by David Bodamer March 2nd, 2007
The Boston Store at the Southridge Mall in Glendale, Wisc. learned the hard way that maybe running a weekly bingo game inside its store wasn’t such a good idea.
The cafeteria had been offering early bird specials in which diners, nearly all senior citizens, got seven bingo cards on Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays along with their food. Those who were the first to cover a row with chips got a prize wrapped in white tissue such as a tea towel set, some costume jewelry or a set of candles.
But, after the games were brought to the attention of the state Department of Administration’s gaming division, Rob Dams, police chief in this Milwaukee suburb, said he called the store’s head of security Friday and told him the games had to stop.
Dams noted that churches, as nonprofit organizations, can run bingo games in Wisconsin if they get a license and follow the rules but Boston Store would never be eligible for a license.
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by David Bodamer March 1st, 2007
Supermarket News reports that Wal-Mart is contemplating a new small-scale format to compete with the rising Tesco Fresh & Easy chain.
Wal-Mart Stores here may be contemplating a small-store format to challenge Tesco’s Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market following the installation of David Wild as the executive in charge of evaluating business opportunities, according to European trade reports. Wild, who will be based here, is a former international managing director of Tesco and a former senior executive at Metro AG, the chain that Wal-Mart sold its German stores to last year. Wal-Mart confirmed to SN yesterday that Wild has relocated to the U.S. to evaluate business opportunities for the company — a role the European sources said could involve developing a new format to challenge Tesco’s entry.
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by David Bodamer March 1st, 2007
Apparently, an ad agency in India as a public service announcement thought it would be a good idea to put fake explosives in clear plastic bags and take pictures of people reacting to it.
Given the reaction to the
failed Aqua Teen Hunger Force PR stunt in Boston, I wonder what the reaction to this sort of campaign would have been here?
Thanks to an alert Traffic Court reader for pointing this out!
(Originally spotted at advertising for peanuts.)
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