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Dad Gareth Davies managed to head off a national Peperami shortage this morning after his son put in an incredible £450 food order using his mum's phone.

But the four-year-old didn't stop at meaty snacks, adding in hundreds of Bakewell tarts, ice lollies and Viennese Whirls - as well as an awful lot of bacon, sausages and a single bunch of bananas.

But while the order itself raised eyebrows, what was perhaps more impressive is that Gareth's son managed to bag a delivery slot too before his dad intervened.

"My 4-year-old nearly caused national food shortage this morning," Gareth wrote on Twitter.

"Got hold of mum's phone while she slept and ordered 990 mini Peperamis, and a combined 1,200 Bakewell Tarts and Fab ice lollies from Tesco."

How much did it all cost? £451.27.

When Gareth asked his son why he'd done it, he simply replied: "I wanted to have more food than everyone else."

As to how it would all be paid for, the son was more than willing to help out though.

"I told him we didn't have quite enough money to spend £450 on food and he said that was fine because he had some, and proceeded to pull 14p from his pocket," Gareth wrote.

When asked how his son managed to find a deliver slot so easily, Gareth replied: "No idea. He was very pleased with himself though."

The good news for people worried their little ones might repeat the trick is that Tesco still has an 80-item limit for online orders in place.

A Tesco spokesperson told Mirror Money: “This rather unusual order didn’t quite have all the essentials, but with weather this good, we think it might just be possible to get through 594 Fabs!”

What Gareth's son ordered in full: