Campbell's Fires Executive Who Was Recorded Saying Company's Products Are for 'Poor People'
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-jersey/articles/2025-11-26/campbells-fires-executive-who-was-recorded-saying-companys-products-are-for-poor-people
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Sludgehammer@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 280d
Funny to see the shift from "punish the guy who recorded him" to "punish the guy who said it" after it got media attention. It shows how little really care about their executives being racist pieces of shit who despise their customers, they just care about optics.
GhostPain@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 280d
Now if only they would make their soup half as salty and bring back the flavorful ingredients.
bazus1@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 280d
Didn’t you watch Andor? Flavor is for closers. 😁
OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 280d
What the hell is with that, anyway? I'm a salt fanatic, but their soup is too much for me.
GhostPain@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 280d
Salt is used to hide how bland something is and why most all of our boxed/canned foods are so high in sodium. It's a general indicator of lower quality products/cost cutting.
I stopped buying canned soup 15ish years ago when Progresso, whom I loved, jacked up their sodium to over 1800mg per can.
AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 280d
There must be something wrong with me, I have to add msg and salt to their stuff.
GhostPain@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 280d
There may be. But odds are you've just gotten used to it.
We crave flavor and most of the canned/boxed stuff we consume is just low quality crap with generic flavor profiles and a butt ton of salt.
AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 280d
Makes sense. I sometimes add a crushed garlic clove, some herbs, salt, pepper, msg, and brunoise carrot before cooking to augment.
tpyo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 279d
I've had the same issue. If I've forgotten lunch I grab something quick to heat and it tastes bland. I got a chicken, mashed potatoes, and gravy microwave dish. I couldn't believe how much like nothing it tasted
Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 280d
Kinda ironic considering their canned soups are usually the most expensive. ( At least here in Canada.)
piccolo@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 280d
Exactly why he was fired... dont want to risk a false advertisement lawsuit.
ohlaph@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 280d
Same in America. Growing up, we ate the store brand, not campbells.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 4 pts · 280d
Does it matter which specific product? Over here, their "Chunky" brand that competes with Progresso is expensive (around 3 or 4 dollars a can), but the older basic shit like cream of mushroom or chicken noodle are just a few cents per can.
Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 280d
Here even the basic stuff (cream of mushroom, chicken noodle etc) is quite a bit more expensive than the 'house' brands. I usually avoid them because I don't find they taste any better to warrant the extra cost.
For example Campbells soup (mushroom) is $2.27 a can, vs roughly $1.50 for in house brand.
taiyang@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 280d
Meanwhile my poor ass bought fancy mushroom bisque for my green bean casserole, a recipe Campbell's literally made up and brainwashed my parents generation into doing every year, lol.
Better be good though, this shit was expensive.