Umbrella Group for Business Owners Opposes Calls for Boycott of Goya
An umbrella group representing small business owners publicly rejected calls for the owners to boyco..
An umbrella group representing small business owners publicly rejected calls for the owners to boycott Goya Foods after Goyas CEO praised President Donald Trump.
“Today, we are saying—unconditionally, unequivocally—that Goya Foods will remain on our shelves and our community will continue to buy Goya products,” Fernando Mateo, spokesman for the United Bodegas of America, said at a press conference in New York City on Sunday.
“There was never a question in our minds—in fact, when the idea was brought up, we got together and we laughed and we said, who could have come up with such a crazy and foolish idea, to boycott Goya foods. It will never happen,” he added.
Bodegas are small grocery stores; many of them exist in the city. The United Bodegas of America represents thousands of bodega owners. The groups president and board of directors attended the briefing and clapped in a show of support for Goya.
Many bodega owners start businesses with little money but Goya still fills their shelves, according to Mateo.
“The message is very clear: Goya, we stand with you. Goya, we love you. And Goya, thanks for supporting us,” he said.
Goya employs over 5,000 people in the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut area, the group said in a separate statement.
“Lets NOT allow anyone to tell us what we can or cant buy,” Mateo said.
Division over Goya started last week, when Goya Foods CEO Robert Unanue said America is fortunate to have a leader like Trump.
Unanue, who also worked with former first lady Michelle Obama, later rejected calls to apologize, referring to pressurRead More – Source
