52Shop Food Item Foolery
What do you call it when a web vendor tells you 'all the details' of a given product EXCEPT its weight, or some other fact, which is an essential fact in deciding to purchase or not? Conscious Omission Marketing? That seems to be the situation in the Food 52 Shop (and many other web shops i have seen, which omit an ingredients list and other facts.) It angers me, and takes 52 down several notches in my esteem. It affects the general pride i have in being associated with 52.
Example: https://food52.com/shop...
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Thank you so much for writing in about this. As we grow, we so appreciate the feedback from our followers especially when we've listed something incorrectly on our site--as we have in this case. We're a small (but growing!) company and you'll find very few, minor inconsistencies throughout our shop product pages and sometimes (but not often) we're so excited about posting a product we overlook these details. Truly, unintentional. I've passed this along to my coworkers who manage copy on our shop site and we'll get these details listed on the product page. But please, if you ever find more of these missing items -- don't hesitate to bring them to our attention! And as always, if you ever have questions before purchasing a product I encourage you to reach out to the rest of our care team who is happy to answer any and all questions you may have before purchasing. We're always available at [email protected].
Thank you again! Happy Cooking!
One thing for sure: you will never ever find a perfectly operated online or bricks-and-mortar store.
It's entirely your choice whether or not to associate yourself with any given online operator.
Myself, I tend to sign up at places like this, then hang around for six months then head off to other pastures. There are plenty of other online food communities and of course, you can simply ignore online communities and just check out cookbooks from the library.
Again, totally your call.
I don't know why Food52 would deliberate list a product in their online store facetiously. After all, they have chosen retail sales to subsidize their editorial output, not third-party ads nor subscription fees,
In the end, come to whatever conclusion you want. You're the one who seems to be particularly traumatized by what I consider to be typical Internet editorial slop.
I don't know why Food52 would deliberate list a product in their online store facetiously. After all, they have chosen retail sales to subsidize their editorial output, not third-party ads nor subscription fees,
In the end, come to whatever conclusion you want. You're the one who seems to be particularly traumatized by what I consider to be typical Internet editorial slop.
I don't know why Food52 would deliberate list a product in their online store facetiously. After all, they have chosen retail sales to subsidize their editorial output, not third-party ads nor subscription fees,
In the end, come to whatever conclusion you want. You're the one who seems to be particularly traumatized by what I consider to be typical Internet editorial slop.