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Shoppers slam supermarkets after Easter Eggs go on sale in stores across the UK - just days after Christmas By EDD DRACOTT Published: 00:54 GMT, 30 December 2024 | Updated: 01:28 GMT, 30 December 2024 e-mail View comments Christmas is only just over and the bells on New Year haven’t even tolled yet. Yet supermarkets are already stocking up for Easter - to the bemusement of shoppers. With Easter Sunday falling on April 20 next year, customers shared their confusion on social media after finding chocolate eggs and hot cross buns already for sale in shops including Morrisons , Co-op, Tesco and Asda . They’ve also been put out on the shelves in the Co-op in Beith, Ayrshire and in Morrisons in Witham, Essex One user, @Jingle1991, shared an image of Malteser Bunnies in Sainsbury’s on Christmas Eve and pointed out: ‘Jesus hasn’t even been born yet. Meanwhile, Gary Evans from Margate shared a shot of Creme Eggs on display in Morrisons in Margate on Boxing Day. ‘I just think its crazy that everything is so superficial and meaninglessly commercial... (there’s) something quite frantic about it,’ the 66-year-old said. Joseph Robinson found Easter confectionery including Cadbury Mini Eggs, and themed Kit-Kat and Kinder Surprise products at his local Morrisons in Stoke-on-Trent on Friday evening. Easter eggs on sale at a Morrisons supermarket in Witham, Essex. Stores are already readying for Easter, before the bell has tolled for the New Year Boxes of Malteser eggs stocked up ready for Easter 2025 in Morrisons in Witham, Essex Cadbury Mini Eggs Easter eggs already on sale in Witham. One user described the frenzy as 'meaninglessly commercial' Easter chocolates on sale on Boxing Day in Morrisons, Stoke-on-Trent ‘It’s funny as they’ve not even managed to shift the Christmas chocolates off the shelves yet and they’re already stocking for Easter,’ the 35-year-old admin support said. ‘I wish that Supermarkets weren’t so blatantly consumerist-driven and would actually allow customers and staff a time to decompress during the Christmas period.’ Asked if he was tempted to make a purchase, Mr Robinson added: ‘As a vegan it holds no appeal to me.’ Mike Chalmers, a devout Christian from Chippenham, Wiltshire, was slightly less critical after spotting a display titled Celebrate This Easter With Cadbury. ‘Christmas and Easter are the two centre-points of the Christian good news story so it’s no bad thing to see the connections,’ the 44-year-old said. ‘It’s about more than shapes of chocolate though.’ Marketing consultant Andrew Wallis admitted he was surprised to see Easter eggs in the Co-op in Kilgetty, Pembrokeshire, but added it also illustrates ‘forward-thinking’ from big businesses. Some consumers wish stores would give people time to 'decompress' after Christmas before starting on the next batch of seasonal merchandise Others suggested that the early anticipation of Easter sales was not offensive religiously given the connection between the spring festival and Christmas Lindt and Cadbury Easter bunnies on sale at a Morrisons store in Margate Read More Outrage as Tesco and Co-op start stacking the shelves with EASTER EGGS on Boxing Day ‘It made me reflect on how big brands are always thinking ahead and planning early,’ said the 54-year-old from the Isle of Man, who provides marketing advice to the fitness industry. ‘My message to retailers would be: while planning ahead is important, it’s also essential to be mindful of consumer sentiment. ‘Some might feel it’s too early for seasonal products like this but others might see it as a sign of forward-thinking. ‘Striking the right balance is key to keeping customers happy.' Tesco Morrisons ASDA Cadbury Chinese New Year Share or comment on this article: Shoppers slam supermarkets after Easter Eggs go on sale in stores across the UK - just days after Christmas e-mail Add comment
Smith's career-high 205 yards rushing carries San Diego past Morehead State 37-14Last month, Virginia Commonwealth University introduced a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence. But the computer program doesn’t teach classes or help professors shape their lectures. Instead, the initiative is designed to raise money from donors. The university named her Ramona as an homage to the school’s Ram mascot. With a face and a voice, she can invite alumni to events and explain how a donation would impact VCU. And she’s doing a heck of a job. Ramona contacted 1,000 VCU alumni last month and received a better-than-usual response rate. One graduate even discussed making a large gift to VCU. Her introduction was so impressive, members of the university’s governing Board of Visitors joked that robots really are taking over the world. Ramona was built by a Boston-based company called Givzey, which builds products to help nonprofit groups raise money. In September, it launched a product called a virtual engagement officer that can send texts and emails, answer questions, and invite donors to homecoming. If the chatbot learns the donor is specifically interested in the School of the Arts, it can suggest specific ways to donate and explain how the gift would impact the university. Ramona is a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence which solicits donations from Virginia Commonwealth University alumni. The name Ramona is an homage to the school’s Ram