Update 8/1: A traffic spike from a pro Fresh & Easy blog tells me I'm not the only one bothered by this.
I rarely rant here, but imagine my incredulity when I got home last night to find these on our door knob.
There's a new Fresh & Easy market opening in our neighborhood. I've only been in an existing store two or three times to date, and I've always found the store spotless and well stocked. Not crazy about a few things- prepackaged vegetables and fruit, the lack of a meat counter, etc., but their business model is based on getting the consumer in and out quickly, with some pretty good stuff. Self checkout only, with a human standing by ready to help, but it's a very 'lean and mean' organization. I respect that.
It's also a non union shop, which is why the grocer's union is so relentless in trying to take them out before they really get rolling here in Phoenix. Did I mention that these door hangers were produced by the grocer's union? They were not produced by Albertson's and Kroger's, whose employees earnestly inform us about a few health infractions going back to 2004 on Tesco's UK operations. They tell us to wait to shop there until there's a proven track record of safe operation in the US, and they referred me to a website where I can sign an anti-Tesco petition. For what? I'm not buying it, sorry, and I'm a union member from way back.
Fight fair, guys. I've been in your local stores here, and found them frequently to be substandard, to say the least. I've bought your meat products, and returned them because they were inedible. I've marveled at the overpriced, aging produce you sell with a straight face. I'm not a snob. I find better quality goods, usually at lower prices, in places like Sprouts, or Costco, or the ethnic stores in our area, so it's a rare day when I visit a supermarket anymore.
Fight fair, guys. You're better than that. Aren't you?
That just makes me want to shop at Fresh & Easy even more.
It's not even that it's so great, but this really ticked me off.
Is that Speilberg on the right?
Hello chef:
We've published your piece about the UFCW union's flyers on your door, along with a link to your blog, in Fresh & Easy Buzz, our independent blog that covers and writes about Tesco's Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market and related topics and issues.
Title:
UFCW Union Flyers On His Door Knob Cause Heat in 'The Pragmatic Chef's' Mental Kitchen; Others Wondering About the Negative Campaign As Well
Link:
http://freshneasybuzz.blogspot.com/2008/07/ufcw-union-flyers-on-his-door-knob.html
blog: www.freshneasybuzz.blogspot.com
The piece on your post is currently at the top of the blog.
Best regards...and happy and practical cooking.
Pragmatic Chef:
We're pleased to hear you got a spike from our post. Our readership continues to grow.
However, we want to clear up your comment that we are a pro Tesco Fresh & Easy blog. We are neither a pro nor con Fresh & Easy Blog. We are an independent blog that has no affiliation at all with Tesco, Tesco Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market or its competitors. Nor do we own stock in Tesco.
If you look under "About Me" on the Fresh & Easy Buzz at the link to our blog you've posted, you (and your readers) can read our statement to about our independence.
www.freshneasybuzz.blogspot.com (look to the left, under the headlines and under "About Me.")
Additionally, if you take some time and read through the blog, you will quickly see we are not a pro (nor anti) Fresh & Easy blog. Just read the stories about the buyer situation at Fresh & Easy currently at the top of the blog...that should provide ample evidence right there.
We wanted to clear this up as we are sure it's just an oversight on your part.
We would appreciate you publishing this comment so that your readers who have used the link to Fresh & Easy Buzz can read it. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Fresh & Easy Buzz