{"id":163206,"date":"2021-01-26T01:25:32","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T22:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/goya-foods-votes-to-silence-pro-trump-ceo-robert-unanue\/"},"modified":"2021-01-26T01:25:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T22:25:32","slug":"goya-foods-votes-to-silence-pro-trump-ceo-robert-unanue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/goya-foods-votes-to-silence-pro-trump-ceo-robert-unanue\/","title":{"rendered":"#Goya Foods votes to silence pro-Trump CEO Robert Unanue"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Goya Foods votes to silence pro-Trump CEO Robert Unanue<\/strong>”
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Goya Foods has voted to silence its pro-Trump CEO Robert Unanue following his recent television app<\/a>earances questioning the results of the presidential election, The Post has learned.<\/p>\n

The Hispanic foods giant on Friday agreed to censure Unanue, 67, for controversial remarks in the wake of the deadly Jan. 6 invasion of the US Capitol building, including on Jan. 20 when he called Biden\u2019s election \u201cunverified\u201d during an appearance on Fox Business.<\/p>\n

The vote by a majority of Goya\u2019s nine-member board means Unanue must now obtain board permission before making any more media<\/a> appearances, sources close to the situation said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBob does not speak for Goya Foods when he speaks on TV,\u201d Goya board member and third-generation owner Andy Unanue told The Post last week leading up to the vote. \u201cThe family has diverse views on politics, but politics is not part of our business. Our political point of views are irrelevant.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think this it is mission accomplished. Mission accomplished by the union, the partnership, the conglomerate of social media, Big Tech, big media and government, big government, for ushering in the dawn of a new world order. This great reset,\u201d Unanue said on Fox Business\u2019 Mornings With Maria <\/a>last week. \u201cWith an unverified election, and the big prize is the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robert Unanue on Monday declined to comment on the vote but acknowledged that he\u2019s having second thoughts about publicizing his political views.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndependently, I\u2019ve made the decision to lower the temperature and walk away from speaking about politics and religion,\u201d he said. \u201cI realize it\u2019s important because of the diverse views of the company and our market.\u201d<\/p>\n

The CEO, who personally owns less than five percent of the business, didn\u2019t fully close the door on speaking out either. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t believe I should speak politically or in a faith-based manner on behalf of the company,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I leave open the possibility of speaking on behalf of myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

The head of the seller of canned beans and tropical drinks has been at odds with some of his fellow directors since July when he declared that the US was \u201ctruly blessed\u201d to have Trump for president.<\/p>\n

That led to calls for a boycott of the company \u2014 founded in Manhattan in 1936 by immigrants Don Prudencio Unanue and his wife Carolina \u2014 by people like US Rep. (NY-Dem) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who say Trump has vilified people from Mexico and Latin America.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh look, it\u2019s the sound of me Googling \u2018how to make your own Adobo,\u201d the New York congresswoman famously tweeted in response to Unanue\u2019s July 9 remarks.<\/p>\n

The boycott was countered by calls for a \u201cbuycott\u201d \u2014 a movement best represented by Ivanka Trump tweeting a photo of herself holding a can of Goya black beans along with the company\u2019s slogan, \u201cIf it\u2019s Goya, it has to be good,\u201d in English and Spanish.<\/p>\n

Goya shareholders have argued internally ever since, with some claiming that their CEO has been costing them sales by alienating many core customers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should be growing more than we are,\u201d a Goya source said. The source said that while Goya sales are up overall due to the pandemic, which has been driving up the sale of canned goods general<\/a>ly, they have fallen since the boycott kicked off in July.<\/p>\n

Nielsen data shows sales of Goya beans grew 82 percent \u2014 and its rice by 85 percent \u2014 for the nine weeks ended June 1, according to publication Food Dive. Sales in recent weeks, by contrast, are up only 10 percent over a year ago, the source said.<\/p>\n

Some Goya owners have also asked the board to present a motion to remove Unanue as CEO because he\u2019s been using the company to promote his political views, sources said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore than 50 percent of the shareholders do not want Bob to be the CEO,\u201d a Goya source said. \u201cAll these political statements that Bob is making is dangerous for the company and for us personally as owners,\u201d this person added.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will hurt the Unanue name and company if he continues,\u201d a second Goya source and shareholder said. \u201cHe should be thrown out as CEO. I think it\u2019s really hurting us.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an interview with The Post last week leading up to Friday\u2019s vote, Unanue acknowledged that his job may be on the line.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m attacked by my own family\u201d he said. \u201cI could be fired tomorrow \u2026 whatever. It\u2019s touch and go.\u201d<\/p>\n

As The Post exclusively reported last year, Unanue narrowly escaped losing his job when he nixed an effort to sell a minority stake in the company to a private equity investor that would have brought in a non-family member CEO for the first time in the company\u2019s 85 year history.<\/p>\n

In the same pre-vote interview, Unanue argued that Goya\u2019s sales are booming, due in part to the \u201cbuycott\u201d and his fight against \u201ccancel culture.\u201d \u201cWe\u2019ve kept our base and expanded the general market,\u201d he said, referring to Trump supporters.<\/p>\n

Last month, he named Rep. Ocasio-Cortez \u201cemployee of the month,\u201d saying sales spiked following her calls to boycott the company.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe the Holy Spirit put the word \u2018blessed\u2019 on my lips,\u201d Unanue said of his July 9 remarks on the White House lawn that led to the boycott.<\/p>\n

Still, he said he was heartened by President Biden\u2019s inaugural address. \u201cI was very thrilled to hear Biden call for unity and prayer. I respect him. I just don\u2019t know if everyone [on the left] agrees with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf President Biden gets his way, it\u2019s good,\u201d he said.\u00a0\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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