Reply to: Official Total Disaster - Sainsburys have changed their lunch meal deal

[SueEllen]

I didn't mention Turkey, have never been, and most likely will never go. Not since I watched Midnight Express, anyway...

Turkey was a nice place to visit until bits of it randomly started going "boom"...

[Mordac]

You've not been able to smoke inside in Turkey for 8 years and they smoke as a national hobby...

I didn't mention Turkey, have never been, and most likely will never go. Not since I watched Midnight Express, anyway...

[eek]

Don't knock smokers, if you're from Portugal you must surely know it's compulsory to smoke (and one of the few places you can still smoke in bars). It is a wonderful place, and will remain on my holiday shortlist for that reason (plus the food, wine and scenery, especially the Douro region, which are all rather good.)

You've not been able to smoke inside in Turkey for 8 years and they smoke as a national hobby...

[Mordac]

Yes and it even have an outside seating area full of smoking chavs....

Don't knock smokers, if you're from Portugal you must surely know it's compulsory to smoke (and one of the few places you can still smoke in bars). It is a wonderful place, and will remain on my holiday shortlist for that reason (plus the food, wine and scenery, especially the Douro region, which are all rather good.)

[Milkyway]

That's clearly not true. I doubt Sainsbury's would sell more sandwiches if people started complaining they'd found used plasters and fingernails in their sandwiches.

Well, actually more people would go in and have their new deals just to comment about their experience and fury about how bad it was. All people care about these days is rant fury in social media.
Wahooo... There is your increased sales.
As they say, every little helps , good or bad. This is probably Sainsbury's version of tesco's logo nowadays.

If people are idiots, who can blame the businesses.

[SueEllen]

And remove the opportunity to put my ill informed small minded rants on the internet - not likely!

In terms of chatting with my mates down the pub - I do my updates in person and if I decided to start a conversation about Sainsbury's meal deal in the pub I would probably be told to fook off - because it is really not an interesting topic.

I would post a look at all the f....'s I don't give meme but that would probably annoy the mods....

If you were having lunch at the client and Sainsburys were one of the closest options I'm sure you would have a conversation about how Sainsburys is now a rip off and it's better to go elsewhere.

[LondonManc]

No publicity is bad publicity unless you are a politician.

Gerald Ratner would beg to differ.

[d000hg]

No publicity is bad publicity unless you are a politician.

That's clearly not true. I doubt Sainsbury's would sell more sandwiches if people started complaining they'd found used plasters and fingernails in their sandwiches.

[original PM]

Actually, I think you'll find that they tweet to a few friends that follow them, in much the same way you might chat with your mates down the pub, if you have any

If you don't like it, complain to the journalists that scour social media for ordinary people's conversations because it's easier than doing some journalism. Or, as you don't like to complain, just don't read the stories or threads. Sorted!

And remove the opportunity to put my ill informed small minded rants on the internet - not likely!

In terms of chatting with my mates down the pub - I do my updates in person and if I decided to start a conversation about Sainsbury's meal deal in the pub I would probably be told to fook off - because it is really not an interesting topic.

I would post a look at all the f....'s I don't give meme but that would probably annoy the mods....

[SueEllen]

But wasn't this change for the worse? That's what the complaints are about.

Publicity isn't much good if it is adverse, unless Sainsbury's, with a big song and dance, now return to the former meal deal. Maybe that's been the plan all along!

No publicity is bad publicity unless you are a politician.

[OwlHoot]

Thanks to twitter and other social media frenzy people, Sainsbury's have made a huge advertisement, free or possibly at the smallest cost possible, which would otherwise have costed them several grands in pounds and would not have got any great attention.

Creating fury buys free advertisement, I have learnt now

If you look at their responses to the media fury, it says nothing directly about why it has changed, for better. It simply goes on with the usual corporate marketing words to help themselves advertise for free. Unlike general adverts, this time with this news, they have attained greater attention in public about their caring services for their customers

But wasn't this change for the worse? That's what the complaints are about.

Publicity isn't much good if it is adverse, unless Sainsbury's, with a big song and dance, now return to the former meal deal. Maybe that's been the plan all along!

[pjclarke]

Sainsbury’s had no idea social media storm would create publicity for its new meal deal

[vetran]

Thanks to twitter and other social media frenzy people, Sainsbury's have made a huge advertisement, free or possibly at the smallest cost possible, which would otherwise have costed them several grands in pounds and would not have got any great attention.

Creating fury buys free advertisement, I have learnt now

If you look at their responses to the media fury, it says nothing directly about why it has changed, for better. It simply goes on with the usual corporate marketing words to help themselves advertise for free. Unlike general adverts, this time with this news, they have attained greater attention in public about their caring services for their customers

next one of the Kardashichavs will show their tits.

[Milkyway]

Thanks to twitter and other social media frenzy people, Sainsbury's have made a huge advertisement, free or possibly at the smallest cost possible, which would otherwise have costed them several grands in pounds and would not have got any great attention.

Creating fury buys free advertisement, I have learnt now

If you look at their responses to the media fury, it says nothing directly about why it has changed, for better. It simply goes on with the usual corporate marketing words to help themselves advertise for free. Unlike general adverts, this time with this news, they have attained greater attention in public about their caring services for their customers

[MrMarkyMark]

I'd like to invest. I'll take half the business for 100k.

So basically I just need to be able to sell people bread, butter, ham & cheese & get them to make a sandwich and wrap it in clingfilm, so they don't buy premade sandwiches.

I think we could sell this idea to Sainsbury's. It's genius.

If I was at home I would....

Fook me, you have wiped off half of his projected market value