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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> " I ask you to envision a world where your every move is known, where you must fill out an application and beg the powers that be to grant you an official document to buy affordable food. This is the world we will get if we don't do something now. " From: Katherine Albrecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 10:45:51 -0500 Subject: Albertson's has started a card program: Emergency! Dear CASPIAN members and supporters: I am unhappy to report that Albertson's has introduced a loyalty card in its Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas region. This is the worst news we have had in the two years since CASPIAN was formed. If Albertson's falls the game is over. And we will have lost. Albertson's, the nation's second-largest grocery chain, has built up a loyal following among pro-privacy shoppers over the years with its "No Card Needed" promotional strategy. It has played a critical role in this country for millions of shoppers both practically and ideologically. If Albertson's goes forward with its card program nationally it will mean that 86% of stores owned by major chains in the United States will require registration and monitoring. This cannot be allowed to happen. CASPIAN is mounting an immediate response in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and is mobilizing volunteers from around the country. For our response to be effective, it must be immediate and focused. We need every able-bodied CASPIAN member to take on a role in these activities in the next two weeks. I will be sending out a list of activities later today and would ask each of you to look it over carefully and thoughtfully. In deciding whether you want to participate, I ask you to envision a world where your every move is known, where you must fill out an application and beg the powers that be to grant you an official document to buy affordable food. This is the world we will get if we don't do something now. There are hundreds of active CASPIAN members across the country and many millions more who are on our side. If we each do our part we can beat this thing Albertson's thing back into the cave where it belongs. In freedom, Katherine Albrecht CASPIAN - Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering http://www.nocards.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Albertson's owns stores in 36 states and had sales of over $37 billion last year. The top ten grocery chains now stack up as follows: 1. Kroger (card)..............3127 stores 2. Albertson's (???).........2514 stores 3. Safeway (card)...........1689 stores 4. Ahold (card)................1229 stores 5. Costco (card)................335 stores 6. WalMart (no card).........953 stores 7. Publix (no card).............645 stores 8. Winn Dixie (no card)....1069 stores 9. Delhaize (card)............1486 stores 10. A&P (card)..................813 stores ___________________________________ TOTAL STORES....................13,860 Albertson's represents nearly 20% of the total - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Here is the Albertson's Press release as it appeared on Thursday, November 7th 2001 source: http://www1.albertsons.com/corporate/default_news.asp?Action=Continue &ContentId=1070 Supermarket Leader Strengthens Its Marketing Arsenal 11/07/2001 BOISE, Idaho - Albertson's, Inc., (NYSE: ABS) announced the immediate implementation of the Dallas/Ft. Worth area Preferred Savings Card. The customer savings program will enhance the Company's leading market share position, stimulate market price sensitivity, build loyalty with existing customers and attract new customers. "This new loyalty program represents a tremendous investment into the Dallas/Ft. Worth area," said Wayne Denningham, Albertson's Dallas/Ft. Worth division president. "We are committed to maintaining our current leading market share position and providing our customers with the savings, services and products they desire. This card gives us a distinct competitive advantage." Current Dallas/Ft. Worth consumer research revealed two out of three Albertson's primary shoppers would spend more on groceries if a savings card were available. Additionally, more than sixty percent of top competitors' primary shoppers who do not currently shop at Albertson's said they would if the Company offered a savings card. The Albertson's card was developed as a proprietary marketing tool for the Dallas/Ft. Worth division and incorporates the best practices of successful loyalty cards from other Albertson's locations in the U.S. "We refused to introduce a loyalty card until we were confident we had a product that delivered bona fide benefits to our customers and provided Albertson's with a vehicle capable of enhancing market share in a highly competitive trade area," Denningham said. "Our new card offers more than just cost saving advantages found in other loyalty card programs. Dallas/Ft. Worth customers soon will see the difference." During the card's introduction, cardholders who reach a certain purchase level will receive a free Village Market frozen turkey and will automatically be entered in a contest to win $100,000 toward the purchase of a new home by Choice Homes, Inc., Dallas/Ft. Worth's leading homebuilder. The many ongoing customer benefits offered by the card include up to 30- percent discounts at Day's Inns, Travel Lodge, Howard Johnson's, Ramada, Knight's Inn, Wingate, Villager and Amerihost hotels, and up to 10- percent discounts for Avis car rentals. The Company is evaluating additional discount partners and expects to add more to the program soon. Applications for the free card were mailed to thousands of customers and are available this week at all Dallas/Ft. Worth Albertson's stores. Albertson's is one of the world's largest food and drug retailers, with annual revenues of approximately $37 billion. Based in Boise, Idaho, the Company employs more than 235,000 associates and operates more than 2,500 retail stores in 36 states across the United States, under banners including Albertson's, Jewel-Osco, Acme, Sav-on Drugs, Osco Drug, Max Foods, Super Saver, and Seessel's by Albertson's. =================================================================== CASPIAN - Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering An information clearinghouse and resource for community and national action http://www.nocards.org To subscribe or unsubscribe to this newsletter, send a message to <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! 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