News Release on Boar's Head

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/26/2024 03:30PM by BarefootBliss.

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Get ready to take lots of pictures of empty spaces! (For those of you who do them).

@guysmom wrote:

Get ready to take lots of pictures of empty spaces! (For those of you who do them).

Lol!!! I thought they posted some the other day for $10 but now I don't see them. Interesting!

I wonder if any shoppers got sick.

The protocol for these are shopping Friday through Monday.

In my area, the shops are scheduled over the weekends.

The incubation period is 3 - 70 days with most symptoms occurring in a month.....so people may be walking around with the infection and not even know it yet.

I wonder why they rolled out the program when they did.

I hope someone has corrected the other thread that Johnxxx wrote which seemed to indicate the issue was the slicing machines. I heard the report this morning on the news and there was no mention of the slicing machines being the issue. I walked past the Boars head display a few hours ago when I was in Ralphs and they had a totally full case of everything.

Seems to me most shoppers who posted bought products not on the list.

I had several scheduled for Thurs, Fri, and Sat. Completed Thurs shops around lunch, and around dinner time on Thursday I received an email saying the program was put on pause.

Oooh, I hope RQA handles it!

@sestrahelena wrote:

Oooh, I hope RQA handles it!

They are!!!!! Just got an email.

Anybody else heard from the three initials withdrawal people? I've got nada over here.

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If your path dictates you walk through hell, do it as though you own the place. -unknown

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In RI all stop and shop delis are closed. I just saw the post for BH shops in light if this - photo only! (Photo of the BH products/empty spaces).

@drdoggie00 wrote:

Anybody else heard from RQA? I've got nada over here.

No emails here either. Just checked their site. Nothing at all in my area for this. Maybe on Monday.

Just curious who is RQA ? . Is that a msc? Those jobs are with a different company where I live.

Now there are photo shops to show they have removed the product. Unfortunately I have other plans for tomorrow.

Now the shop has changed from checking for clean less and purchasing meat to no purchase with making sure items should be removed

I passed on the recall jobs because tracking down a manager in a supermarket can be time consuming. I did take a few for the other msc that seemed easier, i hope. Unfortunately i already have other stuff booked for the weekend so had to limit what i can take.

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/27/2024 06:04AM by Datagirl.

@guysmom wrote:

No emails here either. Just checked their site. Nothing at all in my area for this. Maybe on Monday.

Same here. Nothing in my area, yet.

Have synthesizers, will travel...

@Datagirl wrote:

I passed on the [redacted] jobs because tracking down a manager in a supermarket can be time consuming.

The idea of that certainly doesn't blow my skirt up. I wonder if we'd be purchasing and mailing back (or destroying) product? Buying logs of bologna would be some nice credit card rewards.

But yeah, finding a manager, especially on a weekend... -cringes-

[edited to redact since the client was previously named]

If your path dictates you walk through hell, do it as though you own the place. -unknown

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@sandyf wrote:

Just curious who is [redacted] ? . Is that a msc? Those jobs are with a different company where I live.

sandy, you could lump them in the MSC category, but they're really not. They handle product retrievals and withdrawals when there are issues regarding safety, packaging, etc.

[edited to redact since the client was previously named]

If your path dictates you walk through hell, do it as though you own the place. -unknown

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/27/2024 03:43AM by drdoggie00.

Unrelated, it's been a while since I've done a BH shop. But I received an email from the scheduler on 7/19, stating that one of my shops did not have the required timestamp info. I've copied the email at bottom of my post. Just want to check if anyone else received this email, as well? I feel like it was a mass email to anyone who completed a BH shop, even to those who adhered to the timestamp standards.

PLEASE READ FOR BOAR'S HEAD!

Hi Shoppers!

We thank you for helping us with our Boar's Head project! We have identified that one or more of your shops in the past did not have the required timestamp information that was required in the guidelines. Moving forward, the client will not accept reports without this information so I wanted to pass along this note to ensure reports are accepted and you are paid!

If you have already corrected the issue, thanks! If not, we link the free app to use in the guidelines and also show how to add the store name, which is not automatically put on by the app.

Reminder that all photos (besides the receipt and meat) must have the address, date, time and store name.

Thank you!

@drdoggie00 wrote:

@sandyf wrote:

Just curious who is [redacted] ? . Is that a msc? Those jobs are with a different company where I live.
sandy, you could lump them in the MSC category, but they're really not. They handle product retrievals and withdrawals when there are issues regarding safety, packaging, etc.
Oh thanks. I knew I had seen those letters somewhere so people were thinking the clean up removal jobs would be done by them. I know some shops are regional so I thought maybe a diff msd might be doing the Boars Head jobs on a diff coast.
There were hundreds of the photo jobs this afternoon in Calif. They just required photos.
[edited to redact since the client was previously named]

Okie, I received the same email. I have no idea if there was an issue with my photos or not - I get the feeling it was just a mass email. I've always used Timestamp Camera, and I've added the store name ever since they updated the guidelines to include that requirement.

Just a head's up for anyone doing the removal check photo shops tomorrow: they can be done anytime the store is open rather than the usual 11am-7pm.

If your path dictates you walk through hell, do it as though you own the place. -unknown

@sandyf wrote:

Just curious who is RQA ? . Is that a msc? Those jobs are with a different company where I live.

RQA is a company that sends shoppers out to stores to check on and remove expired, recalled, damaged products. The shopper either has to destroy it (and show photos of the destroyed stuff), or they have to ship it to a designated location. Sometimes they do other work, but that's mostly what I'm familiar with.

I also got the timestamp email but all of mine have been fine.

I don't see any requirement to speak to a Publix manager. Am I missing something?

Listeria is some serious business - and verifying removal is being handled by shoppers earning $10 a pop? You would think Boars Head would work directly through the supply chain....curse words left out. Imagine if they get sued by someone who gets seriously ill...their lawyers will have a field day with this one.
In terms of removal - it's one thing to box up packages of snack chips - quite another to deal with highly perishable meat products.
Oh well,....

@Maryanne J wrote:

I don't see any requirement to speak to a Publix manager. Am I missing something?

Only with the recall company, requires signature ans escort to backstock.. The ones that are paying 10 are pics only.

@BarefootBliss wrote:

Listeria is some serious business - and verifying removal is being handled by shoppers earning $10 a pop? You would think Boars Head would work directly through the supply chain....curse words left out. Imagine if they get sued by someone who gets seriously ill...their lawyers will have a field day with this one.
In terms of removal - it's one thing to box up packages of snack chips - quite another to deal with highly perishable meat products.
Oh well,....

For the recall, there was no purchase required or shipping, it was just making sure the stores did their part.

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