Posted on 06/27/2024 3:45:57 PM PDT by NohSpinZone
Link: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jun/27/tractor-supply-co-backs-woke-policies-after-backla/
Rather than go broke, a merchant isn’t going woke.
One of America’s leading rural-supply merchants announced Thursday that it is ending all “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion” programs and will no longer support LGBTQ and global-warming causes.
Tractor Supply Co. posted a statement on social media detailing its new direction after three weeks of social-media and other backlash over the previous attachments to left-wing causes that are not popular with its customer base.
“We work hard to live up to our mission and values every day and represent the values of the communities and customers we serve. We have heard from customers that we have disappointed them. We have taken this feedback to heart. Going forward, we will ensure our activities and giving tie directly to our business,” the company wrote Thursday.
The statement included five bullet points distancing the company from a series of policies under CEO Hal Lawton that were highlighted recently by journalist Robby Starbuck.
The bullet point undo much of what Mr. Starbuck had reported on.
Henceforth, Tractor Supply will “eliminate DEI roles and retire our current DEI goals while still ensuring a respectful environment.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Meanwhile Lowes has gone FULL DEI in my area. I find myself shopping at Tractor Supply more and more.
Good move for them. The people that support that type of business actually produce useful things that take real work to do. As such, there are few leftist customers, since the leftists are too busy living with their parents, going to worthless universities to get marshmallow degrees, and being generally obnoxious.
Now this is how it works folks. They had only a hundred customers across the country become proactive and go in and actually VOCALIZE THEIR OBJECTIONS to a manager. These objections were sent up the ladder to corporate, corporate realized they had better immediately adjust their policy...
With this method we can change the world folks. QUIT just sitting around and saying “well that is just the way it is and nothing can be done about it”.
Go out of your way to get PROACTIVE, VOCALIZE, AND WALK BACK OUT WITH YOUR POCKETBOOK FULL!
Quit feeding the beast!
“Some idiot high in the chain thought that supporting woke causes and globull warming and LGBTQWERTY causes was what their customers wanted.”
...and some other idiots approved it.
They all need to be fired.
Now.
There must be consequences.
Yup—they know that for every customer they hear from there are a thousand who share that view and will just quietly shop elsewhere.
Yup—they know that for every customer they hear from there are a thousand who share that view and will just quietly shop elsewhere.
“taken to heart”, also known as:
“We’re getting killed here!”
YOU know how it works. We could fix this all in just a year if we actually got off our asses and became proactive with OUR DOLLARS. But you have to make that effort to tell them why you are taking your dollars and walking out. Just walking out or not going there IS NOT ENOUGH!
Shut off their senseless money supply line that keeps them in business thwarting our own Republic! We are paying for our own destruction just because we are too lazy or afraid to SAY SOMETHING and do without a few conveniences because of the source of those conveniences.
Until you do, you have absolutely no right to complain at all because it is your own fault for allowing yourself to be hoodwinked by these criminals.
Let me guess.....a CHICK is in charge of TSC!!! Or is it a GAY?
If they haven’t fired the CEO, then it’s meaningless.
“Some idiot high in the chain” = CEO
“...was what their customers wanted.”
No, it was what HE wanted. To impose his perverted ideology on all his customers.
” If Bud Light had done this they’d still be Numero Uno.”
On my YouTube feed I alwasy hit “block this ad” for Bud Lite. I still get Bud Lit ads. Same with anything relating to Biden. Turns out there are some things you simply are not allowed to block.
We’ll see. Sadly, a long time farm and home not far from us has been taken over by these woke pissants.
You are on the right track.
Check out the Chief Marketing Officer:
https://ir.tractorsupply.com/investor-relations/governance/executive-management/default.aspx
She needs to be gone.
Now.
“we hoped you wouldn’t have noticed, damn, we will back off (for now)”
This.
Guaranteed that this one is behind all this.
Too late, perverts.
All a CEO has to say is, “we are in the business of selling products to our customers. We are not going to join the political fray.”
Fire the people who started this B.S. at TSC.
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