Lily Robinson Vs. Sainsbury's: From Tiger Bread To Giraffe Bread (PHOTOS)

This is the first of our "True Story Told In Pictures" series, which is exactly what it sounds like.

We are pleased to announce the heart-warming conclusion to the saga of 3-year-old Lily Robinson versus the English grocery store chain Sainsbury's. Our charmingly-named colleagues at HuffPost UK (all we're saying is, "Alastair Plumb") have been tracking the story, so don't miss their full rundown. In the meantime, we on this side of the pond wanted to provide an image-heavy primer to get you started. Because that's how we roll in the land of lesser English!

Last May, adorable Lily spotted an adorable style of bread called "tiger bread" in a Sainsbury's. Which let's all admit, is an adorable name for a grocery store. Exhibit A, le pain du tigre:

In no time, Lily discerned the problem with tiger bread. She set to informing the ones in charge.

This letter elicited exactly the reaction it should have from one Chris King of Sainsbury's, along with a gift card worth 3 pounds:

But there was no sign an actual change was near............................................

Until!

Allow Sainsbury's official site to explain:

The Huffington Post called and ran this piece, a reporter on Sky Living even went so far as to propose to Chris. The Sun and This is Money both ran articles about the story on their sites.

At the time of writing, this single post on Facebook about the tiger bread letters was liked over 150,000 times and shared over 48,000 times.

Meanwhile, Chris King has become an Internet celebrity: he now has a Facebook fanpage and the Wikipedia entry for tiger Bread also mentions the exchange between Lily and Chris.

That's right! Social media fame! Facebook Likes galore! An insincere marriage proposal for the 27 1/3 year-old Sainsbury's employee who sent such a kind response!

(For a fancier retelling of how Lily's letter went viral twice, head over to blog till you drop).

Emboldened by the world's newfound Like for them, Sainsbury's came to their senses.

From this day forth, Sainsbury's tiger bread will forever be known as Sainsbury's giraffe bread. And little Lily Robinson as the half-David half-Androcles who made it so.

[via The Daily What]

Comments

[persianOUTKAST]

04:43 PM on 02/03/2012

every part of this story was originally on the websites reddit/imgur. is this what huffington post has become? just scour hip websites & pass off the popular stuff as news?

[AKARON]

03:03 PM on 02/02/2012

Well all I can say is she uses her little senses better than most people do with their big ones and made perfect sense to me.

[karmabites2011]

02:05 PM on 02/02/2012

That is just too cute.

[Mulebone]

01:59 PM on 02/02/2012

All I got to say is that 3-year-old is a pretty good typist.

[Lovenhugs]

12:53 PM on 02/02/2012

I think what I take away from this story is that even the youngest person can make a difference in the world if they speak up. I know it's not much, but if we all could help make small changes......well it's a thought.

[myway60]

12:32 PM on 02/02/2012

This was a great story .it was great being a kid growing up the things we did some times when things are bad i think of my childhood days and i get a smile.Great letter Lily Robinson and best wishes to you in what ever you do.

[jbjg24m]

12:28 PM on 02/02/2012

smart girl

[lowercasejae]

12:06 PM on 02/02/2012

I love stories like this. They make a refreshing breather in between the political messes and murder updates.

[Doctor Fever]

11:55 AM on 02/02/2012

What a great story.

Good on you, Lily!

[fpwillson]

11:47 AM on 02/02/2012

Nice. Human interest does sell Huff. (In spite of what you think).

[rjackson2a]

11:40 AM on 02/02/2012

This is news. Three year olds have had a great impact on the supermarket for years. ei, the cereal isle. Do you really think all of those brightly colored boxes are designed to atract "your" attention.

[aberdoink]

12:01 PM on 02/02/2012

ei? isle? atract? "your" my goodness go get some more cereal and try again or is this the queens english from the other side of the pond

[busymissnanci]

02:09 PM on 02/02/2012

aberdoink....It's ok......it is typical spelling by someone not paying attention, or not caring. Let's not nit-pick this story. It is such a delight that people are enjoying it. It is good that you can spell and use English correctly. To some people, though, especially those with very creative minds, it really doesn't matter all that much, and jackson "gets" the creative part of it, so it's ok to just move on. I, too, sometimes have a hard time not being the grammar, spelling, etc. "police", until I stop and remember that no one cares, and that it is important that people are taking a chance to interact with others, even knowing that one of the "online grammar police" is probably going to smack them. So, let's encourage others to participate, instead of embarrassing them so much that they just slink away.......

[davide463]

02:41 PM on 02/02/2012

No! I'm sure it's American English from this side.
"Two countries divided by a common language" Oscar Wilde.

[jessiernut]

02:01 PM on 02/02/2012

Works on my husband.

[stormy21856]

11:39 AM on 02/02/2012

It's nice to see a happy positive story for a change!

[360Dunk]

11:03 AM on 02/02/2012

Hopefully, this will become a trend....I'm writing Wendy's and asking them to have their freckle-faced, pig-tailed logo mature into a sultry, redheaded lounge singer-looking diva with a husky voice.

What's it been, 30 years and Little Orphan Wendy looks the same?

[Lawher]

12:03 PM on 02/02/2012

You made me laugh, Dunk. Can you come up with what they can do with Ronald McDonald to make things more appealing to women?

[360Dunk]

12:19 PM on 02/02/2012

Dames love a sloppy, drunk man who can crush a beer can on his forehead and belch the national anthem....I'll see if McD's can start serving brews.

[Stephanie Hodson]

12:47 AM on 02/03/2012

Japan's got that covered: http://www.remusicas.org/videos/the-original-ronald-mcdonald-in-japan-;6bEfFE9YmYE.html

[ThinkCreeps]

12:31 PM on 02/02/2012

GIven the product, the picture should be of a 400-pounder trapped in her trailer with vile breathe, and no teeth or hair.

[360Dunk]

12:50 PM on 02/02/2012

You mention 'no teeth' as though that's a bad thing.

[GBYACHT]

10:42 AM on 02/02/2012

Is this news? Is this important? What about the folks that cannot afford to put bread of any sort on their table and feed their kids...

[ifoolpeople]

11:36 AM on 02/02/2012

With everything going on in the world (poverty, war, child abuse, job loss, the GOP)
this article was a breath of fresh air!

[rjackson2a]

11:43 AM on 02/02/2012

Wow. What about all of the people who can't afford a computer or internet access. Guess that's not you though. But since you are so concerned, maybe you should have used your computer and internet money to send those other folks some bread

[citygirlretired]

10:26 AM on 02/02/2012

Hurray for someone who listens...... good job .... and good job HUFF for posting it :)