I bought 2 shares this morning in order to sell them later, this is my email.
Dear Mr Steiner,
I am not a big user of Ocado, I have a few shares and I buy once a year for Australia Day as Ocado is one of the few companies that stock Australian goods.
You may be aware that a poster in Liverpool was put up for two weeks simply giving the dictionary definition of 'woman'. This is in response to a small but vocal group of males claiming to 'self ID' as women and accessing spaces that until recently were safe spaces ie girl guides, women's toilets and women's refuges.
Thew people define themselves as 'women' but retain their male genitalia and hormones, the only changes made are the wearing of clothing marketed at women. These transgender 'women' are not to be confused wit transsexual women, transsexual women undergo hormone treatment and surgery, they also live permanently as women not just some of the time.
You may have heard of Karen White, a male rapist who started to wear women's clothes in order to be transferred to a women's prison where he raped another three women.
David Challanor has advised on transgender policies for several organisations and is currently serving 20+ years for the torture and rape of a 10 year old little girl.
When challanor was sentenced another trans rights activist disclosed the victim's name on twitter.
Ian Huntley who murdered two little girls has also self identified as a woman.
You can probably see why I, and other women women, do not want to be associated with these people (the examples above are typical of TRAs, they are obsessed with being allowed to enter women's spaces and break down safeguarding of children.)
In response tot his attack o women, and it is an attack, there have been assaults on women, bomb threats and intimidation both on and off line.
So a small group of women paid for a poster to be displayed giving just a simple dictionary definition.
One MAN complained. A man who hates women and the poster was removed, that's right someone wants to erase women and has enabled a poster company to erase a poster defining, 'woman'
Your company does business with the poster company, and your twitter account has supported the man, claiming that women, publishing the dictionary definition of 'woman' is somehow 'hate speech'.
I'd estimate over 80% of your customers are women. Women according to the dictionary definition.
We are not going to shop with a company that does not support us.
I have not decided what to do with my shares, selling them seems like making my hands dirty, and maybe I can do more by attending shareholder's meetings.
I am not the only women choosing to boycott you.
It's sad that you automatically take the side of a man against your customers and the only reason you may take notice of women is when your profits drop.
And also, what a spectacular own goal? Your twitter account could have supported women and won you much much more custom.
I hope you enjoy your role as CEO as much as Gerald Ratner did.
Yours sincerely