Wasn't feeling well or paying attention at the store and almost picked up a box. (Reply #35)

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Tue Nov 5, 2013, 01:17 PM

woodsprite (11,523 posts)

35. Wasn't feeling well or paying attention at the store and almost picked up a box.

My daughter said "Mom, put that back. Let's buy this one. Buying Barilla pasta is just like buying gas from BP."

Good girl!!!

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85 replies	Author	Time	Post
pasta company Barilla shocked by global backlash, trying to make amends [View all]	Liberal_in_LA	Nov 2013	OP
Maybe they could try giving away lots of boxes of rainbow colored pasta... n/t	PoliticAverse	Nov 2013	#1
and donate proceeds to a GLBT youth outreach program.	KittyWampus	Nov 2013	#25
They are just sorry they lost business.	Lex	Nov 2013	#2
Kind of like the tearful Jimmy Swaggart "I'm so sorry I got caught" display! n/t	brewens	Nov 2013	#16
Exactly	Heather MC	Nov 2013	#19
You're absolutely right. The week that he said that crap we had decided on pasta and	winterpark	Nov 2013	#26
Excellent !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	RKP5637	Nov 2013	#55
One step further...	krkaufman	Nov 2013	#61
Mental note to me. Never buy from these fuckers again. They don't give a damn about LGBT. Also,	RKP5637	Nov 2013	#52
YEP!	BillyRibs	Nov 2013	#80
Actually it's PENinsular..... n/t	radhika	Nov 2013	#84
Too late....	JeffHead	Nov 2013	#3
Being hit in the wallet is the only pain these people feel. But they feel it viscerally like a kick	Ed Suspicious	Nov 2013	#4
Their section of the shelf in the Safeway barely had any holes in it this weekend	Starry Messenger	Nov 2013	#5
My wife and I almost always bought their brand,	ZombieHorde	Nov 2013	#6
Same here. Not much difference in taste with commercial pasta and Barilla was usually the cheapest.	adirondacker	Nov 2013	#7
Yes, I liked Barilla and usually bought it.	gvstn	Nov 2013	#9
Ronzoni has a smoother texture	KurtNYC	Nov 2013	#22
Garafalo pasta at Costco! The best...	Pretzel_Warrior	Nov 2013	#32
Good rec. I shop at Costco - I'll try Garafalo n/t	stanwyck	Nov 2013	#40
Ours still has the barilla...	Phentex	Nov 2013	#75
We love Creamette brand. Not sure about their politics but I like it better than Barilla.	Ed Suspicious	Nov 2013	#36
Same here	matt819	Nov 2013	#72
They only want their profits back...	CoffeeCat	Nov 2013	#8
Yep, Oh shit we damaged the brand!	Rambis	Nov 2013	#27
Oh, the poor homophobic bigots. We hope they sink outta sight. They don't give a	RKP5637	Nov 2013	#54
I'll believe them when they fire Chairman Barilla.	Gravitycollapse	Nov 2013	#10
what do you expect? Homophobic fuckers!!!!	gopiscrap	Nov 2013	#11
The story got bolstered beyond the original info...	Decaffeinated	Nov 2013	#77
Easiest fix is the chairman resigns, but...	TreasonousBastard	Nov 2013	#12
Americans, as well.	krkaufman	Nov 2013	#62
...Used to buy Barilla... That was clearly a mistake that need not be repeated. n/t	xocet	Nov 2013	#13
"Italy is a very insular country, and in cities like Parma it's even more so..."	rocktivity	Nov 2013	#14
Yes, "We're a bunch of inbred country fucks" isn't exactly a visit to the morality carwash	hatrack	Nov 2013	#24
"We'd heard rumors about this thing called the Worldwide Web, but we'd thought it was mythological..	Arugula Latte	Nov 2013	#42
Galileo tried to tell them about the global thing in the 1600's	Lex	Nov 2013	#50
