Tesco has issued an advert. for some Free-From (undesirable
ingredients) Easter treats. Only, they actually wrote:
"Free From Easter treats", which to me says that Easter with Tesco will
be free of any Easter Treats. Not quite what they meant, but it's what
they wrote.
Mistakes like that lead to chaos in engineering or computing.
Tesco has issued an advert. for some Free-From (undesirableingredients) Easter treats. Only, they actually wrote:"Free From Easter treats", which to me says that Easter with Tesco willbe free of any Easter Treats. Not quite what they meant, but it'swhatthey wrote.Mistakes like that lead to chaos in engineering or computing.-- Davey.
Davey <davey@example.invalid> Wrote in message:
Tesco has issued an advert. for some Free-From
(undesirableingredients) Easter treats. Only, they actually
wrote:"Free From Easter treats", which to me says that Easter with
Tesco willbe free of any Easter Treats. Not quite what they meant,
but it's whatthey wrote.Mistakes like that lead to chaos in
engineering or computing.-- Davey.
It can't have the meaning you suggest, because both Free & From
are capitalised making it clear that it is some form of branding.
Tesco has issued an advert. for some Free-From (undesirable
ingredients) Easter treats. Only, they actually wrote:
"Free From Easter treats", which to me says that Easter with Tesco will
be free of any Easter Treats. Not quite what they meant, but it's what
they wrote.
Mistakes like that lead to chaos in engineering or computing.
On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 08:39:47 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
"Graham. " <graham-usenet@mail.com> wrote:
Davey <davey@example.invalid> Wrote in message:
Tesco has issued an advert. for some Free-FromIt can't have the meaning you suggest, because both Free & From
(undesirableingredients) Easter treats. Only, they actually
wrote:"Free From Easter treats", which to me says that Easter with
Tesco willbe free of any Easter Treats. Not quite what they meant,
but it's whatthey wrote.Mistakes like that lead to chaos in
engineering or computing.-- Davey.
are capitalised making it clear that it is some form of branding.
Well...
The website https://thegoodnessproject.co.uk/blog/what-are-free-from-foodsinterestingly says that there is no actual definition of Free-From, and it uses the hyphenated form throughout, which Tesco did not. So I disagree that the
Tesco 'Free From' indicates some sort of branding, there is none
involved.
Tesco has issued an advert. for some Free-From (undesirable
ingredients) Easter treats. Only, they actually wrote:
"Free From Easter treats", which to me says that Easter with Tesco will
be free of any Easter Treats. Not quite what they meant, but it's what
they wrote.
Mistakes like that lead to chaos in engineering or computing.
On 07/04/2025 09:55, Davey wrote:
On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 08:39:47 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
"Graham. " <graham-usenet@mail.com> wrote:
Davey <davey@example.invalid> Wrote in message:
Tesco has issued an advert. for some Free-FromIt can't have the meaning you suggest, because both Free & From
(undesirableingredients) Easter treats. Only, they actually
wrote:"Free From Easter treats", which to me says that Easter with
Tesco willbe free of any Easter Treats. Not quite what they meant,
but it's whatthey wrote.Mistakes like that lead to chaos in
engineering or computing.-- Davey.
are capitalised making it clear that it is some form of branding.
Well...
The website https://thegoodnessproject.co.uk/blog/what-are-free-from-foodsinterestingly says that there is no actual definition of Free-From, and it uses
the hyphenated form throughout, which Tesco did not. So I disagree
that the Tesco 'Free From' indicates some sort of branding, there
is none involved.
It got your attention, so it achieved its purpose.
On 06/04/2025 12:57, Davey wrote:
Tesco has issued an advert. for some Free-From (undesirable
ingredients) Easter treats. Only, they actually wrote:
"Free From Easter treats", which to me says that Easter with Tesco
will be free of any Easter Treats. Not quite what they meant, but
it's what they wrote.
Mistakes like that lead to chaos in engineering or computing.
I used to work in a supermarket. The store was undergoing extending
to become a hypermarket
There was a weekly staff poster announcing what new product ranges
and aisles were goign to open.
One week I saw the annoucement of:
New! Glutton Free aisle opening on Monday 1st May
I had visions of the aisle being a few centimetres wide......
