U.K. Grocery Chain Apologizes for Insensitive 'Good Friday' Newspaper Ad

A poor choice of words

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In the annals of questionable newspaper advertisements, it’s not the most offensive bit of copywriting committed to print. Still, this particular plug for alcoholic beverages was enough to cause problems for supermarket giant Tesco ahead of today’s religious holiday.

From a report by Christian Today editor Ruth Gledhill:

The ad was picked up by Michael Wakelin, religious literacy expert and former head of religion at the BBC.

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