chuckusaret
member
e mail sent to Kroger's at 12:58pm 3/6/09 on boycott of all Kroger stores.
i am so fed up with anti-gun people trying to SHOVE their veiws down my throat i could just PUKE!
"Please be assured Kroger supports and encourages diversity and alternative viewpoints among both our employees and our customers. I am sorry that you feel that our support of the recent Dallas gun buyback program does not reflect this".
I would hope that anyone emailing Kroger Corporate uses better grammar, punctuation, and spelling than evidenced so far.
CUSTOMER COMMENTS:
Did Kroger donate the $50 gift cards used in today's Dallas gun buy back featured in this article? http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/02/have-gun-will-receive-gift-car.html
If so, as a longtime Kroger customer I disapprove of Kroger sponsoring such activities that are nothing more than publicity stunts and do nothing to reduce crime. Gun buy backs are a tactic by people who blame objects for people's behavior.
Please let me know if Kroger donated or otherwise sponsored the Dallas gun buy back.
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I received the following email after Ms. Diggs called me on my cell phone and we talked for about 15 minutes.
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Dear Mr. XXXX:
Thank you for contacting the Kroger company. The Kroger company is not a sponsor of this event, nor did we donate the cards that are being given out. The city of Dallas has simply purchased the gift cards from our company to give out to people turning in the hand guns.
Please forward to me at this address the email that your fellow forum member received so that I can share it with upper management. Again, we appreciate you contacting us about this issue.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Diggs
Consumer Affairs
Reference: 6416277
Reply
Mr. XXXX:
Thank you so much for forwarding that to me. I have talked with my supervisors and they are already aware of the email that Ms. Hibbard sent out. The information she included in her email to Mr. YYYY was from a gun buyback website and is not the official stance of the Kroger company, nor the personal opinion of Ms. Hibbard. Her response to Mr. Stoner's email was in error. If you would like to speak to her supervisor, you can call us at 800-KROGERS and ask for Melissa.
Again, thanks so much for your help on this issue. I am glad that you had emailed us so that we could provide you with the correct information.
Jennifer Diggs
Consumer Affairs
Dear Mr. XXXXXXXX:
I forgot to mention our customer service number in my previous email. Could you let your members know they can contact us at 800-KROGERS and verify that we did not sponsor this event? I greatly appreciate your assistance!
Why go to the trouble of buying the kroger gift cards instead of giving the ignorant fools the $50? Kroger IS involved, plain and simple, or else the sheeple who participate would not be DIRECTED TO KROGER. Free country you spend the money wherever you please, wouldn't be DIRECTED TO KROGER.