Company that Called Republicans Racist
Loses Massive Number of Customers
Newstalk1130 WISN Milwaukee,
by
Dan O’Donnell
Original Article
Posted By: GustoGrabber,
1/28/2022 9:34:10 AM
Penzey's Spices, the Milwaukee-based company that held "Republicans are Racist Weekend" sale on Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend earlier this month, is now dealing with a massive loss of customers and is now all but begging for new business.
"After starting the year with All Republicans are Republicans and following up with Republicans are Racists we’ve set a nice little Boycott Penzeys! surge in motion," Penzey's CEO Bill Penzey said in an email to customers Friday. "It certainly wasn’t unexpected, but if it’s within your means, you picking up a small stack of Gift Cards would help."
Reply 1 - Posted by:
mossley 1/28/2022 9:41:43 AM (No. 1053588)
You can't fix stupid! His sister is actually sane and runs a rival spice company, The Spice House.
80 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 1/28/2022 9:41:54 AM (No. 1053590)
Keep it up! I hope the SOB goes broke.
92 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
Annalucia 1/28/2022 9:42:56 AM (No. 1053591)
I quit buying from Penzey's after Trump was elected and Bill Penzey sent out an APB denouncing Republicans as horrible people, and I had my name taken off the mailing list, and I imagine a lot of other people did the same. The boy doesn't seem to have learned much.
Has he really lost only 3% of his customer base? Why would he care? Or is the real number a lot bigger than that?
87 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
JunkYardDog 1/28/2022 9:46:32 AM (No. 1053595)
Bob Unanue, CEO of Goya Beans, sent Penzey a note. It said YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN NICER. IDIOT.
81 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
Jean123 1/28/2022 9:46:37 AM (No. 1053596)
#3 same here. Never realized schadenfreude can feel so good!!
44 people like this.
I used to buy all my spices from Penzy’s but when I found out what a colossal jerk he is I stopped. Now I buy my spices from Spice House. It’s mail order but I don’t care.
64 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
billa57 1/28/2022 9:47:30 AM (No. 1053598)
Democrats are they racists. They divide everything and everybody by race. NOTHING is more important to the DNC as racial division.
61 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
wilarrbie 1/28/2022 9:50:56 AM (No. 1053603)
I know we get called racist all the time, but they never point out how.
52 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 1/28/2022 9:53:17 AM (No. 1053608)
I'm sure leftists just now buying his stuff are merely virtue signaling. They may buy a little tin of oregano or black pepper and prominently display it in their front window, but won't be regular customers.
41 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
jhpeters2 1/28/2022 9:58:19 AM (No. 1053614)
Back in the day - back when Salzburg was the OPEC equivalent salt purveyor, well, thats when spices carried heft and power. The New World was discovered due to spices. Not so much anymore. Now spices are simply, for the most part a commodity, but not worth the trade effort of pork bellies and unleaded gas. People simply lose their minds when it comes to politics - don't they?
29 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
mossley 1/28/2022 9:58:27 AM (No. 1053615)
#3 makes an excellent point. This guy wouldn't be so desperate if he had only lost a small amount of his customer base. He claims 10,000 signed up for his email, but that doesn't mean they buy anything. And people could stop ordering without unsubscribing; it's faster just to mark a message as spam. He's losing a lot of money.
52 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
coldborezero 1/28/2022 10:06:27 AM (No. 1053625)
Webster’s definition of racist:
“a : having, reflecting, or fostering the belief that race is a fundamental determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.”
Leftist tyrant’s definition of racist:
“Anyone, anywhere, at anytime who does not agree with me on ANY subject; regardless of whether it is related to race in any way”.
So, by the current definition, most of us who read Lucianne are most certainly “racists”. Makes me proud.
35 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
Quigley 1/28/2022 10:07:27 AM (No. 1053628)
This is unbelievable that he could be so consumed with irrational hatred.
37 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
Scout Finch 1/28/2022 10:15:25 AM (No. 1053640)
I hope none of my family or friends presents me with one of their gift cards. I will gladly toss it in the garbage, along with the spent kitty litter from my cat. Perhaps China has tucked a little extra into this nitwit’s pocket as thanks.
21 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
lftrn97 1/28/2022 10:16:53 AM (No. 1053643)
#12, right So we need to start branding "culturalism" to counter racism, There's a culture of success and a culture of failure. Has nothing inherently to do with race and can be factually analyzed.
