Inspired by a DU post: Do you buy Goya products?

[Stinky The Clown]

The post is here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216319133 / "Company (Penzy's) loses 40k customers after calling Republicans 'racist'"

Back in the 2016-ish time frame, Goya's CEO, Robert Unanue, was loud and proud for the Florida Retiree Who Once Was President. The board shut his ass up as customers were boycotting. Undeterred, he was at it again in January 2021, this time telling Faux Nooz the election was rigged and FRWOWP was the rightful president.

We stopped buying their products early in FRWOWP's first and last term when he was vocal in his support. And truth be told, we bought quite a bit their products at our local supermarket.

It is now automatic for us. It has been years since we bought any Goya and likely will be so into the future.

[LizBeth]

1. No. I still do not buy dentyn or chic fil a or carls jr. Not hard to have

these names in the back of the mind and simply make a different choice.

[acantharchus]

2. No. nt

[Arkansas Granny]

3. I didn't buy their product often before, but now I won't buy them at all.

[tanyev]

4. I used to, because I assumed that their Latino focus

and location in New Jersey (according to the address on cans that I looked at) meant they were more friendly to Dems than some of the other options. After Unanue publicly declared his love for Trump I never spent another penny on their stuff.

I’ve tried to research how their current sales are doing and all I can ever find are stories about the surge in sales they got from MAGAs immediately after that happened. I wonder how many MAGA pantries are still full of sofrito and mole sauce they are never going to try?

[happybird]

5. I've gotten their black beans several times this past year

because they’ve been the only ones on the shelf during the supply chain issues.

[wyn borkins]

6. We Don't Need No Stinken' (Goya) Badges (Nor Their Products Either!)

Now I miss Goya products not-at-all and don't even consider them
However, they do beckon to me as I wryly smile and gladly pass them by

[Fresh_Start]

7. still boycotting Goya

no problem replacing their products so not really a hardship

[vanlassie]

8. Nope. No Goya.

No Nestle. No Home Depot. No Hobby Lobby.

[Greybnk48]

9. Nope. I will do without or go to another store if there are no other options.

Also, Like VanLassie, no Home Depot, local Menards, Hobby Lobby, Jimmy Johns, and I will work on Nestle. Nestle recently bought our kids favorite frozen pizza and we are phasing it out. Nestle's the most difficult.

[Coventina]

14. Is there a recent Nestle scandal? I know about the Holocaust

settlement, but was there something recently I missed?

[jmowreader]

22. Look into Nestle and water.

[Gruenemann]

10. Used to buy their stuff all the time.

Not anymore. There are plenty of alternatives in San Antonio

[eShirl]

11. just bulk dry goods (beans, grains, etc)

a frugal family member has a deep employee discount at a natural foods store

[Coventina]

12. Nope. There are plenty of options. I never buy Goya products.

on edit: I'm still not buying Barilla, either.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. No

[Jilly_in_VA]

15. Not if I can help it

Even though there's a whole damn aisle of them at the local international market. GOYAWAY! I'll buy store brand, or Bush's, or some other Latino brand if I'm at the international market. Anything but Goya.

[ironflange]

16. Goya is not sold here

But if it were, I sure as hell wouldn't buy it.

[UTUSN]

17. Nope, had barely started with a couple of their canned goods, *STOPPED*when the top dog loved Drumpf

But then, I've carried on my Quixotic, personal, individual, meaningless little "boycotts" starting decades ago, like, averting my eyes away from "Family Circus" on the comics page!1

Before Drumpf became a real threat, when I had sampled The Apprentice and decided he is despicable, I would *run* away from the clothing aisles where his shirts and neckties were!

[ProfessorGAC]

18. No

There is a company based in Chicago that makes all the same products at very good quality. No reason to retreat.
We're buying local (so to speak), and getting good stuff for a little less money.

[Tom Rinaldo]

20. Like their products but still refuse to buy them

Don't expect that to change anytime soon.

[turbinetree]

21. nope don't buy any of the products...

[BumRushDaShow]

23. Used to buy their packets of Sazon y achiote

and cans of gandules, plus they had smaller cans of black beans and had different types of Adobo seasoning, but no more after the fiasco with their CEO. Found all kinds or replacements (and even make my own achiote oil too since Penzey's sells whole annato seeds and also sells Adobo ).

[electric_blue68]

24. Only some canned beans bc Goya is the only canned beans sold...

in my neighborhood.

When I can get back to Trader's I'll get theirs instead. No, I don't do mail items bc I have trouble getting pakaged goods delivered to me.

When I get back to cooking beans from scratch then when go elsewhere I can pick up some other grand.


Actually anyone have a another good dried bean brand I can look out for in the future? 👍