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Ocado advert (pic) - thoughts?

96 replies

Lottle · 13/04/2023 04:16

Just wondered what people thought of this ocado ad?

Ocado advert (pic) - thoughts?
OP posts:
MinnieEgg · 13/04/2023 07:08

It's awful. Surely the LM brand didn't approve that! They would have to be mad if they did.

AnyMucca · 13/04/2023 07:12

Heather Mills should sue for that. Pitching women against women, is that what Ocado stand for?

Cakeandslippers · 13/04/2023 07:21

Took me a second to get it, it's gross I'm not normally one to be easily offended but I do feel like it's becoming more acceptable again for women to reduced to the butt of a joke. Assuming Heather feels the same way, I hope she goes after them.

MinnieEgg · 13/04/2023 07:25

And she's just quietly living her life now isn't she? It's not like she's pushing herself into he spotlight.

MarshaBradyo · 13/04/2023 07:30

Not sure how that got through it’s pretty bad

happystory · 13/04/2023 07:38

So distasteful

MaidOfSteel · 13/04/2023 07:41

Paul & Linda McCartney were one of those great love stories. Apparently, they never spent a night apart until she was hospitalised during her cancer treatment. I'm guessing that nasty ad is referring to Heather Mills as being second best.

Lottle · 13/04/2023 07:50

Thanks for your comments. I also thought it wasn't nice at all but wondered If that was maybe just me.

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Roselilly36 · 13/04/2023 07:56

Yes strange marketing, obviously want to be controversial, didn’t HM mount to huge lawsuit against a national newspaper? I think she won her case. Perhaps Ocado should watch out. I had an Ocado delivery yesterday, I thought it was odd in their mag, (Easter) so a little out of date pg 36 Who needs a clubcard when you have Cheryl in a fig van? Referencing prices matched to Tesco.com.

RampantIvy · 13/04/2023 07:59

Toomanybooks22 · 13/04/2023 06:59

Honestly don't think it's that bad it's referencing celebrity culture and certainly don't understand how it can be compared to the Labour fiasco of that recent advert.

Seriously?
It's nasty. I hope Heather Mills sues them.

ginlovingqueen · 13/04/2023 08:00

@MichelleScarn

Linda died. They never divorced

HandbagsAtDawns · 13/04/2023 08:01

That's vile and really quite nasty, can you imagine how you'd feel seeing this about you
I hope Heather goes after them too,

Toomanybooks22 · 13/04/2023 08:02

@RampantIvy what do you suppose she could sue them under? Surely they have the defence of parody of a situation that was very much in the news (Paul and Heather's divorce) and publicly spoken about

ginlovingqueen · 13/04/2023 08:02

It's awful. Awful

Beatrice McCartney is 20 now

She ought to sue

hexsnidgett · 13/04/2023 08:03

What has Covent Garden soup got to do with it?
Is there a connection to Heather Mills?

ginlovingqueen · 13/04/2023 08:04

Doesn't make sense anyway

carriedout · 13/04/2023 08:06

That's really uncalled for.

PuppyMonkey · 13/04/2023 08:33

It’s really mean spirited and more to the point about 16 years too late to work as a pithy comment about celebrity culture.

Bluevelvetsofa · 13/04/2023 08:36

Very poor taste and not worthy of any supposedly reputable company.

rainbowstardrops · 13/04/2023 08:40

That's totally unnecessary and uncalled for. I imagine someone was trying to be funny but it's not. Idiots.

Zonder · 13/04/2023 08:47

That's really bitchy. It would put me off Ocado.

MichelleScarn · 13/04/2023 08:47

ginlovingqueen · 13/04/2023 08:00

@MichelleScarn

Linda died. They never divorced

I've already apologised for the mistake to the several other posters who corrected me and asked for the post to be removed.

Brefugee · 13/04/2023 08:47

gosh that's really mean. I'd have to contact them about that.

PriamFarrl · 13/04/2023 08:50

Thats really nasty, not funny and not even topical.

RampantIvy · 13/04/2023 08:54

@Toomanybooks22 TBH I'm struggling to understand why you can't see how mean spirited this is.
Bullying dressed up as banter is never OK, and it looks like most of the posters on this thread would disagree with you as well.