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[BF] Free Burrito for All RFS Volunteers and Emergency Workers, and Their Families at Guzman Y Gomez 18-19 January 2020

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[BF] Free Burrito for All RFS Volunteers and Emergency Workers, and Their Families at Guzman Y Gomez 18-19 January 2020
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Sydneyswans on 06/01/2020 - 00:14 facebook.com (871 clicks)
Last edited 09/01/2020 - 23:46 by 1 other user

Taken from the Facebook page.

Not all heroes wear capes. Our RFS and emergency workers in Australia are our heroes. Like everyone we have been devastated watching the bushfires destroy so many of our beautiful communities in Australia. GYG would like to invite all RFS volunteers and emergency workers, and their families to any GYG nationally on 18-19 January to have a burrito on us. Simply come in uniform or show your ID and your family is our family for the day. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you. The world all over are watching you and are in awe of you all. We hope and pray the bushfires have calmed down a little by then. 💛💛💛#thankyou #australianfires #vicrfs #sarfs #nswfires #rfs

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  • Nand0sx on 06/01/2020 - 00:45

    Shame it doesn't seem to include Ambulance, could already taste that free ritto

    • heal on 06/01/2020 - 01:25
      +9

      GYG replied to a question on their Facebook page and confirmed it does include paramedics.

      • Munki on 09/01/2020 - 17:15
        +2

        When an opinion is this unpopular, you really do have to question yourself.

  • [Deactivated] on 06/01/2020 - 00:49
    +144

    This is just a shameless marketing ploy riding on the current tragedy. Seriously, majority of RFS volunteers and their family are the victims of bush fire themselves, they are evacuating and by 18-19 January hopefully the fires is dying down they will be busy getting back home, and gyg expect them to come to to their store on that specific date to pick up their free buritto? That’s insulting. There are many ways for company to get involved, marketing during tragedy is cheap move. Guess who shamelessly running political ads right now?

    • Ryanek on 06/01/2020 - 01:17
      +7

      The other option is they do nothing. Would that be preferable?

      • watwatwat on 06/01/2020 - 01:19
        +24

        Pretty much. They get all the PR for free without giving out much at all.

        • capslock janitor on 06/01/2020 - 08:54
          -2

          stupid ass dates

        • SelfMade on 06/01/2020 - 12:18
          +3

          They are giving something away for free and still people find reasons to complain…Have you donated hundreds of items of food? Isn't it ok that they get PR out of it? Or should they do a highly targeting marketing campaign to those affected that in and of it self would take many hours and dollars to set up just so those high and mightly people of the world don't call it a pure PR campaign? Get a grip and find something else to complain about…

          • dm01 on 06/01/2020 - 18:19
            -1

            @SelfMade: It's disingenuous - an empty gesture that very few of those they're supposedly supporting will be able to access that's seemingly more about gaining exposure than actually doing anything.

      • xmail on 06/01/2020 - 07:54
        +10

        They could donate the amount they expect this campaign to cost them. A large company donating about $150 would be quite pathetic.

      • namvan on 06/01/2020 - 10:13
        +12

        As above - it's just free marketing. Exploiting a horrific situation for free publicity? They should be helping now. What do they expect, the volunteers and those who are affected just to stop what they are doing to go to their local GYG for food?

        If they really wanted to help, I'm sure they could find a way to get a van to delivery burritos to those assisting in the heart of the terror. Or give them a coupon which they can redeem at a time where they are not helping others.

      • Laziofogna on 06/01/2020 - 12:15

        The other better option would be ‘do more’. Who cares about a stupid burrito?

        • illumination on 06/01/2020 - 15:35
          +1

          Why are they obliged to do more though? They can choose to do nothing and it just doesn't feel right that them doing nothing would result in less criticism than them doing this.

          I totally get how it feels like a cheap marketing ploy (and it probably is), but it's a business making a business decision… As opposed to a business being a charity?

