Woman charged more than $336 for a roast chicken at Woolworths Innaloo

A woman has opened up about the horror moment she realised she had paid more than $300 for a roast chicken from a supermarket.

In a video shared to TikTok this week, the woman from Perth revealed how the costly error was made.

“Woolworths charged me $336 for a roast chicken,’ she says in the clip.

“$336! For a roast chicken!”

“This chicken! I know it’s RSPCA, but did they put it up in the f***ing Crown Towers before they killed the bird?” she says.

In a second post, she returns the chicken to the store to complain about the price.

“I bought this chicken and, look, you do really juicy chickens, but I don’t think it’s worth $336,” she is heard telling customer service.

“Woah!” the employee is heard saying.

“What on earth?”

“That’s a first. It’s definitely a first,” the employee says.

She then leaves the store and explains the problem has been rectified.

“So, happy ending,” she says.

“I got a free chicken. I went from a $336 chicken to a free chicken.”

Woolworths told NCA NewsWire there was a glitch in the system that led to the price of the chook changing.

“We are happy that the issue was able to be rectified.”

In a third post to social media, the customer defended herself against comments asking why it took her so long to realise she’d been severely overcharged.

“I’ve had a lot of people questioning why it took me so long to realise there was a $300 chicken in my shopping,” she said.

“We’re not very organised when it comes to weekly grocery shops.

“I went to Woolworths to purchase things for dinner last night, but the list continually got longer.

“My husband likes to eat a lot of snacks, and so we thought, stuff it, we’ll just do a big shop.

She said she bought lots of items because of their “packaging, or specials”, and she didn’t want to miss out on deals.