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MNBrewer

(8,462 posts) Fri Sep 27, 2013, 10:48 AM Sep 2013

Althea pasta sauce ad

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Althea pasta sauce ad (Original Post) MNBrewer Sep 2013 OP

It was completely dumb for Barilla to take a position where it will hurt their bottom line, R. Daneel Olivaw Sep 2013 #1

Family owned Barilla Group MNBrewer Sep 2013 #2

Wow! I gotta get me some of that! joeybee12 Sep 2013 #3

Pretty, scruffy Italian men making out. Delicious bread, pasta sauce .... what's not to like? MNBrewer Sep 2013 #4

Book me a flight to Roma now! joeybee12 Sep 2013 #5

These CEO's have a habit of forgetting that their personal opinions should be kept to themselves. NCLefty Sep 2013 #6

R. Daneel Olivaw

(12,606 posts)

1. It was completely dumb for Barilla to take a position where it will hurt their bottom line,

Reply to MNBrewer (Original post)

Fri Sep 27, 2013, 12:28 PM

Sep 2013

but in a way it is good to know where the *idiots stand.

I don't buy their pasta, and will make sure that it stays that way.

*I'm sure that many people at Barilla are good, and do not share the corporate views.

MNBrewer

(8,462 posts)

2. Family owned Barilla Group

Reply to R. Daneel Olivaw (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 27, 2013, 01:36 PM

Sep 2013

is a multi-national privately owned megacompany. It's not a mom'n'pop outfit. Sooner or later these Titans of Industry will learn to keep their bigotry silent.

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)

3. Wow! I gotta get me some of that!

Reply to MNBrewer (Original post)

Fri Sep 27, 2013, 01:47 PM

Sep 2013

And maybe some of that Althea sauce, too.

MNBrewer

(8,462 posts)

4. Pretty, scruffy Italian men making out. Delicious bread, pasta sauce .... what's not to like?

Reply to joeybee12 (Reply #3)

Fri Sep 27, 2013, 01:50 PM

Sep 2013

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)

5. Book me a flight to Roma now!

Reply to MNBrewer (Reply #4)

Fri Sep 27, 2013, 01:51 PM

Sep 2013

NCLefty

(3,678 posts)

6. These CEO's have a habit of forgetting that their personal opinions should be kept to themselves.

Reply to MNBrewer (Original post)

Fri Sep 27, 2013, 11:56 PM

Sep 2013

Just like that Papa John, making disparaging comments about Obamacare during the last election, a year before it even launched(!) and holding Romney fundraisers at his mansion.

I haven't eaten their pizza since.

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