After Goya Foods' CEO praises Trump, Philly Latinos boycott and turn to other brands

[TheBlackAdder]

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Blanca Pacheco was so disappointed with Goya CEO Robert Unanue’s praise of President Donald Trump that she made a post on her Facebook feed, illustrated with Goya cans that feature some of the events, statements, and policies that have characterized Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric.

“It’s Trump’s ‘blessed leadership’ that puts children in cages, insults our heritage, labels us as criminals, uses our tax contributions and diminishes our needs during a pandemic,” the post read.
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Unanue made the remarks during an event at the White House Rose Garden on July 9, when the president announced the launch of the White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative.

“[W]e’re all truly blessed at the same time to have a leader like President Trump who is a builder,” Unanue said during the 30-minute outdoor event. “And so we have an incredible builder, and we pray — we pray for our leadership, our president, and we pray for our country that we will continue to prosper and to grow,” he continued in a statement, which included the announcement of millions of products in donations by the family-owned business to food banks throughout the U.S. during the pandemic.


More at the jump:
https://www.inquirer.com/news/goya-boycott-latino-hispanic-food-cooking-20200724.html

The article is in this Sunday's Philadelphia Inquirer. Goya is dead to me.

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[Cirque du So-What]

1. Going out on a limb here..

Doesn’t it stand to reason that it’s imprudent to piss off your core customers? Rump worshippers cannot fill that void.

[applegrove]

2. As if rabidly dividing the country into camps and then picking to side

with one of those camps is going to help business.

[tanyev]

3. I was pleased to see the Goya section at my grocery store this morning

was completely full and untouched.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Bet the Wholesale House's are

cancelling Goya orders. Can not tie up Storage space for non selling products.

[dalton99a]

4. Friends don't let friends buy Goya

[Cirque du So-What]

6. It's rare to see that bastard smile

You know from that sardonic grin that he's thinking about fucking over somebody.

[TheBlackAdder]

9. Those fake teeth are something, but if you zoom in on his lowers, some in the back still fugazi.

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His old photos showed how his teeth were collapsing in from the way he speaks with that clenched O mouth.

The more he spoke that way, the worse they got, plus they were discolored.


Perhaps he's afraid of the dentist, for a 'billionaire' to have such a fucked up grille. I think he fixed it in 2018.

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[SammyWinstonJack]

10. That's every minute of his day, thinking about fucking some one over.

It's his whole existence, actually.

[matt819]

7. Should I use my previously purchased Goya products

Or put them in the donated food bin at the grocery store?

Haven’t bought any since the event.

[TheBlackAdder]

8. Goya has already made their profit, so there is no harm eating your food inventory.

[sanatanadharma]

11. Also no harm in feeding others

Your decision need only satisfy you.
If money is tight, eat and buy no more.
If you have the resources, pass the Goya on to those with less.
If you are flush, pack it all up and ship it back to Goya headquarters with a note that you can not trust this food not to be poisoned as are the Goya CEO's ethics.