Sainsbury’s accidentally displays internal memo in shop window
One Sainsbury’s store has accidentally displayed a poster – which was supposed to be displayed in the private employee-only area of the shop – in the front window.
The poster encouraged employees to get customers to spend an extra 50p in every transaction between now and the end of the year.
.@sainsburys not sure this is supposed to be in your window... pic.twitter.com/Zk9GCliIWO
— Chris Dodd (@mynameischrisd) September 29, 2014
When posted on Twitter by Chris Dodd, Sainsbury’s Twitter handler Ross replied “This is clearly a poster meant for staff areas.” Earlier this year, Sainsbury’s announced that retail sales were up 2.7 per cent, with pre-tax profits of £898m for the 52 weeks to 15 March.
@mynameischrisd @sainsburys @richardosman First we have to scan & bag our own groceries, now we're responsible for increasing basket spend?! — Dougie (@DougieHarrower) September 30, 2014@singingbathmatt @sainsburys @mynameischrisd I can see the headlines now, "Retail company tries to increase profits shock!"
— Avian Face-O'Toole (@Beakmoo) September 30, 2014