      • bigbadboogieman on 06/01/2020 - 17:37

        The other option is them estimating the cost of this promo and donating it in some form or allowing volunteer employees to get paid days off for volunteering that is equivalent to this cost. I really hate this trend of only doing charity for the camera/media.

        • callum9999 on 09/01/2020 - 16:22

          An enormous proportion of charity is done for the camera/media - the vast majority of people are inherently somewhat selfish.

          I don't think the millions of people in need who benefit from that really care too much about whether you hate it or not…

          • bigbadboogieman on 09/01/2020 - 20:51

            @callum9999: What millions of people benefiting from a free burritto… yeah good on them.

            • callum9999 on 09/01/2020 - 20:56

              @bigbadboogieman: Did I say that?

              • bigbadboogieman on 09/01/2020 - 20:59

                @callum9999: Post title: Free Burrito for All RFS Volunteers and Emergency Workers, and Their Families at Guzman Y Gomez 18-19 January 2020

                Your comment:

                I don't think the millions of people in need who benefit from that really care too much about whether you hate it or not…

                • callum9999 on 10/01/2020 - 05:43

                  @bigbadboogieman: "An enormous proportion of charity is done for the camera/media… I don't think the millions of people in need who benefit from that…"

                  Learn to read. Perhaps your anger over people being charitable for the "wrong reasons" is clouding your judgement?.

                  • bigbadboogieman on 10/01/2020 - 08:16

                    @callum9999: May be you anger towards me and causing dramas in your life. I won't ask you to learn to read as you need to learn context.

    • DevilInsane on 06/01/2020 - 02:08
      +33

      Couldn't agree with you more. This is just a marketing ploy. If they really cared there would be a free burrito now. Unfortunately I can't neg this deal

      • choister on 06/01/2020 - 08:16

        Couldn't agree more

        • 6000SUX on 06/01/2020 - 08:19
          +5

          Make a large cash donation if you really care, that free burrito can get shoved where the sun dont shine

          • muncan on 06/01/2020 - 08:24
            +1

            @6000SUX: Bite by bite, that’s where burritos go

        • choister on 06/01/2020 - 14:39

          Why was my negative vote revoked? This is poorly executed marketing ploy by GYG!

    • sep1 on 06/01/2020 - 06:20

      What would you do at a time like this if you were CEO of a national franchise?

      • jason andrade on 06/01/2020 - 06:30
        +38

        FInd a way to use the loyalty program to give them the burrito instead of making it a specific day.

        Organize a portable Guzman Y Gomez portable / mobile food truck (or more) and go INTO the regions to distribute food (once it's safe of course)

        Commit to opening a G&G in a regional area that was affected (e.g. Eden or Nowra or Albury or.. ) where you didn't have one earlier

        Make a donation on behalf of the company (and create a program within your company to collection donations and donate personally into it) for RFS support specifically

        There's a lot of things a CEO could do that would get positive marketing and would be 'real' and meaningful

        • sep1 on 06/01/2020 - 08:42
          +7

          I have sent a link to this comment to their contact email :)

          • FlatulentFrank on 06/01/2020 - 18:35

            @sep1: Do you know how helpful that is? Had a similar email sent to me that I did act upon without notifying the user. You're message will be read and hopefully going to the staffer it needs to.

        • phunkyfeelone on 09/01/2020 - 21:34

          I reckon the mobile\pop-up GYG is the best option if they really want to have a go.
          A limited menu of product to keep process cost down, and get suppliers to donate ingredients to minimise impact.

          And only advertise it locally, all these companies doing the "we'll donate $X if you buy X product" are simply looking for publicity. I would NEVER contribute to such.

          Just donate privately, no need to advertise it for commercial gain.

    • [Deactivated] on 06/01/2020 - 07:57
      +7

      How many of their stores are in the rural areas? How many hours of the day do you need to travel to get to your closest store? Hats off to them for offering, but it is a tax right off and marketing ploy. Better to say for every meal you buy we give 20% to the various charities who need the money.

    • [Deactivated] on 06/01/2020 - 16:13
      +10

      +ve vote from me

      There's obviously a PR angle. AND there is some community goodwill being extended. I get a sense that most of the OzB hate, here, is from people who cannot take advantage of the offer. So….out goes the baby with with bathwater.