mascot. It has also shown the ability to improvise. At the College of Charleston, a graduate asked the chatbot to write a poem convincing him to attend homecoming. In 17 seconds, the AI responded with a decent eight-line, rhyming verse about reviving dreams on campus. VCU and 12 other colleges bought in. Among them is the College of William & Mary, whose bot is named Wren. The software was built in house by Givzey, using four machine learning programs known as neural net algorithms. AI hardware giant Santa Clara, California-based Nvidia provided the computer chips on which the software is built. The chatbot makes it very clear the donor is receiving a message from a computer program and not a human. The last thing universities want is to lose the trust of their alumni, said Adam Martel, Givzey’s founder and CEO. Donors don’t seem to mind that they’re hearing from a computer. Since October, the 13 chatbots have raised more than $200,000, Givzey said, including a single donation of $10,000 at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania. VCU, which paid $15,000 to use the program, gave Ramona a very specific assignment. The university had lost touch with about 40,000 alumni — from 2000 to 2009, the school had stopped reaching out to graduates. So VCU instructed Ramona to begin rebuilding those relationships. In late November, Ramona sent text messages to 1,000 alumni. Ninety-seven asked for a follow-up message from a human fundraiser, and just six asked not to be contacted again. One of the 97 has discussed a gift that could be worth more than $100,000. That response is better than what VCU would expect from a typical mass email, said Jay Davenport, VCU’s vice president for fundraising. Ramona even delivered a few surprises. Without being directed, she used the word “unbound,” which may have been a reference to the university’s “Uncommon” marketing campaign that describes the university using words that start with “Un.” “We’re very, very pleased with the initial test and the response,” Davenport said. “We think this will be an incredible opportunity for VCU and a great way to interact with people who we did not have any interaction with.” VCU has increased its ability to collect donations in recent years. In the 2023 fiscal year, it drew a record $271 million from donors. VCU’s endowment, managed by the VCU Investment Management Company, was worth $2.2 billion in September. To give their chatbots a face and voice, Givzey gave colleges about 40 avatars to choose from, with each avatar based on a real-life actor. Having chosen a female of mixed race, VCU wanted a face that would be the broadest representation of the university, Davenport said. St. John Fisher University chose the same face and named her Quinn. Eventually, Martel envisions colleges using many avatars and allowing the donor to choose the face and voice speaking. Not every donor wants to speak to an AI chatbot. But some colleges have 250,000 living alumni, and if just a slice of them are willing to converse with AI, that’s enough to make the endeavor worthwhile, Martel said. VCU found that graduates from engineering, business and science departments were more comfortable engaging with Ramona. Martel’s biggest concern is that the virtual engagement officer will produce misinformation and convince the donor of something that isn’t true. But that hasn’t happened yet, and even minor errors, such as a misspelled name or an incorrect data point, have been rare. The chatbots have made only 10 minor mistakes, Martel said. The biggest fear surrounding artificial intelligence is that it will take people’s jobs. But Martel said he doesn’t think his product will do that, because nonprofit organizations do not have enough human fundraisers to develop relationships with all their donors. “There just aren’t enough frontline fundraisers out there,” Martel said. VCU employs 60 fundraisers, known as gift officers, more than any other nonprofit in the area, Davenport said. But those employees can develop relationships with only a fraction of VCU’s living alumni. It’s Ramona’s job to fill in the gaps. Earlier this month, VCU introduced the bot to the school’s board of visitors. Reflecting the uneasiness surrounding AI, one board member joked, “Please donate before I terminate you.” Artificial intelligence has swept through VCU. The university has deployed 36 different tools using AI, including a Zoom application that transcribes the conversation at meetings and a Chat GPT bot that answers questions about VCU’s IT policies. Sotiropoulos The school developed a lengthy set of rules and guidelines for how professors and students should use AI, and the university is incorporating it into the entire curriculum. “We want to empower our students to be successful in this new world but also advance research in that space as well,” VCU Provost Fotis Sotiropoulos told the Board of Visitors in the fall. “Every student needs to understand algorithms in AI.” This year, VCU introduced a minor in practical AI, and about 3,000 students are enrolled in classes studying the technology. The most popular class is Philosophy 202, or “Ethics of Artificial Intelligence.” “We’re just beginning to scratch the surface,” Sotiropoulos said. Eric Kolenich (804) 649-6109 ekolenich@timesdispatch.com Get local news delivered to your inbox!
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