Davey <davey@example.invalid> Wrote in message:whatthey wrote.Mistakes like that lead to chaos in engineering or computing.-- Davey.
Tesco has issued an advert. for some Free-From (undesirableingredients) Easter treats. Only, they actually wrote:"Free From Easter treats", which to me says that Easter with Tesco willbe free of any Easter Treats. Not quite what they meant, but it's
It can't have the meaning you suggest, because both Free & From
are capitalised making it clear that it is some form of branding.
On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 14:24:46 +0100
Jim the Geordie <jim@jimsXscott.co.uk> wrote:
On 07/04/2025 09:55, Davey wrote:
On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 08:39:47 +0100 (GMT+01:00)It got your attention, so it achieved its purpose.
"Graham. " <graham-usenet@mail.com> wrote:
Davey <davey@example.invalid> Wrote in message:
Tesco has issued an advert. for some Free-FromIt can't have the meaning you suggest, because both Free & From
(undesirableingredients) Easter treats. Only, they actually
wrote:"Free From Easter treats", which to me says that Easter with
Tesco willbe free of any Easter Treats. Not quite what they meant,
but it's whatthey wrote.Mistakes like that lead to chaos in
engineering or computing.-- Davey.
are capitalised making it clear that it is some form of branding.
Well...
The website
https://thegoodnessproject.co.uk/blog/what-are-free-from-foodsinterestingly >>> says that there is no actual definition of Free-From, and it uses
the hyphenated form throughout, which Tesco did not. So I disagree
that the Tesco 'Free From' indicates some sort of branding, there
is none involved.
But it did not encourage me to buy any of the stuff advertised, if
anything, the opposite.
On 07/04/2025 17:51, Davey wrote:
On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 14:24:46 +0100
Jim the Geordie <jim@jimsXscott.co.uk> wrote:
On 07/04/2025 09:55, Davey wrote:
On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 08:39:47 +0100 (GMT+01:00)It got your attention, so it achieved its purpose.
"Graham. " <graham-usenet@mail.com> wrote:
Davey <davey@example.invalid> Wrote in message:
Tesco has issued an advert. for some Free-FromIt can't have the meaning you suggest, because both Free & From
(undesirableingredients) Easter treats. Only, they actually
wrote:"Free From Easter treats", which to me says that Easter
with Tesco willbe free of any Easter Treats. Not quite what
they meant, but it's whatthey wrote.Mistakes like that lead to
chaos in engineering or computing.-- Davey.
are capitalised making it clear that it is some form of
branding.
Well...
The website
https://thegoodnessproject.co.uk/blog/what-are-free-from-foodsinterestingly
says that there is no actual definition of Free-From, and it uses
the hyphenated form throughout, which Tesco did not. So I disagree
that the Tesco 'Free From' indicates some sort of branding, there
is none involved.
But it did not encourage me to buy any of the stuff advertised, if anything, the opposite.
I feel the same if an ad has people dancing, but I usually record
most stuff to fast-forward the ads, which generally last 4 minutes,
and voice control sorts that out for me.
On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 14:24:46 +0100
Jim the Geordie <jim@jimsXscott.co.uk> wrote:
On 07/04/2025 09:55, Davey wrote:
On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 08:39:47 +0100 (GMT+01:00)It got your attention, so it achieved its purpose.
"Graham. " <graham-usenet@mail.com> wrote:
Davey <davey@example.invalid> Wrote in message:
Tesco has issued an advert. for some Free-FromIt can't have the meaning you suggest, because both Free & From
(undesirableingredients) Easter treats. Only, they actually
wrote:"Free From Easter treats", which to me says that Easter with
Tesco willbe free of any Easter Treats. Not quite what they meant,
but it's whatthey wrote.Mistakes like that lead to chaos in
engineering or computing.-- Davey.
are capitalised making it clear that it is some form of branding.
Well...
The website
https://thegoodnessproject.co.uk/blog/what-are-free-from-foodsinterestingly >>> says that there is no actual definition of Free-From, and it uses
the hyphenated form throughout, which Tesco did not. So I disagree
that the Tesco 'Free From' indicates some sort of branding, there
is none involved.
But it did not encourage me to buy any of the stuff advertised, if
anything, the opposite.
