Australia maintained human civilisation throughout Covid, supermarkets never ran out of Vegemite in the UK. As a descendant of convicts I’m very vulnerable without my Vegemite.
Some substitutions are really weird. Some make sense, like I’ve seen it before where they were out of that specific pasta shape so they just put in a different one (that swap actually makes sense). Then you see other ones like you ordered floor cleaning wipes, have these paper towels instead
Ha! Yep, some just don’t make sense.
I once ordered a washing up bowl and they sent me a drying rack…
I do like the jeopardy sometimes though; like as @Ian_Chimp says sometimes you get a much better deal and maybe get to try new things. Definitely not the case with the marmite/vegemite though!
My usual horrors are Aberdeen Angus Mince Steak, swapped for cheap, nasty ‘not really edible’ mince flavour meat derivative.
And wine - don’t get me started. I’ve ticked the ‘no substitutions’ box, but then you get no wine at all. Which is worse?
See - that is your mistake. I’m not surprised that it went down the sink, but you need to buy a whole bottle of something made from good grapes. If you just want a glass (?) you can cook with the rest or re-cork it for another day.
And don’t buy wine from B&M, please. I’m asking for your own good