A strange e-mail from Pasta Evangelists offering a job lot of meat half price, well almost half price, £32 for what was claimed to be £60-60 worth of meat.
It was like a spiv during rationing in WWII offering me a job lot of meat. Or maybe down at the docks, laundered horse meat burgers.
But why was a company selling fresh pasta offering a job lot of meat?
- 8 Jumbo Pork Sausages
- 6 Butcher’s Pork Sausages
- 6 Chipotle & Cheese Sausages
- 4 Classic Seasoned Steak Burgers
- 6 Lamb Koftas
- 4 Extra Trimmed Rump Medallions
- 2 Aberdeen Angus Burgers
- 2 Fillet Steak Burgers
- 2 Pork Loin Steaks
And what was I to do with all this meat?
I let Pasta Evangelists know I was not interested. I buy quality meat from local family butchers.
I would rather buy from my local family butcher, which will be better quality.
Their reply bizarre. Gibberish, does not address what I have raised, followed by unsubscribing me from their newsletter. It was news to me that I had subscribed.
Thank you for this valuable feedback.
I have looped in our Head Chef who will most certainly take your feedback on board and discuss with the CEO if changes need to be made. As a small business, your feedback is really important to us.
We often trial new dishes as we feel it is important for us to showcase the wealth and variety of Italy’s pasta heritage, as well as allowing our customers to taste lots of different dishes. Whilst this is something we’re proud of, we do understand that these don’t always match all of our customers’ tastes and preferences.
This will be taken seriously as an opportunity of improvement for us. We look forward serving you better and making 5-star meals in the future.
I have forwarded your email to our tech team and they will arrange the removal of your account.
I have removed you from our newsletter so you should not receive any more emails from us.
A few days later, another e-mail, invited to attend a butchery course. Stranger still, butchery and pasta making
My curiosity piqued, I clicked on the link to find it is not Pasta Evangelists offering the meat, I am directed to a catering supply butcher, Donald Russell, award winning butcher.
When you see ‘award winning’, always ask what award? The entirely worthless Great Taste Award, which pay for.
Donald Russell owned by food conglomerate Vestey .
Why is Pasta Evangelists pimping for a catering supply butcher, Big Business?
Do they also own Pasta Evangelists cf Mindful Chef owned by Nestle?
Pasta Evangelists claim to be a small business. They are not. They are a typical start up, hype, Vulture Capitalists, hype, then sell to Big Business.
Pasta Evangelists were sold in 2021 to Barilla for a reported £40 million.
I then asked local butchers to give me a ball park figure for this job lot. The first £36 the second £40.
What I do not know, shipping costs if any.
Cross selling is one way businesses are now abusing customer data for profit.