18 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
cor-vet 1/28/2022 10:27:23 AM (No. 1053658)
I use the Spice House. I hope they don't go 'woke'.
21 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 1/28/2022 10:38:01 AM (No. 1053676)
Good. Serves Penzey's right. None of their spices for me, either. Bottom line, don't bite the hand that buys your products.
24 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
PrayerWarrior 1/28/2022 10:39:13 AM (No. 1053678)
Liberalism is a mental disorder. Hat tip to Michael Savage.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Echohawk 1/28/2022 10:41:22 AM (No. 1053683)
Where did this clown go to business school? USC Berkeley?
16 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
Highlander 1/28/2022 10:53:57 AM (No. 1053698)
Major bonehead Penzey should have taken a tip from Michael Jordan. When asked to take an activist stance by liberal blacks, Jordan said “Republicans buy sneakers, too.” Jordan stuck to his game. Smart guy.
35 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
VirtuDawg 1/28/2022 11:04:57 AM (No. 1053708)
Go woke, go broke.
23 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
rosefenn 1/28/2022 11:07:02 AM (No. 1053710)
Why did they have to do this to themselves? My cupboards are full of Penzey's products, I loved them! But I can never again buy any of their stuff, because THEY chose to drive me away! Why on earth would a company do that?
24 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 1/28/2022 11:15:04 AM (No. 1053719)
The McCormick's spices in the grocery store are perfectly good to me, and easy to snatch off the shelf as I walk by. Never heard of Penzy's until he went leftist loon.
27 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
Californian 1/28/2022 11:17:57 AM (No. 1053724)
19, the Haas School of Business at Berkeley is a very safe place for the hard core conservative kids.
This guy definitely didn't go there. He would fail out.
11 people like this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
nosillod 1/28/2022 11:20:05 AM (No. 1053728)
FWIW if you throw away a gift card it becomes 100% profit to the issuing company. They have the money and don't have to provide a product for it in return. I'm open to ideas of how to convert that gift card to cash at the expense of the issuer, but at least make them provide something for the gift card. Throw it away once you have it if you like. I suppose if you bought close out products and discounted stuff you would narrow their profit margin.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
bpl40 1/28/2022 11:27:49 AM (No. 1053739)
It seems to me (that) saying Republicans are racist is the most racist thing you can say in today’s America. That includes calling someone Ni****. Because the reason for saying something so dishonest and poisonous is to sustain and increase racial divisiveness in society to make political profit from it. Pure evil.
9 people like this.
Reply 27 - Posted by:
Gallo3 1/28/2022 11:32:09 AM (No. 1053744)
The real Racists are the Racialist-Socialists of America, now known as The RAZI Party.
11 people like this.
Reply 28 - Posted by:
Highvoltage 1/28/2022 11:37:03 AM (No. 1053748)
You can make your own spices- just a few ingredients are needed and it’s fun to do. It’s simple and not complicated like making a Covid vaccine would be.
7 people like this.
Reply 29 - Posted by:
GustoGrabber 1/28/2022 11:42:59 AM (No. 1053752)
Fun Fact: Spice house was the original Penzey, owned by his parents and is actually a must see must smell stop, before going to the SafeHouse when in downtown MIlwaukee. Now run by Penzey's sister, who shares nothing with either Bill, his spice network and most importantly his politics.
17 people like this.
Reply 30 - Posted by:
john56 1/28/2022 11:47:42 AM (No. 1053762)
And they say there isn't any good news anymore.
But don't trash the gift card. In some states, the issuing business can pocket the money on unused gift cards. Some require it to be turned over to the state. Buy some spices and send them to a homeless shelter, battered womens shelter, or home for unwed mothers, or a convent.
10 people like this.
Reply 31 - Posted by:
john56 1/28/2022 11:49:47 AM (No. 1053765)
Oh yeah, and I forgot. Don't spend any more than the gift card. If you can figure out which spices have the least amount of profit for the leftist yahoo, buy those spices. Don't forget the shipping, either.
9 people like this.
Reply 32 - Posted by:
downnout 1/28/2022 11:51:29 AM (No. 1053767)
What a horrible, deranged person Penzey is.
12 people like this.
