Latino chefs blast Goya Foods after CEO's pro-Trump comments
Goya Foods touted its charitable giving on Friday after calls for a boycott
High-profile Hispanic chefs blasted Goya Foods after Goya CEO Robert Unanue praised President Trump at a White House event last week.
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"Let’s be clear Goya Foods President Trump has left Latinos and many Americans hungry. Cages Latino Children. Has forgotten the Latino community through this pandemic. Has called Mexicans rapist. We are blessed? I think Latinos we are being mistreated," celebrity chef Jose Andres wrote on Twitter.
Mexican-American food blogger Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack told CNN she would no longer recommend Goya products in her recipes.
"It's the most recognized Hispanic brand in the United States. ... I'm certainly looking for alternatives that I will recommend versus Goya," Marquez-Sharpnack told CNN.
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This illustration photo taken on July 11, 2020 shows a selection of Goya food products in a Los Angeles supermarket. (Photo by Chris DELMAS / AFP) (Photo by CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images)
Cookbook author Bren Herrera accused Unanue of supporting "hate."
"Goya Foods… you done messed up. You DO realize the Hispanic consumer, specifically the Latina, spends 11% MORE than the general market," Herrera wrote on Twitter.
Goya Foods did not respond to a request for comment in response to the chefs' statements.
On Friday, Goya Foods touted its charitable giving after calls for a boycott. Goya Foods said it has given 2 million pounds of food to food banks throughout the nation in need of food for families affected by COVID19.
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“We're with the president. We're with this country — right, left, center, up and down," Unanue told "Varney & Co." on Friday.
Unanue, head of the New Jersey-based company, said Friday the boycott is "a reflection of a division that exists today in our country" that is "killing our nation."