Due to a one-time experience with Safeway grocery delivery a couple years ago, I now receive e-mail advertisements from them. I usually ignore them – to the point that I don’t even realize when I’m deleting them anymore. However, today I received one that stood out from others I’ve received in the past – the subject line was “The Great Meat Sale.” My first thought was – cool, I wonder what bacon products they’ve got on sale? So I clicked on the link to the page on the Safeway website for this so-called “Great Meat Sale” and started scrolling through the 64 featured items. It is an impressive list – New York strips, numerous forms of chicken breast, lamb chops, ground beef, pork loin, pot roast, ribs, cornish game hens, franks, Italian sausage, brats, and on and on. HOWEVER, there was NOT A SINGLE bacon item listed. Explain to me, Mr. Safeway, how you can have such an extensive sale on meats, label it as though it is the greatest meat sale ever, and there is no bacon involved?!? Totally unsubscribing right now…
The Best Meat Ever