Saturday 27 June 2015

A MUST READ!! The Error In Tesco's Ramadan Mubarak Wish Sparks Unfair Outrage On Tesco

Okay...Pringles is wishing Muslims Ramadan Mubarak on an in-store stall in a Tesco store and offering a price cut. However Tesco placed the advert with a flavour of Pringles that has bacon in it (Smokey Bacon Flavour). As some of us may know that Muslims don't eat bacon. A Muslim guy, I presume, saw and took a picture of the advert then went on social to have a go at Tesco. Other people joined in on it, they have been MASSIVE debate about this.

Tesco had the decency to respond to the complain through their twitter handle by @ing the complainant directly, they informed him of the amends they've made to fix the problem.  Despite Tesco's quick reaction people are still having a go at them accusing them of all sorts.  

Some of some Muslims said...
Tesco offers special deals for Muslims during Ramadan.
There’s only one problem the crackheads are promoting Ramadan deals using bacon-flavoured Pringles.
Either Tescos are thick or Tescos think Muslims are thick. ?
Well this MISTAKE has really offended me! On top of that it says ramadan mubarak! Get your facts right before advertising ramadan


One Muslim guy said this...
Personally I am surprised by some of the reactions on the comments. It is only a flavour people, we shouldn't be arguing about such trivial things; especially in this beloved month of Ramadan. Subhanallah there are people dying in the world and all we are concerned about is what Tesco puts on their shelves. May Allah guide us all because all we seem to do is cause division when in fact we should unite. 
What I Think! 

Why would Tesco want to intentionally offend their customers  (Muslims), a move that they know will negatively affect their image and profits.

In the month of Ramadan alone Tesco might sell £Millions more, so this cluster of their customer is important which I believe it will be much nicer if Tesco's marketing team do a thorough research to avoid mistakes like this. 

I understand promoting sales and wishing Muslims Ramadan Mubarak with a Bacon flavour Pringles might be a bit off and might come across as insensitive. But realistically that Pringles may even have been placed there by a worker that have no idea about Islam and Bacon. It's safe to say it's a genuine human error from the wat it appears. Just think of it why would anyone advertise what they know you don't eat to you! Also people were quick to totally forget the good intention of Pringle's and Tesco with the advert, all they could care about is their mistakes. 

It's not fair to be unfair! 

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