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2020-09-23 -PC Follies
Costco removes popular cheese after Black Lives Matter controversy
[FoxNews] Pimento cheese company's owner compared protest movement to 'terror organization'

Costco has stopped carrying products from a pimento cheese brand owned by a South Carolina mayor who called the Black Lives Matter and Antifa movements “terror organizations.”

Brian Henry, the mayor of Pawleys Island and owner of Palmetto Cheese, told the Georgetown Times that the company’s products were being pulled “as a matter of normal business” and that the wholesale retailer rotates items in and out regularly.

“We remain optimistic that Palmetto Cheese will be back on the shelves in the not-too-distant future,” Henry told the Times.

When reached for comment, a Costco representative declined to comment on the Palmetto Cheese brand.

The Georgetown Times published a photo of a sign in the Myrtle Beach Costco store stating that the products were “discontinued and will not be re-ordered by Costco,” adding that the products were being removed from more than 120 Costco locations.

Palmetto faced calls for a boycott from some consumers following Henry’s controversial Facebook post, in which he tied the protest movements to the unrelated fatal shooting of a father and daughter following an auto crash. The victims were white, while the accused killer is Black.

The Georgetown chapter of the NAACP called Henry’s post “racist” and called for him to resign.

Henry has since deleted his post. He also publicly apologized, The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reported.
Posted by Skidmark 2020-09-23 07:01|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ]  Top
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#1 What he said isn't wrong, and that's good eats. The jalapeno variety is good, too.
Posted by Rob Crawford 2020-09-23 07:12||   2020-09-23 07:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Blessed are the cheese makers...
Posted by SteveS 2020-09-23 10:52||   2020-09-23 10:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Palmetto Cheese has a page on their website where one can find local suppliers here.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-09-23 10:55||   2020-09-23 10:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Looks delicious.
Posted by swksvolFF 2020-09-23 12:18||   2020-09-23 12:18|| Front Page Top

#5 Notice the major chains only pick on smaller suppliers, hmmm?
Posted by magpie 2020-09-23 20:54||   2020-09-23 20:54|| Front Page Top

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