      I can see some logic for forward-dating the offer AND the benefit to those who might benefit.

      The company I work for has many staff currently on paid leave to do volunteer fire-fighting. Most of them are still deployed in fire zones OR are now at home recovering and/or taking some extra leave to catch-up with family. These people live in rural/semi-rural towns around Sydney and Melbourne (less than an hour from the CBD) and will probably get a kick from taking their kids out for a feed at GYG's expense when they can relax a little.

      Look at the numbers here…

      • 70,000 NSW RFS volunteers
      • 4,500 NSW ambo staff
      • 20,000 NSW police staff
      • 12,000 NSW Fire and Rescue cardholders
      • 10,000 NSW State Emergency Service

      ….with 47 GYG stores in NSW. If only 20% of these people take up the offer and bring just one person along with them, that's more than 23,000 items they will need to stock-up for and to have sufficient staff on hand to meet demand. The logistics of making that happen via a network of small franchisees shouldn't be under-estimated.

      So is the new norm here on OzBargain to downvote anything with brand/PR upside associated with a deal? Game on.

      • deme on 07/01/2020 - 08:17

        How many stores are near a fire

        • [Deactivated] on 07/01/2020 - 09:08

          Feel free to do this analysis yourself.

          My point was that they have stores where thousands of emergency services staff/volunteers live and work. Not all of these people live in/adjacent to the firegrounds.

          I live and work in inner-city Sydney. My next door neighbour spent more than two weeks doing volunteer RFS work up on the NSW mid-morth coast. He will be able to choose from half a dozen GYG stores withing a 5km radius of home. Same for plenty of my work colleagues who live in/around metro Sydney who have were called-up by SES and RFS over the last six weeks.

    • kiwimex on 06/01/2020 - 17:49

      Sounds more like your salty because your not getting a free burrito. Seriously how did this comment get so many + vote Tightasses

      • FlatulentFrank on 06/01/2020 - 18:37
        +2

        Like any online community, it's a snapshot of the real-world populace!

    • MBix on 06/01/2020 - 02:30
      +9

      How horrific for you that you have to scroll a little further for the little while these offers are posted. Must be doing it real tough!

    • Ulysses31 on 06/01/2020 - 07:23
      +3

      Sorry to hear about your tragedy. My heart goes out to you.
      We need more of these deals to include the true battlers, like yourself.

    • [Deactivated] on 06/01/2020 - 07:36
      +2

      I think you got negged because you turned it into being all about your plight with to much content on a webpage when you actually started out on the right course.

    • Rimzi on 06/01/2020 - 10:42

      My thoughts and prayers are with you, Sage.

  • paulaus on 06/01/2020 - 01:06
    +2

    Thought Dick Smith was making a comeback for a minute there.

  • Lets Go Brandon on 06/01/2020 - 01:08
    +2

    Hopefully they go easy on the rice and be less stingy on the meat. Doubt it though..

    • naedtrax on 06/01/2020 - 01:11

      This is why every time I order from there I say less rice more meat. Otherwise you'll just get a mouthful of (profanity) rice

  • watwatwat on 06/01/2020 - 01:17
    +18

    And bonus offer! Don't forget to post a selfie of you eating your Guzman Y Gomez burrito in front of a house on fire and we put you in the running to win a voucher for a free serving of corn chips with the purchase of any burrito and drink combo. Voucher must be redeemed within 7 days.

  • Sage on 06/01/2020 - 01:37
    -5

    This deal already has more than double the points of the store-specific GYG free burrito deals.
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/510541
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/416216
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/420970
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/474070
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/403975
    Etc.
    Surely it's better when they make these offers available to everyone??
    Not according to this community.

    • askbargain on 06/01/2020 - 02:25
      +6

      bushfire bad

  • DevilInsane on 06/01/2020 - 02:50
    -5

    Why is this post not marked as Targeted? Given that it is actually targeted.

