Advertising is....
...well, as a commenter said, put in a word you like. By a strange coincidence here's one from Wednesday's Times (yes I'm only just catching up with the news).
Tesco slammed over 'unfair' food adverts
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Tesco has been rapped by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for promotions that used an "unfair" selection of goods to claim that a trolley of shopping at its supermarkets was significantly cheaper than rivals, Asda and Wm Morrison.
HT Timesonline
Labels: Advertising, tesco
posted by archmaster @ 8:03 pm
5 Comments:
According to my calculations that's about £91 a second so the Seaton Carnival got about 11 seconds share of Tesco's £2.8 bn profits. Glad to know it didn't blow too much of a hole in the shareholders dividends!
Ah now it appears the grand has run out, the kids fancy dress competition has just been done and the stated £5 third prize has now been reduced to £4.
Good to see the carnival committee instilling the lession of sharp practice in the kids, isn't it??
Now, now - £5 down to £4 - that's a discount. Discounts are good ....
Extract from Wikipedia entry for Tesco:
Tesco has made a commitment to corporate social responsibility, in the form of contributions of 1.87% in 2006 of its pre-tax profits to charities/local community organisations. This compares favourably with Marks and Spencer’s 1.51% but not well with Sainsbury’s 7.02%.
Seaton Carnival should have asked Sainsbury as well - they might have got £3,750 (difference between 1.87% and 7.02% of profits). Every little helps.
Good point floodplain, did they ask or did someone flash a cheque upfront?
I noticed the PR poodle boys in attendance with cardboard cheque, not Tesco. But Tesco met the carnival committee re the money not the poodles, eh? Smoke and mirrors, but why? Why if you're the #1 supermarket do you hide behind a pr company when it suits?
Something isn't stacking up with the Carnival Committee, they need to explain this lot.
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