Temu promoted snack and food items including steak via a carousel ad on X, reaching 5.7M views.
Key Takeaways
Temu ran a food-focused X ad campaign with the prompt “Order your snacks right here on Temu” alongside a carousel post.
The post hit 5.7M views but reply access was restricted to select accounts.
Temu is expanding marketplace categories into perishable food, including meat products shipped by third-party sellers.
Hacker News Comment Review
One commenter tested Temu-sourced steak from a third-party New York seller and found quality poor, though the safe delivery of raw meat in standard packaging was noteworthy.
Skepticism was light and jokey; no technical or logistics debate emerged about cold-chain handling or marketplace food safety standards.
Notable Comments
@supermdguy: Links a Delish review of Temu meat; steak arrived safely but tasted bad, sourced from a third-party NY seller.
