Posted on 10/10/2019 10:35:06 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Bill Penzey, the owner of Penzey’s Spices, is putting his money where his mouth is by promoting on Facebook the impeachment of President Donald Trump, according to a report from Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) on Wednesday.
“According to advertising data released by Facebook, Penzeys Spices, a Wauwatosa-based spice company, spent $109,933 between Oct. 1 and Oct. 7 posting and reposting an ad that called Trump’s phone call with Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky a ‘mandatory open and shut case for the impeachment,'” WPR reported.
The same report notes that Penzey claims the amount he has spent in support of impeachment is now over $124,000.
The cost of the ad campaign by Penzey in support of impeachment actually exceeds what Democratic candidate for president Elizabeth Warren spent on Facebook ads in support of impeachment, $20,000, during the same period, according to a report in Axios.
Penzey’s advertising on Facebook, ostensibly about promoting the direct marketing of spices by his company, has become so partisan that the social media company has reclassified Penzey’s ads to “about social issues, elections or politics.”
The owner of Penzey’s Spices has also made it a point to repeatedly insult potential Republican customers in his company newsletter by calling them racists. That pattern continued in this ad.
“The reality is the Republican Party has turned its back on conservative values and has instead come to embrace the ‘textbook’ racism of white nationalism,” Penzey wrote in the ad. “For the world’s greatest military power to embrace nationalism is scary-dangerous.”
Penzey told WPR that while he has heard from conservatives unhappy with his company engaging in politics, he does not plan to change his advertising strategy.
“I think in this coming election there’s going to be a lot of opportunities for businesses that have values to share those values with their customers,” he told WPR. “And I think that’s going to work out well for the businesses that do.”
However, Penzey wrote in the ad that the loss of business from conservatives has hurt the company.
“I’ve always seen our mission as promoting and protecting the kindness found at the heart of cooking,” Penzey wrote. “It’s cost us, but I don’t see any way of us being us without standing up to the cruelty the Republican Party is now promoting.”
Ironically, a recurring complaint in Penzey’s ads is how campaign finance laws allow conservative organizations to financially support Republican candidates. Yet Penzey continues to use his company and its revenue to support Democrats.
well I’ll be done with Penzey’s now.....overpriced to begin with.
The dims and their media should proudly announce all the companies that are supporting Trump’s witch hunt.
please.
I found a very nice outfit 20 min from me. Their primary business is oils but have a good, not Penzeys quantity, variety of herbs and spices.
Penzeys only NY store was five minutes away. Shopped there often and joined mailing list. When Trump won Penzey sent an email saying he didnt want the budiness of Trump voters. I wrote back that I didnt believe in boycotts for partisan causes and would continue to shop at his store because the product was good and the conversation with one of his salespeople was better. A retired Grumman engineer whose work of the F14 had defended this country and brought death to our enemies. The last was part of my message. Penzey never wrote back, but the store folded six months later. Lack of business.
When he started printing his Leftist diatribes in his catalogs, we stopped buying from Penzey’s. It’s no different than buying from Communist China.
You’re welcome!
Yes we used to shop at the outlet in Houston...That was before his first
Bad mouthing Trump supporters. Haven’t been back...
This is exactly why I don’t buy from Penzey’s.
He has a brother with a completely separate spice business who keeps politics out of business.
We use the Tiny Spice Company http://www.teenytinyspice.com/ and thespiceway.com
Penzey’s can insult their customers and use corporate profits to do so..until there are no more profits left. Dick’s Sporting ditto.
Have been for several years now.
https://jcbflavors.com located in Watertown WI- SQF and organic certified
Great!
And tell everyone you know to ditch Penzeys
we should change add to our logo: We’re not Penzy’s....also www.wildlifeseasonings.com
Yes. More alternatives at Post #21 thanks to Honeysuckle.
Just another Socialist that got filthy, stinking RICH via Capitalism.
Hypocrites through and through.
Ty.
Thanks, I saw it after I posted. I think Pendery’s was one the people liked.
I’ve been using The Spice House, but I’m going to check out others as well. :)
My husband likes this one; they always have a booth at the Bloomsburg, PA fair, and he stocks up:
https://www.the-spice-man.com/
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