Reply 33 - Posted by:
Jebediah 1/28/2022 11:53:30 AM (No. 1053771)
YAHOOO!!!!!! I am originally from Wisconsin and live near a Penzey's Spice store in Norwalk, Ct. and bought from them often and a lot. A LOT! The clerks were nice, the product was good, what's not to like. UNTIL I got the word on the Penzey boss, who is totally unhinged re: Trump and Republicans. That was it for me!!!! He could gift card me from here to eternity but there is no way I will buy from that jackass.
18 people like this.
Reply 34 - Posted by:
Marzon 1/28/2022 12:09:58 PM (No. 1053783)
If you are unfortunate enough to be gifted a card, consider buying 1 unit of the cheapest thing they sell and get it shipped to you and repeat with a separate shipment for each unit. That should drive their overhead costs up.
11 people like this.
Reply 35 - Posted by:
Harlowe 1/28/2022 12:38:08 PM (No. 1053813)
On the subject of insults, on January 23, 2022 cartoonists Batiuk & Davis used “Crankshaft” to convey their contempt for the covid unvaccinated population by calling them “ignoramuses”. This household is not by any means overly sensitive but will no longer even glance at the comic strip.
7 people like this.
Reply 36 - Posted by:
3XALADY 1/28/2022 12:39:32 PM (No. 1053820)
Years ago I used only Penzey spices. Then Mr. Penzey started his loony editorials in his magazine and I stopped ordering. I'm wondering if any liberals even cook any more. I know conservative ladies do. Church dinners and all that.
7 people like this.
Penzey's has figured out that insulting one's customer base is not the way to do business. LMAO, but this could not happen to a more deserving bunch. As #1 says, The Spice House is a better company and has more sanity.
10 people like this.
Reply 38 - Posted by:
DVC 1/28/2022 12:44:38 PM (No. 1053832)
Get woke, go broke. Another example.
I hope he has to close the company down.
12 people like this.
Reply 39 - Posted by:
red1066 1/28/2022 12:56:58 PM (No. 1053854)
Companies spend years and millions of dollars in advertising trying to create a good reputation to attract customers. This clown does the exact opposite and is probably wondering what went wrong. The woke crowd doesn't cook and use spices to cook. They order their food online because they are lazy and too busy traveling to the next woke protest.
7 people like this.
Reply 40 - Posted by:
janjan 1/28/2022 1:04:59 PM (No. 1053868)
You just have to laugh at these fools who think they are brilliant businessmen. I guess he thought he would get massive positive PR by totally offending more than half the country. Liberals would be standing in line to buy products from his awesome woke self. Instead he’s losing his ass. That’s a shocker. HaHa
11 people like this.
Reply 41 - Posted by:
Starboard_side 1/28/2022 1:24:47 PM (No. 1053902)
#12, makes a very good point
I had never heard of this guy's spice company, but I hope he goes broke nice and slow.
Could not imagine how someone, even a liberal democrat, could find it acceptable to buy from a person who's views are so hate-filled and twisted.
I also hope any vendor supplying him with boxes, packing materials, and shipping services stops doing business with him.
8 people like this.
Reply 42 - Posted by:
Kumoan 1/28/2022 1:26:12 PM (No. 1053907)
"...you picking up a small stack of Gift Cards would help."
And, being a good demorat, be sure to shoplift them. As for this anti-American moron, save a little of your salt to rub in your [self-inflicted] wounds.
7 people like this.
Reply 43 - Posted by:
SycamoreHills 1/28/2022 1:32:11 PM (No. 1053922)
Although I don't necessarily consider myself a Republican, I have been boycotting Penzeys spices since the O'Bama years when I discovered what a lefty Penzey himself is. I took the Penzey spices I had received as Christmas gifts and dumped them on the counter of the store in Maplewood. Phone lines run both ways and so does cancel culture if you believe there is any cultural dimension to barbaric leftism.
9 people like this.
Reply 44 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 1/28/2022 9:50:43 PM (No. 1054349)
Libertards always do the same thing. After basking in the warmth and wealth provided by conservative American producers, they turn their backs on what brought them there, thinking they can destroy the underlying culture, substituting "Progressivism" in its place. Of course their Orwellian word goulash is just
more, "Forward, to the past!" So, this braindead moron, enjoying the success in the "evil" Capitalist Free Market, he finds out that people vote with their pocketbooks and is now butthurt begging for mercy after egging on a war.
I've got a song for you:
"Imagine there's no profits, it's easy if you try,
No Leftist Spices, Only the MyPillow Guy
Imagine all pro-Trumpers, Snorting pure Cayene! Woo-hoo-oooohh"
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