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Campbell’s Soup VP Mocks ‘Poor People’ Who Buy Its Food in Secret Recording
Newsweek ^ | November 24, 2025 | Robert Alexander

Posted on 11/24/2025 6:06:49 PM PST by Morgana

Campbell Soup Company is facing an employment discrimination and retaliation lawsuit in Wayne County Circuit Court after a former security analyst alleged he was fired for reporting inappropriate conduct by a senior executive.

The complaint, Garza v. Campbell Soup Company, case number 25-018465-CD, was filed on November 20, 2025, by the Runyan Law Group on behalf of plaintiff Robert Garza. The defendants are Campbell Soup Company and supervisor J.D. Aupperle.

The claims—centered on a secretly recorded tirade in which a senior vice president allegedly mocked the company’s products, its customers, and Indian employees—challenge the credibility of Campbell’s public values and highlight broader concerns about how corporations handle discrimination complaints.

Campbell Soup Company told Newsweek that—if the recording was legitimate—the comments were unacceptable and did not reflect its values, adding that the executive was on leave while an investigation was carried out.

Newsweek contacted attorneys for Garza for comment via email outside of normal office hours on Monday. Why It Matters

The lawsuit against Campbell Soup Company raises serious questions about executive accountability, workplace culture, and retaliation inside one of America’s most recognizable brands.

It could shape not only the company’s internal response but also wider conversations about employee protections, corporate transparency, and the consequences of leadership misconduct.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food
KEYWORDS: berkshirehathaway; campbells; marijuanaedibles; michigan; monroe; newjersey; robertgarza; waynecounty
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To: Jamestown1630

Nooooooo... is that the one they serve in the Senate chow hall? I forgot all about that, it’s on the menu by law or something. That’s a great idea!

I’m gonna look that one up.


81 posted on 11/25/2025 8:06:52 AM PST by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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To: DesertRhino

https://www.senate.gov/about/traditions-symbols/senate-bean-soup.htm

It seems to me the soup should have some carrots, at least; but these are the versions on the Senate website.


82 posted on 11/25/2025 8:29:13 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Morgana
I figure it’s real and the exec figures the soup is beneath him.

If it's real he'll be on the soup line soon enough.

83 posted on 11/25/2025 9:02:14 AM PST by pepsi_junkie ("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
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To: pepsi_junkie

Sure changed since they left Camden...


84 posted on 11/25/2025 10:21:51 AM PST by skinny old man (Still lurking and posting after all these years(27 yrs ?)(more ?)(seems like more...))
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To: Jamestown1630

That doesn’t sound much better than something out of a can, besides, making cream gravy is so easy and quick.


85 posted on 11/25/2025 12:40:33 PM PST by Freedom4US
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To: Freedom4US

It’s probably not better, but useful for preppers in an emergency situation; and probably without many additives found in canned food.


86 posted on 11/25/2025 1:06:40 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

Now that you mention it I often use flour & bacon grease for the roux & canned Evaporated Milk; that about as “prepper” as you can get. If I can get fresh milk or half and half of course that’s better.

But Evaporated Milk makes a fine base sausage gravy, or a kind of Béchamel. Just about any fat will work, butter is excellent, beef fat, etc.


87 posted on 11/25/2025 5:44:36 PM PST by Freedom4US
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