Tesco and Sainsbury's have been roundly mocked on social media for hiding shelf shortages with cardboard cut-outs.Empty fruit and veg crates were spotted covered with convincing pictures of missing items including asparagus.A viral Twitter post sparked interest in the fad, which shoppers soon spotting similar cut-outs at numerous supermarkets, DorsetLive reported.User Patrick Dalton tweeted: "Tesco have the fake asparagus out this morning".Sharon Dale replied with pics from her local Sainsbury's, where pasta boxes were replaced with dull orange cartoon shapes.She wrote: "Sainsbury’s aren’t even trying to make it look genuine".One unimpressed shopper replied drolly: "Is dried pasta out of season too?"Sherborne shopper Sharon told Dorset Live.
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