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appalachiablue

(43,740 posts)
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 02:40 PM Wednesday

Campbell's Soup Exec Trashes His Company's Food, 'Sh*t for Fu*king Poor People, 3DPrinted Chicken,' Distain for the Poor

Leaked Audio Allegedly Nabs Campbell's Soup VP Trashing Food: 'S**t' For F**king Poor People,' (Huff Post) Yahoo News, Nov. 25, 2025. -----------
An executive at The Campbell’s Co. was allegedly caught trashing the business’ food as “sh*t for f**king poor people” in a tirade recorded by a former employee, who is now suing Campbell’s for retaliation after he tried to report it.

“If you look at our fucking pantry, we have shit for fucking poor people, right? We have shit that’s for poor people.

Who buys our shit?” a voice can be heard saying in an audio recording obtained by HuffPost.

Martin Bally, whose LinkedIn states he is a vice president and chief information security officer at Campbell’s, made the remarks during a November meeting last year with then-employee Robert Garza, according to the lawsuit Garza filed this month.

"I don’t want to eat a fucking piece of chicken that came from a 3D printer,” Bally allegedly said about his company’s product, degrading the key ingredient of chicken noodle soup as “bioengineered meat.”...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/leaked-audio-allegedly-nabs-campbells-212539901.html


'American Food Industry Disgusted By Working Class, Campbell's Executive Vice President says, 'only for poor people.' LMA, Large Man Abroad.
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YouTube Comments, 'this is what the corporate boardroom CEOs think of us,' 'the American working class kept Campbell's Soup afloat for over 150 years since its founding in 1869 in Camden, N.J.' now 'a symbol of distain,' 'food for the Poors'...
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Campbell's Soup Exec Trashes His Company's Food, 'Sh*t for Fu*king Poor People, 3DPrinted Chicken,' Distain for the Poor (Original Post) appalachiablue Wednesday OP
What in the holy heck is 3d printed chicken? Srkdqltr Wednesday #1
'Bioengineered' is noted in the article. Maybe some kind of genetically altered 'food/meat'... appalachiablue Wednesday #3
ABC News, Nov. 25: Campbell's Defends Soup After Alleged Expletive-Filled Rant By Executive (2 mins) appalachiablue Wednesday #16
McDonalds does the same with their chicken nuggets. Laffy Kat Wednesday #7
Thanx for this info, ugh. appalachiablue Wednesday #9
the famous pink slime LymphocyteLover Thursday #21
What the heck is Cream Of Bacon soup? Bayard Wednesday #12
isn't the name obvious? LymphocyteLover Thursday #22
I had to look it up to see if it was real Bayard Thursday #23
I mix my Healthy Request "Sirloin Beef" Chunky soup with low sodium beef broth wolfie001 Wednesday #2
Isn't Healthy Request.made by Campbell? Srkdqltr Wednesday #5
That's why I offered my quick recipe wolfie001 Wednesday #14
I guess Sirloin from a copy machine tastes pretty good. Irish_Dem Wednesday #6
Good for you, the food is filled w salt & chemicals. Cyber security VP is cooked. Thanks for posting. appalachiablue Wednesday #8
My sarcasm detector is beeping wolfie001 Wednesday #15
The VP still has his job (for now), but... subterranean Wednesday #10
The company got it the wrong way around MustLoveBeagles Wednesday #11
Yeppers, just got canned like the soup wolfie001 Wednesday #17
Mmmm Good! Mmmm Good.... chouchou Wednesday #4
lol wolfie001 Wednesday #18
I just had a bowl of Campbell's chunky bean and ham soup Bayard Wednesday #13
And you lived to tell about it. Permanut Thursday #19
LOL! A miracle! LymphocyteLover Thursday #20

appalachiablue

(43,740 posts)
3. 'Bioengineered' is noted in the article. Maybe some kind of genetically altered 'food/meat'...
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 02:52 PM
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appalachiablue

(43,740 posts)
16. ABC News, Nov. 25: Campbell's Defends Soup After Alleged Expletive-Filled Rant By Executive (2 mins)
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 09:55 PM
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Laffy Kat

(16,828 posts)
7. McDonalds does the same with their chicken nuggets.
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 03:07 PM
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The "chicken" goo is pressed out of some sort of printer thing before it is coated, cooked, frozen, and shipped. It's gross.

wolfie001

(6,662 posts)
2. I mix my Healthy Request "Sirloin Beef" Chunky soup with low sodium beef broth
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 02:51 PM
Wednesday

It makes 2 big bowls. Then I have a side salad or a sandwich. Only buy it on sale. It's pretty good really. The VP hopefully is unemployed by now.

appalachiablue

(43,740 posts)
8. Good for you, the food is filled w salt & chemicals. Cyber security VP is cooked. Thanks for posting.
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 03:07 PM
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subterranean

(3,730 posts)
10. The VP still has his job (for now), but...
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 03:58 PM
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the employee who reported the VP's offensive comments was fired shortly after that. (He is suing the company.)

Bayard

(28,072 posts)
13. I just had a bowl of Campbell's chunky bean and ham soup
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 05:59 PM
Wednesday

But, I balanced it by eating a ham sandwich.

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