On 07/04/2025 17:51, Davey wrote:
On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 14:24:46 +0100
Jim the Geordie <jim@jimsXscott.co.uk> wrote:
On 07/04/2025 09:55, Davey wrote:
On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 08:39:47 +0100 (GMT+01:00)It got your attention, so it achieved its purpose.
"Graham. " <graham-usenet@mail.com> wrote:
Davey <davey@example.invalid> Wrote in message:
Tesco has issued an advert. for some Free-FromIt can't have the meaning you suggest, because both Free & From
(undesirableingredients) Easter treats. Only, they actually
wrote:"Free From Easter treats", which to me says that Easter
with Tesco willbe free of any Easter Treats. Not quite what
they meant, but it's whatthey wrote.Mistakes like that lead to
chaos in engineering or computing.-- Davey.
are capitalised making it clear that it is some form of
branding.
Well...
The website
https://thegoodnessproject.co.uk/blog/what-are-free-from-foodsinterestingly
says that there is no actual definition of Free-From, and it uses
the hyphenated form throughout, which Tesco did not. So I disagree
that the Tesco 'Free From' indicates some sort of branding, there
is none involved.
But it did not encourage me to buy any of the stuff advertised, if anything, the opposite.
There's no such thing as bad advertising.
Even after things have gone drastically wrong the marketing men will
tell you that the name will be remembered.
There's no such thing as bad advertising.The name may be remembered,but if it no longer exists, what's the point?
Even after things have gone drastically wrong the marketing men will
tell you that the name will be remembered.
Davey <davey@example.invalid> Wrote in message:whatthey wrote.Mistakes like that lead to chaos in engineering or computing.-- Davey.
Tesco has issued an advert. for some Free-From (undesirableingredients) Easter treats. Only, they actually wrote:"Free From Easter treats", which to me says that Easter with Tesco willbe free of any Easter Treats. Not quite what they meant, but it's
It can't have the meaning you suggest, because both Free & From
are capitalised making it clear that it is some form of branding.
On 07/04/2025 17:51, Davey wrote:
On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 14:24:46 +0100
Jim the Geordie <jim@jimsXscott.co.uk> wrote:
On 07/04/2025 09:55, Davey wrote:
On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 08:39:47 +0100 (GMT+01:00)It got your attention, so it achieved its purpose.
"Graham. " <graham-usenet@mail.com> wrote:
Davey <davey@example.invalid> Wrote in message:Well...
Tesco has issued an advert. for some Free-FromIt can't have the meaning you suggest, because both Free & From
(undesirableingredients) Easter treats. Only, they actually
wrote:"Free From Easter treats", which to me says that Easter with >>>>>> Tesco willbe free of any Easter Treats. Not quite what they meant, >>>>>> but it's whatthey wrote.Mistakes like that lead to chaos in
engineering or computing.-- Davey.
are capitalised making it clear that it is some form of branding. >>>>
The website
https://thegoodnessproject.co.uk/blog/what-are-free-from-
foodsinterestingly
says that there is no actual definition of Free-From, and it uses
the hyphenated form throughout, which Tesco did not. So I disagree
that the Tesco 'Free From' indicates some sort of branding, there
is none involved.
But it did not encourage me to buy any of the stuff advertised, if
anything, the opposite.
There's no such thing as bad advertising.
Even after things have gone drastically wrong the marketing men will
tell you that the name will be remembered.
There was a weekly staff poster announcing what new product ranges and
aisles were goign to open.
One week I saw the annoucement of:
New! Glutton Free aisle opening on Monday 1st May
On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 17:51:09 +0100, SH <i.love@spam.com> wrote:
There was a weekly staff poster announcing what new product ranges and
aisles were goign to open.
One week I saw the annoucement of:
New! Glutton Free aisle opening on Monday 1st May
Recently seen in Leftpondia on the aisle marker sign:
"Organic Water"
Thomas "I sure hope not" Prufer
On 27 Apr 2025 at 07:40:03 BST, "Thomas Prufer" <prufer.public@mnet-online.de.invalid> wrote:
On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 17:51:09 +0100, SH <i.love@spam.com> wrote:
There was a weekly staff poster announcing what new product ranges and
aisles were goign to open.
