#Goyaway: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Julin Castro lead calls to boycott Goya Foods after CEO's prais

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Source: USA Today




#Goyaway: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Julián Castro lead calls to boycott Goya Foods after CEO's praise for Donald Trump

Jessica Flores, USA TODAY 5 hrs ago


The CEO of Goya Foods, which bills itself as the country's largest Hispanic-owned food company, praised President Donald Trump during a visit to the White House on Thursday.

Social backlash followed.

The hashtags #Goyaway and #BoycottGoya soon began trending on Twitter, while some Latinos also expressed disappointment with the CEO's praise for a president who they say continuously attacks Latinos.


"We're all truly blessed at the same time to have a leader like President Trump, who is a builder," CEO Robert Unanue said during a speech after a roundtable with Trump and other Hispanic leaders.



Unanue is "praising a president who villainizes and maliciously attacks Latinos for political gain," Julián Castro, who served as Housing and Urban Development secretary in the Obama administration, said on Twitter.

"Oh look, it's the sound of me Googling 'how to make your own Adobo,'" U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said on Twitter, later sharing an alternative recipe to the Adobo seasoning, which is part of the Goya brand – a well-known Latino household item..................................

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a man wearing a suit and tie: Goya Foods CEO and President Bob Unanue speaks prior to US President Donald Trump signing an Executive Order on the White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2020. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) ORG XMIT: Trump hol ORIG FILE ID: AFP_1UW9XR © JIM WATSON, AFP via Getty Images Goya Foods CEO and President Bob Unanue speaks prior to US President Donald Trump signing an Executive Order on the White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2020. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) ORG XMIT: Trump hol ORIG FILE ID: AFP_1UW9XR

[texasfiddler]

1. No more topo chico water for a while

[NurseJackie]

2. I can't afford to discard all the Goya foods we have...

... a dozen boxed and seasoned rice varieties, a 10 pound bag of Goya jasmine rice, spice blends, mango juice, olive oil, beans and more beans. At the beginning of Covid sheltering, I stocked up.

At least he only praised one Donald Trump, rather than smearing and being dismissive EVERY gay family... the way that chairman Guido Barilla when he rebuked gay families on national radio.

My sons still won't buy Barilla products even though the company has (apparently) made great strides forward.

[Phoenix61]

3. No sense in tossing. He already has your money.

JK Rowling tweet to fans who were burning their Harry Potter things because she was mean to Twitler “Well, the fumes from the DVDs might be toxic and I've still got your money, so by all means borrow my lighter.” I just added him to my Chic-fil-no list.

[samsingh]

4. just don't buy more

[Naio]

5. No more sazn Goya for me

No more Goya products never.finitoo

[electric_blue68]

12. On my FB feed earlier today how to....

... make your own Sazon popped up.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

18. It's just my personal taste, but I can't stand that packet sazn stuff. In my stepmom's food

you can taste nothing but that. I wasn't huge fan of this product before but she helped put me over the top. My mom would use it a lot more sparingly. But anyway, Accent makes a better sazón. That's the one most people used when I was a kid.

[Lonestarblue]

6. Good to know. No more Goya for me.

Just bought black beans and chickpeas yesterday—Bush’s, than goodness. I believe boycotts help. When companies know they’re being boycotted and their sales decline, they know why. Unfortunately, it probably just results in companies changing their messaging while the CEOs just become more private about who they support politically.

[Tom Rinaldo]

7. They lost me n/t

[Owl]

17. They lost me also.

[RussBLib]

8. does Unanue actually believe that shit?

Trump is a builder? You are blessed to have a leader like Trump?

Makes me question his ability to make sound business decisions.

[Polybius]

9. Goya is too much of a staple in my home

I can't give it up.

[Demonaut]

23. you can

[Polybius]

24. But I won't

I know I'm gonna get blasted for this, but I don't believe in boycotting a product that the CEO supports. I fully expect many rich and greedy CEO's to support the GOP. Most of the small businesses in my bright Red area support Trump, I'm used to it.

[Demonaut]

26. get along, go along, it's how they win

[Brainfodder]

10. Scorned earned, only a total FOOL would praise Shitler publically at this point?

[Cha]

19. Exactly.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

11. The ultimate insult for a wayward company.....

Email the company and request they suggest an alternate brand for one of their products.....

Or, a message something like this:

Dear Goya Products,

We hear that McCormick and Loisa Adobo seasoning is far superior to yours. Are your products adequately discounted to compensate?

KY......

[Cha]

20. Excellent idea and tell them why you're asking.

[Lady_Chat]

13. Guess this guy cares nothing about Latino children separated at the border

from their families. Yes, we are so "blessed" by a president who promised to build a wall paid for by Mexico. Except that never happened. The only thing he has successfully built on his watch is more hate and division. This guy can take his Goya beans and stick them where the sun don't shine. They are full of sodium and sugar anyhow, not even healthy.

[Paladin]

14. Plenty of other Latino food brands available.

No more Goya products in this household. Ever.

[RandiFan1290]

15. Their cans always look dirty

they are dusty and dented.

Never bought any of that garbage.

[MurrayDelph]

16. I'm lucky

The only thing Goya made that I liked were their Maria cookies, and there are literally dozens of competitors who do it just as well, if not better.

[Cha]

21. Rt Julian Castro.. & "My Puerto Rican mother in law's recipe for Adobo Seco:"

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[Demonaut]

22. he's from a spanish family, he's not hispanic

[Steelrolled]

25. I compartmentalize

Politics and most things in my like (including grocery shopping) are in different compartments.