© Autonomous Nonprofit Organization “TV-Novosti”, 2005–2020. Judge blocks Trump plan to cut food stamps for 700,000 adults, CEO of major health system to leave after controversial email, Trump plan would cut food stamps to more than 8,000 seniors. This BLM and Antifa movement must be treated like the terror organizations they are. Initially there were calls for the dairy company to be boycotted, but the news that the popular cheese was being removed from shelves was too much for some customers. Legal Statement. #boycottcostco,' tweeted user Phil Galbraith. They will occasionally add and drop products as a matter of normal business,' Henry told The Post and Courier. The Palmetto Cheese website, www.pimentocheese.com, describes the product as the top-selling pimento cheese in the country and as being sold at more than 9,100 stores in 44 states and Washington, D.C. Costco is in the process of removing Palmetto Cheese from its shelves, with a note at the Myrtle Beach location indicating that it will not be re-ordered. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. / MoneyWatch, Costco has reportedly stopped selling Palmetto Cheese after the owner of the pimento cheese brand called Black Lives Matter a "terror organization.". Racism is not it. It is sold in three varieties: Original, Jalapeño, and Bacon. Get the latest breaking news delivered straight to your inbox. Attorney for Kenosha teenager Kyle Rittenhouse releases new... TIME100's 'wokest' most influential people: BLM activists... Amid calls for boycott, Costco removes Palmetto Cheese from 120 of its stores | Georgetown Times | postandcourier.com. Costco and Henry did not immediately return requests for comment. We are hoping you are considering the same." ', The issue began when Henry posted an angry rant on his Facebook page last month, decrying the slaying of '2 white people defenselessly gunned down by a black man.'. I think not. Copyright © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. What is the GSA, and what role does it play in the transition? Palmetto Cheese has dubbed themselves "the pimento cheese with soul," and we couldn't agree more. © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Farm Heroes Saga, the #4 Game on iTunes. Still another said: "Attention Corporate America. How about the POS who just gunned down three defenseless white people? Share this story! Criminals resisting arrest end up dead. This is insane." This BLM and Antifa movement must be treated like the terror organizations they are.". https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/189930/southern-pimento-cheese First published on September 23, 2020 / 3:00 PM. News provided by The Associated Press. Henry warned that a boycott would only hurt the hundreds of people employed by the company in South Carolina. We are hoping you are considering the same. Another message read: 'Costco flexing their wokeness and/or giving in to the BLM mob. ", Thank you #costco now @kroger@LowesFoods must step up- this crap was actually in my cart #brianbuckhenry@palmettocheese - #BlackLivesMatterhttps://t.co/oKiX1tj0cE, Hey @Publix Costco pulled palmetto cheese because of the open racism of its owner. 'Please consider the hundreds of South Carolinians’ jobs that depend on its success,' he pleaded. 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This is insane. 'Costco rotates items in and out during the course of the year. 'So why do we stand by and allow BLM to lawlessly destroy great American cities and threaten their citizens on a daily basis,' Henry wrote the following day. "2 innocent people murdered. Market data provided by ICE Data Services. You be the judge.'. Palmetto Cheese faced calls for a boycott following the controversial Facebook post. THIS is how you ally!! I hope Costco pays big time.'. Costco has halted sales of Palmetto Cheese, a popular brand of pimento cheese spread that had been offered in over 120 of its stores, after the company's owner triggered outrage with a Facebook post criticizing Black Lives Matter. Think your friends would be interested? The retailer hasn't made a statement on its decision, but the move came after consumers called for a boycott of the brand because of social media comments by Palmetto Cheese's owner, Brian Henry. Read RT Privacy policy to find out more. He said his comments were "hurtful and insensitive. What is racist about this post? 'Should they have a carde blanche license to pillage and destroy. Criticize BLM = lose your business. ", This is the owner of Palmetto Cheese. Activists on the Appropriation Cheese page celebrated Costco's decision and pressed for more. Don’t make me laugh. 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Costco removed the pimento cheese brand nearly a month after founder Brian Henry, who is also a South Carolina mayor, made racially charged comments on Facebook. Why? Henry, who also is mayor of the small South Carolina coastal town of Pawleys Island, may have squandered a chance to inspire a boycott-backlash movement – like that which Goya Foods enjoyed after its owner was vilified for praising President Donald Trump – when he issued an apology on September 3. At a press conference earlier this month, Henry reportedly apologized for his comments, calling them "hurtful and insensitive." He complained that BLM and Antifa were being allowed to "lawlessly destroy great American cities and threaten their citizens on a daily basis" and declared "All lives matter. A sign posted at a store in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, indicated that Palmetto Cheese had been pulled from Costco's shelves, according to a local news report. One Twitter user, Terry Forshee wrote: 'The truth is now punishable by the “woke” mob. A sign posted at a store in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, indicates that Palmetto Cheese has been discontinued and will not be ordered again by Costco. The recipe, developed by Sassy Henry in the mid-90s', would serve her delicious cheese spread to tailgating friends at Atlanta Braves games. The Georgetown chapter of the NAACP lambasted Henry’s now-deleted status update as 'racist' and demanded that he resign as mayor of Pawleys Island.
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