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It's a little misleading to call them "Waitrose eggs". This brand is for sale in Tesco and Morrison's as well, for starters. Someone else did the same stunt o

by JdeBP 6y ago

It's a little misleading to call them "Waitrose eggs". This brand is for sale in Tesco and Morrison's as well, for starters. Someone else did the same stunt of incubating and hatching this brand of duck egg bought from Sainsbury in July of this year. * http://diazhub.com/australia/animal-lover-takes-home-2-60-box-of-eggs-from-sainsburys-and-hatches-two-ducks-in-the-kitchen/ http://diazhub.com/australia/animal-lover-takes-home-2-60-bo... And there was a teenage boy from Sutton Coldfield who did the same stunt back in February 2019. * https://metro.co.uk/2019/02/19/teenage-boy-hatches-duck-egg-bought-waitrose-8669641/amp/ https://metro.co.uk/2019/02/19/teenage-boy-hatches-duck-egg-...

gadders 6y ago
People have done similar with quail eggs as well.
tantalor 6y ago
Not really a "stunt"... it's easy.
gweinberg 6y ago
Yeah, I clicked largely because I was wondering what Waitrose eggs were. I thought maybe she'd end up with cockatrices or something.
mauvehaus 6y ago
If you find that headline misleading, know that if this had happened in the USA, it could have read “Woman hatches ducks from Giant Eagle eggs”
- JdeBP 6y ago
  If you are in the USA you are possibly missing some of the subtle context here. Waitrose has been a hot topic in the news this summer in the U.K., as it has just finished a divorce from its erstwhile on-line delivery company Ocado. This has resulted in a lot of "Waitrose" news. It has also resulted in things such as quite close to attack advertisements running on Classic FM, reported to me by a relative, both a shock to hear on the rather tame Classic FM and quite close to the boundaries of the Advertising Standards Authority broadcast code of practice. * https://bbc.co.uk/news/business-53971834 https://bbc.co.uk/news/business-53971834 * https://marketingweek.com/waitrose-marketing-campaign-ocado/ https://marketingweek.com/waitrose-marketing-campaign-ocado/ * https://asa.org.uk/type/broadcast/code_section/03.html https://asa.org.uk/type/broadcast/code_section/03.html This was another not really "Waitrose" story. The brand here, common to all of the stories, is Clarence Court, and it is sold in multiple supermarkets. Notice that the story about Francesca Anker from Kenilworth didn't bother quoting the supermarket at all, unlike the BBC, and quoted M. Anker (who had something to say on the subject of keeping drakes around in a free-range farm, that would have informed commentary in this very discussion) and "a Clarence Court spokesman". The Daily Mail did a better job of reporting this than the BBC. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources#Daily_Mail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Per... Yes, that Daily Mail.

by JdeBP 6y ago

gadders 6y ago

People have done similar with quail eggs as well.

tantalor 6y ago

Not really a "stunt"... it's easy.

gweinberg 6y ago

Yeah, I clicked largely because I was wondering what Waitrose eggs were. I thought maybe she'd end up with cockatrices or something.

mauvehaus 6y ago

If you find that headline misleading, know that if this had happened in the USA, it could have read “Woman hatches ducks from Giant Eagle eggs”

JdeBP 6y ago
If you are in the USA you are possibly missing some of the subtle context here. Waitrose has been a hot topic in the news this summer in the U.K., as it has just finished a divorce from its erstwhile on-line delivery company Ocado. This has resulted in a lot of "Waitrose" news. It has also resulted in things such as quite close to attack advertisements running on Classic FM, reported to me by a relative, both a shock to hear on the rather tame Classic FM and quite close to the boundaries of the Advertising Standards Authority broadcast code of practice. * https://bbc.co.uk/news/business-53971834 https://bbc.co.uk/news/business-53971834 * https://marketingweek.com/waitrose-marketing-campaign-ocado/ https://marketingweek.com/waitrose-marketing-campaign-ocado/ * https://asa.org.uk/type/broadcast/code_section/03.html https://asa.org.uk/type/broadcast/code_section/03.html This was another not really "Waitrose" story. The brand here, common to all of the stories, is Clarence Court, and it is sold in multiple supermarkets. Notice that the story about Francesca Anker from Kenilworth didn't bother quoting the supermarket at all, unlike the BBC, and quoted M. Anker (who had something to say on the subject of keeping drakes around in a free-range farm, that would have informed commentary in this very discussion) and "a Clarence Court spokesman". The Daily Mail did a better job of reporting this than the BBC. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources#Daily_Mail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Per... Yes, that Daily Mail.