10 December 2007: Ham-fisted Advertising

An upmarket food store in New York's Greenwich Village was keen to encourage the local Jewish community to shop there, so offered specials for the Jewish Hanukkah Festival, which began on Wednesday.

Sadly one of the specials offered was ham, with the slogan "Delicious for Hanukkah". Pork and shellfish are among the foods banned under Jewish law.

The unorthodox sign was spotted by a local resident who, instead of alerting management, took a photograph and posted it on the Internet.

A manager at the store blamed the mistake on a clerk.