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Steers says sorry

By Gillian Abrahams · AdVantage archive
From the AdVantage archive. This report was published on this domain when AdVantage covered the South African media, marketing and advertising industry as a monthly title. It is kept online for reference and has not been updated; people, prices and companies named in it have moved on.
Steers says sorry
Woolworths Johannesburg. Photo: Jeff Attaway · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Steers would like to say to all South African burger lovers, that we’re sorry. On Wednesday 13 June we got whacked real good. We got whacked in our stores. We got whacked on Facebook. We even got tweet-whacked. We couldn’t have anticipated such an overwhelming response and as so many of you pointed out, we should know better than most how much South Africans love Steers.

Steers appreciates your support and will continue bringing you real awesome burgers.

Filed under: rib burgers · steers · steers burgers · whacky wednesday

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