One week I saw the annoucement of:
New! Glutton Free aisle opening on Monday 1st May
Recently seen in Leftpondia on the aisle marker sign:
"Organic Water"
Thomas "I sure hope not" Prufer
:-)
What these fools dont understand is that all food is organic. If it weren't, eating it would do us no good.
On 2025-04-27 08:54, Tim Streater wrote:
On 27 Apr 2025 at 07:40:03 BST, "Thomas Prufer"
<prufer.public@mnet-online.de.invalid> wrote:
On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 17:51:09 +0100, SH <i.love@spam.com> wrote:
There was a weekly staff poster announcing what new product ranges and >>>> aisles were goign to open.
One week I saw the annoucement of:
New! Glutton Free aisle opening on Monday 1st May
Recently seen in Leftpondia on the aisle marker sign:
"Organic Water"
Thomas "I sure hope not" Prufer
:-)
What these fools dont understand is that all food is organic. If it weren't, >> eating it would do us no good.
True, but doesn't "organic" as used on food labels have a specific
definition different from just the basic "natural"? Specifically that
it's _only_ organic with no synthetic components, even if those
components might be recognised by an organic chemist, and produced only
by certain processes.
Although oddly, some of the chemicals that are permitted on organic
crops are what a chemist would call inorganic.
Suspect these days it's mainly a marketing trick though.
On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 17:51:09 +0100, SH <i.love@spam.com> wrote:
There was a weekly staff poster announcing what new product ranges and
aisles were goign to open.
One week I saw the annoucement of:
New! Glutton Free aisle opening on Monday 1st May
Recently seen in Leftpondia on the aisle marker sign:
"Organic Water"
Thomas "I sure hope not" Prufer
On 2025-04-27 08:54, Tim Streater wrote:
On 27 Apr 2025 at 07:40:03 BST, "Thomas Prufer"
<prufer.public@mnet-online.de.invalid> wrote:
On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 17:51:09 +0100, SH <i.love@spam.com> wrote:
There was a weekly staff poster announcing what new product ranges and >>>> aisles were goign to open.
One week I saw the annoucement of:
New! Glutton Free aisle opening on Monday 1st May
Recently seen in Leftpondia on the aisle marker sign:
"Organic Water"
Thomas "I sure hope not" Prufer
:-)
What these fools dont understand is that all food is organic. If it weren't, >> eating it would do us no good.
True, but doesn't "organic" as used on food labels have a specific
definition different from just the basic "natural"? Specifically that
it's _only_ organic with no synthetic components, even if those
components might be recognised by an organic chemist, and produced only
by certain processes.
Although oddly, some of the chemicals that are permitted on organic
crops are what a chemist would call inorganic.
Suspect these days it's mainly a marketing trick though.
nib
On 27 Apr 2025 at 09:23:16 BST, "nib" <news@ingram-bromley.co.uk>
wrote:
On 2025-04-27 08:54, Tim Streater wrote:
On 27 Apr 2025 at 07:40:03 BST, "Thomas Prufer"
<prufer.public@mnet-online.de.invalid> wrote:
On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 17:51:09 +0100, SH <i.love@spam.com> wrote:
There was a weekly staff poster announcing what new product
ranges and aisles were goign to open.
One week I saw the annoucement of:
New! Glutton Free aisle opening on Monday 1st May
Recently seen in Leftpondia on the aisle marker sign:
"Organic Water"
Thomas "I sure hope not" Prufer
:-)
What these fools dont understand is that all food is organic. If
it weren't, eating it would do us no good.
True, but doesn't "organic" as used on food labels have a specific definition different from just the basic "natural"? Specifically
that it's _only_ organic with no synthetic components, even if those components might be recognised by an organic chemist, and produced
only by certain processes.
Although oddly, some of the chemicals that are permitted on organic
crops are what a chemist would call inorganic.
Suspect these days it's mainly a marketing trick though.
nib
[re: your last sentence] Exactly. As a friend of mine said to me
recently -- interrupting my fulminating about "people" buying "stuff"
[that, in most cases, they cannot afford]:
"But John! These days it's ALL about marketing, and nothing but!
Forget quality. Forget "can't afford". Forget any personal judgement
at all! The whole human race is now run by Marketing!"
In that context "Organic Water" is perfectly acceptable ... in a
Trumpian sense.