uh...yep. We have marketing, and distribution around the world... BUT	dballance	Nov 2013	#53
Knowing Italy is the home of the world's biggest asshole	Buddha_of_Wisdom	Nov 2013	#56
I prefer DeCecco.	Lugnut	Nov 2013	#15
Yes. Expect to see Barilla on sale a lot more in the future n/t	Quasimodem	Nov 2013	#69
It's down at our Publix...	Phentex	Nov 2013	#76
Had they not lost money, they wouldn't have given a rats behind	AllyCat	Nov 2013	#17
Shoulda never said it...	ReRe	Nov 2013	#18
Shocked! Shocked, I tell you!	liberalla	Nov 2013	#20
I don't think anyone could have predicted this. nt	Javaman	Nov 2013	#21
Perhaps, if you are in commerce, you should just STFU about your personal beliefs	SoCalDem	Nov 2013	#23
^^ this ^^	Myrina	Nov 2013	#33
I have never understood that behavior.	whopis01	Nov 2013	#37
Very bigoted, and they are focused on supporters of their bigoted views	IronLionZion	Nov 2013	#59
Another pasta company should air a commerical during Modern Family...	Phentex	Nov 2013	#28
I think you're right and I'm a little surprised no one has done it yet.	liberalla	Nov 2013	#39
maybe they could team with Chick-fil-a	rurallib	Nov 2013	#29
Nobody cares, Guido!...	TeeYiYi	Nov 2013	#30
There will be little chance of recovery. I would never purchase another box.	byronius	Nov 2013	#31
I am with you on that	Egnever	Nov 2013	#47
I'll never voluntarily eat Barilla	Renew Deal	Nov 2013	#34
Saw VII	krkaufman	Nov 2013	#63
Wasn't feeling well or paying attention at the store and almost picked up a box.	woodsprite	Nov 2013	#35
Made me laugh...	krkaufman	Nov 2013	#64
Saw a pile of that shit on sale in my grocery store at discount prices....they cannot give it away.	MADem	Nov 2013	#38
Barilla is 10 for $10 at my King Soopers	ellie	Nov 2013	#41
just passed on barilla	EC	Nov 2013	#43
I am all for redemption and forgiveness.	tblue	Nov 2013	#44
Pasta la vista, baby	Blue Owl	Nov 2013	#45
You can't un-ring a bell - asshole. nt.	Blue Idaho	Nov 2013	#46
Barilla was the first brand in our area to sell whole-wheat pasta	greatlaurel	Nov 2013	#48
K&R	DeSwiss	Nov 2013	#49
Yeah, only concerned about $$$$$. They don't give a fuck about LGBT! n/t	RKP5637	Nov 2013	#51
Too little too late. As if he cared about LGBT people. He cares about $$$.	OregonBlue	Nov 2013	#57
I still don't buy nestle products, barilla is in that same "just say no" category for me now	Coexist	Nov 2013	#58
F*CK them	Lithos	Nov 2013	#60
List of Pasta Companies pro gay advertisments in reaction to Barilla	pitbullgirl1965	Nov 2013	#65
I did not know....	AnneD	Nov 2013	#68
Good old sexism at play too.	pitbullgirl1965	Nov 2013	#66
Growing up in the Cleveland suburbs...	awoke_in_2003	Nov 2013	#67
I think of white socks ...	Auggie	Nov 2013	#73
it started with Ghoulardi...	awoke_in_2003	Nov 2013	#83
We stopped buying Barilla	LibertyLover	Nov 2013	#70
I actually sent them an email about this...	penultimate	Nov 2013	#71
FU, Barilla. We don't need you. nt	valerief	Nov 2013	#74
Soooooooooo many pasta options.	Iggo	Nov 2013	#78
Amazing how a whack to the pocketbook changes a public tune. Shame it does not change the private	appleannie1	Nov 2013	#79
Barilla.	blkmusclmachine	Nov 2013	#81
Who knew that a company that sells boring processed carbs	johnd83	Nov 2013	#82
I haven't bought any since, and I'm not likely to go back.	Hugin	Nov 2013	#85

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