On 6/6/2010 10:19 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On 06 Jun 2010 22:20:52 GMT, sandi wrote:
>
>> > wrote in
>> :
>>
>>> Hormel has an unadulterated pork, too, if your grocer wished
>>> to carry it.
>>>
>>> HEB here in Texas has finally started to advertise the fact
>>> that they don't carry injected meats (except in the case of
>>> obviously marinated stuff).
>>>
>>> I hope this isn't a pre-cursor to them doing so. It wouldn't
>>> be the first time companies have pulled this (Like V8 Splash -
>>> used to be 100% juice and they advertised it heavily - then a
>>> month later it was 10-30% juice).
>>
>> Thank you. This is Great to know!!
>
> I'm not sure which part is 'great to know', but HEB has always
> carried unadulterated pork (and beef). It's just that they're now
> advertising it that worries me.
>
> -sw

Remember wally and friends have lots of folks trained to think they are
wonderful. You can obviously make a lot more money selling adulterated
pork than normal pork and if you have your customers trained they don't
seem to care...

I don't know anything about HEB but they seem very similar in size to a
regional chain here. The chain is family owned, doesn't sell adulterated
meats and you will spend less than the megamart but they don't have the
marketing warchest of the mega places to point it out so they need to
target their advertising.

The regional chain here did similar marketing last year. There were lots
of billboards and similar advertising pointing out they don't sell
adulterated meat like the megaplaces. So far they are still honest.