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Squinch

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18. LOL! If he says they're doing great, they must really be hurting.
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 10:17 AM
Jul 2020

I know my latino friends AND Jamaican friends are heartbroken about not using Goya any more (Really. It's a real "home" thing, a "mom's cooking" thing, that a few of my friends have said is very hard to give up.) but they are determined to boycott and not go back.

I can't believe it, but I'm still shocked by the scumminess if this Administration bluedye33139 Jul 2020 #1
Our family STILL isn't buying Barilla for their CEO's anti-gay comments. NurseJackie Jul 2020 #3
Oh good, hate barilla, love DeCecco soothsayer Jul 2020 #7
This was a (pleasant) eye opener for me regarding the Barilla boycott. Very worth noting: Tom Rinaldo Jul 2020 #10
Thanks for that. It proves boycotts can work. On to Goya. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2020 #15
Yes. I'd seen that already. Thanks. NurseJackie Jul 2020 #21
Ha, me too snowybirdie Jul 2020 #17
I think it bought it once but I prefer Muellers. LiberalFighter Jul 2020 #33
RW nut-jobs will buy Goya in droves... to compensate for our boycott. HOWEVER... NurseJackie Jul 2020 #2
Yep. Goya was a brand I favored, mostly because it is based in a blue state tanyev Jul 2020 #4
"I have a hankering for arroz amarillo y tostones," Trump people will be saying bluedye33139 Jul 2020 #6
Right wing nut jobs don't have a lot of recipes that call for sazon. Squinch Jul 2020 #20
Yep. Flaleftist Jul 2020 #26
Ivanka loves Goya, too. NurseJackie Jul 2020 #28
Spokesmodel. One more thing Ivanks does in a half assed manner. What do you bet she's never used ... marble falls Jul 2020 #30
She's no Carol Merrill, that's for sure. NurseJackie Jul 2020 #31
'Course Carol Merril had some things going for her: personality, charactor, warmth, depth ... marble falls Jul 2020 #32
So that's a thing? lol That's just going to strengthen the boycotters' resolve Flaleftist Jul 2020 #35
The brand is dissolving before our eyes bucolic_frolic Jul 2020 #5
The workers will suffer jimfields33 Jul 2020 #8
Hypartisanship from the President is an untested gambit bucolic_frolic Jul 2020 #9
Meanwhile in Crazy Town Ivanka tweets this. Kris Mac Jul 2020 #11
Hmmm...perhaps using a psychology of revenge??? Backseat Driver Jul 2020 #14
I think I see the devil seeping out of Princess Bodybags's eyes. Squinch Jul 2020 #19
She meant to say Goya is all "right". marble falls Jul 2020 #22
Then again...Some of Goya's bean products/ingredients have been tested for glyphosate Backseat Driver Jul 2020 #12
there is not - indeed cannot be - anything "radical" in categorically rejecting Trump and his ilk bringthePaine Jul 2020 #13
Isn't Goya a private company with free market competitors? ck4829 Jul 2020 #16
LOL! If he says they're doing great, they must really be hurting. Squinch Jul 2020 #18
I'm an Anglo trying to figure out what other brands to use. I've been useing dried beans instead ... marble falls Jul 2020 #24
The Hill always finds a way to amplify Trump quotations while pretending to journalism greenjar_01 Jul 2020 #23
I thought I was the only one. I am tired of them being headline only. The stories almost ... marble falls Jul 2020 #25
It's a strategy of amplification greenjar_01 Jul 2020 #27
I'd never go to them for in depth or breaking news. They do seem to write their headslines ... marble falls Jul 2020 #29
Funny ouija Jul 2020 #34
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