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Angry Shake Shack customers are urging the fast-food chain to cut ties with the controversial company that makes its burger buns
Yahoo ^ | June 8, 2022 | Rachel Askinasi

Posted on 06/11/2022 2:21:23 PM PDT by lowbridge

The Shake Shack chain has become synonymous with smashed burgers, crinkle-cut fries, and Martin's Potato Rolls. But the latter has become a cause for concern among customers after local Pennsylvania news site Billy Penn reported that the people behind the bun company have donated thousands of dollars to the front-running Republican candidate for Pennsylvania governor, Sen. Doug Mastriano.

Mastriano is regarded as a far-right Republican and recently received President Trump's backing in the race for governor, according to NBC News. Billy Penn reported that he gained popularity as a Trump-supporting election denier with Christian nationalist beliefs.

Mastriano was also subpoenaed by the congressional committee investigating the January 6 insurrection. NBC News reported that Mastriano used campaign money to charter buses that brought people to the Capitol.

According to Billy Penn, Jim Martin, the former president and current executive chair of Martin's Potato Rolls, gave $110,000 to Mastriano's gubernatorial campaign in 2021 — the largest donation to his campaign to date. He also donated $11,000 in 2020, according to the outlet.

Billy Penn reported that several other members of the Martin family have also donated to Mastriano, including Jim's wife Donna Martin, who gave an "in-kind donation worth a little over $4,000."

Julie Martin, Jim's daughter and the social-media manager for Martin's Potato Rolls, gave $2,000 last year, according to the outlet.

Soleil Ho of the San Francisco Chronicle reported that several Bay Area restaurants will stop purchasing Martin's, and Mike Strauss of Mike's BBQ in Philadelphia told Billy Penn that he plans to stop using the rolls at his burger pop-ups.

While Strauss told Billy Penn he "stays out of politics," he said he is "disturbed" by this news and that he "would prefer for my money not to support that."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Food
KEYWORDS: 2022election; 2024election; alreadyposted; askinganazi; bidenvoters; billypenn; donnamartin; dougmastriano; election2022; election2024; fakenews; jimmartin; juliemartin; martini; mastriano; mikestrauss; oldnews; pennsylvania; philadelphia; rachelaskinasi; rachelaskinazi; rachelaskinganazi; searchworks; shakeshack
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To: Scarlett156

Chick-fil-a totally sold out to the dark side. They withdrew their funding from The Salvation Army and gave to SPLC.


21 posted on 06/11/2022 2:35:12 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: lowbridge

And if the bun company were politically correct, they would have gone upstream to find that their flour supplier was a Republican donor.

If all their flour suppliers were PC, they would have gone further upstream to the farm that grew the potatoes to make the flour.

If the farmer was properly PC, they would have gone even further upstream to the company that makes the tractors used on the farm.

If the tractor company passes PC and Woke muster criteria, they would have gone upstream to the company that makes the pistons used in the engines that go into the tractor that is used on the farm to grow the potatoes to make the flour that goes into the buns.

And if the piston maker is run by properly acceptable liberal woke kooks, they would have gone further upstream to the mining company that mined the ore to make the aluminum used in the pistons that go into the engine that powers the tractor that grows the potatoes to make the flour that goes into the buns.

If the mining company was perfectly woke, they would then check out the electric utility supplying power to the electric shovels used in the mine to produce the ore used to make the aluminum that goes into the pistons used in the engine that powers the tractor to grow the potatoes used in the flour that goes into the buns.

Where would it end? There is no end to the lunacy of the idiots.

It reminds me of the children’s sone “I Bought Me a Cat!” which is perfectly apropos because these people ARE nothing but immature children that cannot function in society.


22 posted on 06/11/2022 2:37:44 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Wanting to make America great isn’t an insult unless you’re trying to make it worse! ULTRAMAGA!!)
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To: lowbridge

Exactly HOW MANY “customers”? TWO?

“The “people” behind the bun company”

WHAT PEOPLE?

People only care if the buns are GOOD.


23 posted on 06/11/2022 2:39:38 PM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

>> The ‘bots are in control.

Yes.


24 posted on 06/11/2022 2:39:57 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: imabadboy99

99% of normal people either couldn’t care less or support the use of the buns.


Half of those never eat at filthy fast food restaurants in the first place.


25 posted on 06/11/2022 2:40:00 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: lowbridge
Here is the author (Rachel Askinasi) of this hit-piece, which happens to be (what we in the USA call it) an extreme left wing Marxist (obviously). She happens to be from Australia.







26 posted on 06/11/2022 2:41:58 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Betty Jane
You read my mind. I was going to say the exact same thing 😮🎊
27 posted on 06/11/2022 2:43:53 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: lowbridge

I feel like I have lost a few IQ points after reading that.


28 posted on 06/11/2022 2:46:07 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (The democRATS are not looking to govern, they intIend to RULE.)
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To: lowbridge

If they do I’ll never eat there again.


29 posted on 06/11/2022 2:46:16 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: lowbridge

A smart businessman would take advantage of this. They could market themselves as a refuge from “wokeness.”

That’s if they have the courage to tell the “wokies” to get stuffed (at McDonalds).


30 posted on 06/11/2022 2:51:02 PM PDT by Prolixus (In all seriousness:)
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To: cockroach_magoo

Same with me. We don’t buy a whole lot of bread but Martins are readily available near us.

That’s all we will buy


31 posted on 06/11/2022 2:54:42 PM PDT by cyclotic (I won't give up my FREEDOM for your FEAR. Oh Canada, we stand on guard for thee.)
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To: lowbridge

Yuck. Heart attacks on a bun with a side of blocked arteries should be highly encouraged on the left.

Don’t the little fascists know they are consuming foods that cause global climate change?

For shame! What would Greta say?


32 posted on 06/11/2022 2:55:13 PM PDT by OpusatFR
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To: red-dawg

I’d bet money it isn’t Shake Shack customers - it’s woke libtard control freaks WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE.


And maybe just one or two..............................


33 posted on 06/11/2022 2:55:26 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: lowbridge

This coming November, voters will tell the woke crowd to “take your woke ‘chit’ and shove it down your throat”.

I wonder if that burger chain serves “Woka Cola”>


34 posted on 06/11/2022 3:01:32 PM PDT by adorno
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This is almost certainly fraudulent news. The Shake Shake demographic is not “going to the mattresses” over hamburger buns and SJW obsessions.


35 posted on 06/11/2022 3:03:31 PM PDT by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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To: lowbridge

What are Christian nationalist beliefs, and are they good or bad?


36 posted on 06/11/2022 3:04:29 PM PDT by Paperpusher (Gal 5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.)
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To: Scarlett156

Chik-fil-A is a woke company.


37 posted on 06/11/2022 3:08:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: lowbridge

Shake shack is a dumb anyway


38 posted on 06/11/2022 3:10:39 PM PDT by gdc61 (LOL not.)
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To: lowbridge

Who or what is Billy Penn?

Should I ask Soleil Ho for more information?

Sum Ting Wong.

Gotta get to the Shake Shack.

5.56mm


39 posted on 06/11/2022 3:14:15 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho got to go.)
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To: lowbridge

End all campaign donations you have to spend your own money. Even if it means only the rich will win then so be it, the current system is rapidly falling apart.


40 posted on 06/11/2022 3:16:10 PM PDT by 100%FEDUP (I'm seeing RED!)
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