    • SlappersOnly on 06/01/2020 - 03:32

      The OzBargain targeted tag means that you don’t know the conditions. It would be targeted if they said RFS volunteers can get a free burrito but employees were secretly shaking a Yes/No magic 8 ball in the back to determine if they honour the deal.

    • Maz78 on 06/01/2020 - 10:57
      -2

      Queue the pitchforks… He's right though. No one is disputing how horrible the bushfire situation is nationally, but that doesn't change the fact that this is bargain website and this is a targeted deal… No different to people whining about XBL / GWG deals, etc..
      If anything it's a forum / CSA post. If you want to help with the crisis, donate food / money / clothes etc. (Our household has).

  • whooah1979 on 06/01/2020 - 03:15

    Who can say not free 🌮?

    • S7iCkSt3R on 06/01/2020 - 11:48
      +2

      not free 🌮

  • Plyna on 06/01/2020 - 05:02
    +11

    Shameless. Perhaps they could simply donate the funds? No way to up-sell a drink then.

  • perfectlydark on 06/01/2020 - 06:21
    +10

    organising buritto vans to areas in need seems like it would be a better solution

  • pennypincher98 on 06/01/2020 - 06:33
    +1

    I'm in two minds about this.
    It's a nice gesture yes. But why have it only for those two days?

    • whooah1979 on 06/01/2020 - 08:26
      +1

      The salsa goes bad on day three.

    • cnut on 06/01/2020 - 09:42
      +4

      Marketing, is why.

  • Jaduqimon on 06/01/2020 - 06:38
    +4

    Gyg buritos are only worth a starter Sim.

    • Choc83 on 06/01/2020 - 07:22
      +1

      Haha yes. Always free*

      • Transparent on 06/01/2020 - 07:52

        Not even worth the effort to acquire the FREE burrito.

  • Xizor on 06/01/2020 - 07:02
    +6

    I won't neg it and give them benefit of the doubt, but boy oh boy the conditions for a specific date smell like a half baked marketing stunt.

    • jv on 06/01/2020 - 08:03
      +3

      a half baked marketing stunt.

      It is… otherwise they’d just donate money.

      • mun4 on 06/01/2020 - 14:53

        It is… otherwise they’d just donate money.

        Not sure about that. There can be more money in their burritos if the cash donation goes back to food stores. Suppose each burrito costs $5 to make and sells for $10. A $10 cash donation buys you one burrito (or one meal elsewhere) whilst a food donation costing them $10 gives you two burritos.

  • jv on 06/01/2020 - 08:01
    -1

    Do they have to pay full price for drinks?

    • muncan on 06/01/2020 - 08:28

      Not if they connect to their mains

  • pandaaram on 06/01/2020 - 08:32
    +7

    Please donate to fire fighters or any org supporting the rescue mission.

    This appears to be a cheap PR ploy which is even more insulting.

    If you wanna serve free food, go to their place and offer - that will get you my thumbs up.

    • slipperypete on 06/01/2020 - 08:47
      +1

      it's a pretty standard stunt or goodwill gesture being blown up because it is on ozbargain. Nothing wrong with it….lots n lots of businesses doing it. Maybe it's a stunt but it is also showing some appreciation. I'm in 'watch n act' zone, half the town evacuated yet many businesses staying open and offering free food to emergency staff but the main purpose is to show solidarity for those in the community despite the lack of customers.

  • slipperypete on 06/01/2020 - 08:34
    +3

    I would consider upvoting this but they have to go down to the store dressed in uniform???? Kind of 'hey what a cool publicity stunt. Get people dressed in RFS uniforms eating at our store and we will give them a burrito worth $1"

    I reckon by this date if the fires are under control you'd need to be offering me a carton of Bollinger champagne to put my uniform back on again…..certainly not for a frikking burrito

    • Sydneyswans on 06/01/2020 - 08:39
      +1

      uniform is not necessary. So long as they show their ID they are able to turn up for the free feed…

      • slipperypete on 06/01/2020 - 08:40

        yeah just re read that…thanks

    • whooah1979 on 06/01/2020 - 08:47

      worth $1"

      The ad says emergency workers. That >40k for NSW alone.

