain had responded to a Facebook user named Wendy Kendall who posted that she had alerted of the presence of the roach among the bread to staff - one of whom finally responded by catching it.
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