Cheers [down the hatch!]
John
On 27/04/2025 07:40, Thomas Prufer wrote:
On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 17:51:09 +0100, SH <i.love@spam.com> wrote:
There was a weekly staff poster announcing what new product ranges and
aisles were goign to open.
One week I saw the annoucement of:
New! Glutton Free aisle opening on Monday 1st May
Recently seen in Leftpondia on the aisle marker sign:
"Organic Water"
Thomas "I sure hope not" Prufer
D2O or just perfectly distilled/deionised ?
On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:16:09 GMT
Another John <lalaw44@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 27 Apr 2025 at 09:23:16 BST, "nib" <news@ingram-bromley.co.uk>
wrote:
On 2025-04-27 08:54, Tim Streater wrote:
On 27 Apr 2025 at 07:40:03 BST, "Thomas Prufer"
<prufer.public@mnet-online.de.invalid> wrote:
On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 17:51:09 +0100, SH <i.love@spam.com> wrote:
There was a weekly staff poster announcing what new product
ranges and aisles were goign to open.
One week I saw the annoucement of:
New! Glutton Free aisle opening on Monday 1st May
Recently seen in Leftpondia on the aisle marker sign:
"Organic Water"
Thomas "I sure hope not" Prufer
:-)
What these fools dont understand is that all food is organic. If
it weren't, eating it would do us no good.
True, but doesn't "organic" as used on food labels have a specific
definition different from just the basic "natural"? Specifically
that it's _only_ organic with no synthetic components, even if those
components might be recognised by an organic chemist, and produced
only by certain processes.
Although oddly, some of the chemicals that are permitted on organic
crops are what a chemist would call inorganic.
Suspect these days it's mainly a marketing trick though.
nib
[re: your last sentence] Exactly. As a friend of mine said to me
recently -- interrupting my fulminating about "people" buying "stuff"
[that, in most cases, they cannot afford]:
"But John! These days it's ALL about marketing, and nothing but!
Forget quality. Forget "can't afford". Forget any personal judgement
at all! The whole human race is now run by Marketing!"
In that context "Organic Water" is perfectly acceptable ... in a
Trumpian sense.
Cheers [down the hatch!]
John
That sounds like Eddie
in Absolutely Fabulous describing PR: "Well,
it's PR, isn't it? We all need PR".
On 28/04/2025 13:27, Davey wrote:
On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:16:09 GMT
Another John <lalaw44@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 27 Apr 2025 at 09:23:16 BST, "nib" <news@ingram-bromley.co.uk>
wrote:
On 2025-04-27 08:54, Tim Streater wrote:
On 27 Apr 2025 at 07:40:03 BST, "Thomas Prufer"
<prufer.public@mnet-online.de.invalid> wrote:
On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 17:51:09 +0100, SH <i.love@spam.com> wrote:
There was a weekly staff poster announcing what new product
ranges and aisles were goign to open.
One week I saw the annoucement of:
New! Glutton Free aisle opening on Monday 1st May
Recently seen in Leftpondia on the aisle marker sign:
"Organic Water"
Thomas "I sure hope not" Prufer
:-)
What these fools dont understand is that all food is organic. If
it weren't, eating it would do us no good.
True, but doesn't "organic" as used on food labels have a specific
definition different from just the basic "natural"? Specifically
that it's _only_ organic with no synthetic components, even if those
components might be recognised by an organic chemist, and produced
only by certain processes.
Although oddly, some of the chemicals that are permitted on organic
crops are what a chemist would call inorganic.
Suspect these days it's mainly a marketing trick though.
nib
[re: your last sentence] Exactly. As a friend of mine said to me
recently -- interrupting my fulminating about "people" buying "stuff"
[that, in most cases, they cannot afford]:
"But John! These days it's ALL about marketing, and nothing but!
Forget quality. Forget "can't afford". Forget any personal judgement
at all! The whole human race is now run by Marketing!"
In that context "Organic Water" is perfectly acceptable ... in a
Trumpian sense.
Cheers [down the hatch!]
John
That sounds like Eddie
Ah! The shipboard computer in HHGTTG.
in Absolutely Fabulous describing PR: "Well,Oh! That Eddie.
it's PR, isn't it? We all need PR".
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