Anonymous
07/16/2020 13:27
Subject: Re:How widespread is the boycott against Goya Foods?
Anonymous wrote:OP here. I checked with a few Latino friends who are pretty active in MD Latino groups and from their anecdotal evidence, there is a strong (not not uniform) protest of Goya. Looks about 3/4 of the local Latino community is boycotting and about 1/4 refuse to politicize the situation and are supporting not changing their behavior based on this incident. Purely anecdotal and a relatively small subset (only a few dozen people) but still noteworthy. I was curious what the sentiment outside our circle was like. Will be curious to see what the longer term effect on the company will be after the first month or two of people who are just making a political stance give that up.
Your Latino friends from MD, who are active in Latino groups, are probably not representative of the Latino population of the US. They almost certain skew farther to the left than most.
Anonymous
07/16/2020 13:22
Subject: Re:How widespread is the boycott against Goya Foods?
OP here. I checked with a few Latino friends who are pretty active in MD Latino groups and from their anecdotal evidence, there is a strong (not not uniform) protest of Goya. Looks about 3/4 of the local Latino community is boycotting and about 1/4 refuse to politicize the situation and are supporting not changing their behavior based on this incident. Purely anecdotal and a relatively small subset (only a few dozen people) but still noteworthy. I was curious what the sentiment outside our circle was like. Will be curious to see what the longer term effect on the company will be after the first month or two of people who are just making a political stance give that up.
Anonymous
07/16/2020 12:06
Subject: Re:How widespread is the boycott against Goya Foods?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I love Goya, and I am a Democrat but I believe in free speech and political freedom, so I hate this cancel garbage. Goya has donated thousands of pounds of food and it employs thousands of POC. Those people need those jobs to put food on their own tables, so unless he is going to hire them all, Lin Manuel Miranda should just shut up. we can’t all be overhyped play writes making millions. I hate when rich celebrities open their mouths to jeopardize other peoples’ jobs.
Agree with this poster. And so I dropped some Goya in my Whole Foods cart last visit.
Uhh...what exactly about a boycott isn't "free speech and political freedom?"
Nobody is forcing you to stop buying Goya, they are simply expressing their displeasure with Goya's leadership by voting with their dollars. Are you one of those people who thinks "free speech" means "I can speak whatever I want with no consequences whatsoever?"
Goya is free to speak and support whoever they want, just like consumers are free to speak and say we won't support companies who support Trump.
Anonymous
07/16/2020 11:15
Subject: Re:How widespread is the boycott against Goya Foods?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Wiki:
"The Hatch Act of 1939, An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, is a United States federal law whose main provision prohibits employees in the executive branch of the federal government, except the president, vice president, and certain designated high-level officials,[1] from engaging in some forms of political activity."
Guess he had to push all the important papers and what not off his desk...lol what a loser.
He won't even listen to the morning national security briefing that is laid out for him like a third grader. Probably because he reads like a third grader. You really think he reads anything? I can't imagine that he would be bothered to keep written materials that he would never look at on his desk.
Anonymous
07/16/2020 11:06
Subject: How widespread is the boycott against Goya Foods?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Those Whole Food cans are usually about $.79, aka less expensive than the Goya cans at Safeway.
Aldi and Lidl are even cheaper.
Goya is $1.39 a can at safeway. Most of their stuff is a lot more expensive. The company pushes Hispanic culture at higher prices and endorses trump and company who hate Hispanic people and culture. The company has a history of wrapping itself in Hispanic culture as a marketing tool but stops there.
LOL at this statement.
Shows how out of touch you are.
Anonymous
07/16/2020 11:04
Subject: How widespread is the boycott against Goya Foods?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Those Whole Food cans are usually about $.79, aka less expensive than the Goya cans at Safeway.
Aldi and Lidl are even cheaper.
Goya is $1.39 a can at safeway. Most of their stuff is a lot more expensive. The company pushes Hispanic culture at higher prices and endorses trump and company who hate Hispanic people and culture. The company has a history of wrapping itself in Hispanic culture as a marketing tool but stops there.
Was the ceo endorsing Obama and his border cages when he said nice things about him during his visit a few years back?
Anonymous
07/16/2020 11:01
Subject: How widespread is the boycott against Goya Foods?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Lots of elite white hispanics here who shop at whole foods. Must be nice!
Work hard and you can also afford nice things. Laziness and jealousy won’t get you far.
Remember that your white brats will work for the Hispanic majority in 2050.
That's not how it works.
Anonymous
07/16/2020 10:54
Subject: How widespread is the boycott against Goya Foods?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Those Whole Food cans are usually about $.79, aka less expensive than the Goya cans at Safeway.
Aldi and Lidl are even cheaper.
Goya is $1.39 a can at safeway. Most of their stuff is a lot more expensive. The company pushes Hispanic culture at higher prices and endorses trump and company who hate Hispanic people and culture. The company has a history of wrapping itself in Hispanic culture as a marketing tool but stops there.
Anonymous
07/16/2020 10:42
Subject: Re:How widespread is the boycott against Goya Foods?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yet another reason why I will be voting Democrat in 2020. I'm pro-market, not pro-crony-business.
If you buy Starbucks products, you support crony business
FWIW, I don't buy Starbucks products, because they are too expensive. I do buy Goya but prefer store brands. But nice try trying to paint me as a hypocrite and pin Trump's unethical behavior on me. As a private citizen, I have no direct control over crony capitalism. This is a collective action problem.
Anonymous
07/16/2020 10:37
Subject: Re:How widespread is the boycott against Goya Foods?
Anonymous wrote:Yet another reason why I will be voting Democrat in 2020. I'm pro-market, not pro-crony-business.
If you buy Starbucks products, you support crony business
Anonymous
07/16/2020 10:35
Subject: How widespread is the boycott against Goya Foods?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Lots of elite white hispanics here who shop at whole foods. Must be nice!
Work hard and you can also afford nice things. Laziness and jealousy won’t get you far.
Remember that your white brats will work for the Hispanic majority in 2050.
Anonymous
07/16/2020 08:07
Subject: Re:How widespread is the boycott against Goya Foods?
Anonymous wrote:I love Goya, and I am a Democrat but I believe in free speech and political freedom, so I hate this cancel garbage. Goya has donated thousands of pounds of food and it employs thousands of POC. Those people need those jobs to put food on their own tables, so unless he is going to hire them all, Lin Manuel Miranda should just shut up. we can’t all be overhyped play writes making millions. I hate when rich celebrities open their mouths to jeopardize other peoples’ jobs.
Agree with this poster. And so I dropped some Goya in my Whole Foods cart last visit.
Anonymous
07/16/2020 06:58
Subject: How widespread is the boycott against Goya Foods?
The Trump's shilling Goya is a lot worse than the Clinton's selling Lincoln Bedroom nights.
Just saying.
Just saying.
Anonymous
07/16/2020 01:07
Subject: Re:How widespread is the boycott against Goya Foods?
I really don't think these types of political power plays have as much of an impact as you think, OP. Most people just want to buy their groceries and get the heck out of there.
Anonymous
07/16/2020 01:02
Subject: How widespread is the boycott against Goya Foods?
Anonymous wrote:Those Whole Food cans are usually about $.79, aka less expensive than the Goya cans at Safeway.
Aldi and Lidl are even cheaper.