      • slipperypete on 06/01/2020 - 08:49

        That's true…however do you think 40k workers are gonna drive out to their stores for one burrito? Most are sick of take away food by now

        They often have free burrito days to the public

    • ElWircho on 06/01/2020 - 08:49

      Very good point

  • profar on 06/01/2020 - 08:47
    +1

    Celebrities offering 1/2 mil and a tin pot biz a burrito.

    Isn’t it both offering what they can afford to the cause ?

    BTW both made sure they got publicity!

  • capslock janitor on 06/01/2020 - 08:54

    estúpidas fechas de culo

  • [Deactivated] on 06/01/2020 - 08:56
    +2

    Well Emergency workers and others can easily afford burritos. Load of freshly made burritos in a Van go to the affected site and help people there. No one is going to drive to your freaking store for a free burrito.

  • itslittfam on 06/01/2020 - 09:02
    +2

    As mentioned above - cheap PR ploy

  • dm01 on 06/01/2020 - 09:08
    +3

    Ugh…shameless marketing attempt.

  • Bruno28 on 06/01/2020 - 09:17
    +3

    ive been an RFS member for 2 year sand never had a ID card to prove it. How can I prove I am one besides photos of me on the fire ground?

    • dm01 on 06/01/2020 - 18:24
      +2

      Start a fire in the GYG store then impress them with how quickly you can put it out :D

      • Bruno28 on 07/01/2020 - 08:19

        hahahah

  • belongsinforums on 06/01/2020 - 09:20
    -1

    Nice of them to offer something to the community. If you don't like the deal, just ignore it and move on

  • clint-008 on 06/01/2020 - 09:25
    +3

    Only for fire fighters what about all the 100s of poor buggers that have just lost everything having the entirety of their possessions destroyed, sadly they are not eligible for this deal.

    Imagine attempting to fight as fire engulfs your house but you are fighting a losing battle the wind is too strong and the flames too ferocious you end up losing everything but escaping with your life. The RFS couldn't come this time they where to busy elsewhere sadly though you are not an RFS volunteer or emergency worker and therefore are not eligible for a free burrito. Meanwhile Tony Abbott being an RFS volunteer is able to take his Mrs and 3 daughters out for a free burrito.

    Imo if they are really trying to make a positive impact they should just donate a percentage of the profits for a day to the overall bushfire effort. And make sure the money gets where it needs too the communities that have been destroyed as well as the fire fighters out in the field.

    • whooah1979 on 06/01/2020 - 09:37
      +1

      lost everything

      They can call their insurer and file a claim.

      • clint-008 on 06/01/2020 - 09:44
        +2

        Not everyone even has insurance and even if they do there is potential for there claim to be rejected. Even if they are able to make a successful claim some things are completely irreplaceable.

        • whooah1979 on 06/01/2020 - 09:47
          +4

          Not everyone even has insurance

          I don’t want to sound mean, but if something it worth something then it’s worth insuring.

        • whooah1979 on 06/01/2020 - 09:50

          some things are completely irreplaceable.

          A free burrito it’s not gonna change that. For everything else there is insurance.

          • clint-008 on 06/01/2020 - 10:00

            @whooah1979: Surely it won't but imagine sleeping in your car hoping and waiting that your insurance company comes through a free lunch might not change your predicament but will surely give you a little boost make you realise that someone actually cares however it's clear that many people such as yourself seem not too.

    • peterpeterpumpkin on 06/01/2020 - 11:44

      Overheard:

      "Oh, hallelujah!
      Our problems are solved.
      We have banana bread."

      "Yes, and what would I pay her with- banana bread? Sorry, sorry.
      It's just we haven't slept in days and we're running out of money and- Banana bread! What the hell were you thinking? Banana bread."

    • kiwimex on 06/01/2020 - 17:52

      If you feel that bad Clint maybe you can step up and shout them a burrito!

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