Posted on 11/12/2010 10:19:21 AM PST by GQuagmire
The manager of Don Otto’s - a recently shuttered food market in the South End - is blaming neighborhood patrons for its untimely demise, cooking up an angry message to fair-weather fans of the Tremont Street eatery.
“Don Otto’s Market wants to say we had few customers that understood customer loyalty and its importance to our business,” a message on its Web site reads, later adding: “If you came in only for baguettes, the occasional piece of cheese, the occasional dinner . . . you can not tell yourself you were a supporter of our market.”
(Excerpt) Read more at bostonherald.com ...
More nuggets..
Among their customers were U.S. Rep. Barney Frank and Mayor Thomas M. Menino, who has stopped by for their locally made lasagna. But in this economy, $28-per-pound steak and $8 cartons of eggs was not a recipe for
“In some parts of the world people are accustomed to spending a higher percentage of their income on food, but in America we suffer from sticker shock because of Wal-Mart and other discount vendors,” reads Don Otto’s online farewell. “The reality is we pay for what we eat. Some are informed enough to know what that statement means. For those that don’t, I am not going to elaborate.”
Wow. just wow.
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I think I may see some of the origins of their customer loyalty problems. This loser was destined to fail.
After reading the first page of comments on the article, I do not believe Don Otto’s will be missed.
$8 for a carton of eggs? They better be gold-plated at that price!
Magnanimous way to treat your clients, I have to say. It’s a wonder they had ANY.
Hey Don Otton - thank the liberal pols in your s*** h*** area for destroying the economy especially Barney.
Hopefully Aldi will come in. They are German Catholics. If you think Wal Mart’s prices are low - “you ain’t see nothin yet.” Wal Mart gave up in Germany because of Aldi.
What an ungrateful jackass.
“Gloom, despair, agony on me
Deep dark depression, excessive misery
If it weren’t for bad luck I’d have no luck at all
Gloom, despair, agony on me”
That’s the way the cookie crumbles.
LOL. These Libs belive their own BS when it comes to thinking people actually will pay $8 for a dozen organic eggs and a fortune for “free range” meat. I guess this one just learned a lesson and isn’t too happy about it.
Bad attitude and sky high prices.
What could possibly go wrong????
Based on what she wrote in the letter, I'd say that she hasn't learned a thing.
They are probably from real chickens.
If you could see where your everyday market eggs, chicken, beef, pork came from, you would probably never eat 'fast food' again.
Visit a large coop Chicken Farm. You'll see.
If the economy keeps tanking, you will be paying a lot more than $8 for a carton of eggs.
IF.... you can get eggs.
Eggs from the organic dude who comes to the little suburban farmers market I go to here in North Atlanta are $6 a dozen.
Oops, sounds like someone has an attitude problem. Of course scamming the customer never came into his mind. Wink Wink
Actually, the ground beef that's destined for McDonald's is probably a higher quality that what is destined for a typical grocery store. Otherwise, I see your point.
....$28-per-pound steak and $8 cartons of eggs....
“In some parts of the world people are accustomed to spending a higher percentage of their income on food, but in America we suffer from sticker shock because of Wal-Mart and other discount vendors,” reads Don Otto’s online farewell. “The reality is we pay for what we eat. Some are informed enough to know what that statement means. For those that don’t, I am not going to elaborate.”
The reality is that I always pay for what I eat. And the reality is that lots of people like to pay $4.99/lb for General Tso's nuggets at the Wal-Mart deli (me too), lots others like to pay $3.50 for a Tombstone Sausage Pizza in the frozen section (me too), and only a shrinking handful of people in the private sector can afford $28-per-pound steak and $8 cartons of eggs in a political economy that punishes achievement with taxes, regulations, fines, and govt seizures.
So if this genius owner knew what "parts of the world people are accustomed to spending a higher percentage of their income on food", why didn't he open his restaurant in those parts?
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