Friday, December 07, 2007

Ham for Hanukkah...what!?!?


This store probably got more attention due to it's slip up than it could ever afford to pay for. The story began on a blog, then made it to Fox News, then the Associated Press and CBS News, and most likely about 500 to 5,000 websites!

Read all about it:

NYC Grocery Store Goofs, Advertises Hams for Hanukkah

Thursday, December 06, 2007



NEW YORK — This was REALLY not kosher. A grocery store in Manhattan made a food faux pas, advertising hams as "Delicious for Chanukah."

Chanukah -- an alternate spelling for Hanukkah -- is the eight-day Jewish holiday that began Tuesday evening, and hams -- as well as pork and other products from pigs -- can't be eaten under Jewish dietary laws.

A woman who saw the mistake over the weekend at the Balducci's store in Greenwich Village took pictures of the signs and posted them on her blog.

Jennifer Barton, director of marketing, told The Associated Press on Thursday that the signs were changed as soon as the error was noted.

She issued an apology on the company Web site, saying the company would be reviewing its employee training.

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