Owner of Penzey's Spices goes on insane rant against Republicans (my title - posted on Facebook)

[mountaineer]

Facebook post by Bill Penzey, owner of Penzey's Spices:

Penzeys Spices
6 hrs ·

Free Hope & Paris, a $19.90 value w $10 purchase +Free
Shipping w $20 spending not $30 until Sunday midnight —

Our Sunny Paris offer is part of our celebration of the 75th anniversary of Casablanca. It may well be the best love story ever, but it's also a roadmap for fighting the totalitarianism now taking hold of the Republican Party in America today. In love there is hope, and hope is the only force capable of beating the despair that allows fascism to take hold.

I get emails, lots of them. Some people have a hard time getting their heads around what standing up for humanity has to do with being a Spice business. And I get that this answer won't make sense to everyone, but what standing up for humanity has to do with being a Spice business is pretty much everything. Cooking is where we learned our humanity. Through cooking we came to understand that strength was not driving others away, strength comes from welcoming others in. Up until a year ago that's how America worked, too.

The good thing about Nationalists, Fascists, Nazis and their like is that they are never in the majority. The bad thing is that they are pretty good at demoralizing the majority to the point where they can seize control. What hope means in times of despair is also everything. The origins of our Embrace Hope pin go back to well before the time that publicly supporting the equality promised to all by the US Constitution was seen as supporting one party and attacking the other. Originally this was to be a plaque we placed above the doors to our stores.

Growing up, I had the rare opportunity to witness the incredible diversity of Cooks. Early on I understood that whole caring about others at the heart of cooking really does cause Cooks to live lives that are so much more than average. At some point I ran across that line from Dante’s 14th-century poem that describes the entrance to hell as bearing the inscription over the door: “Abandon all hope ye who enter here.” For me it was a eureka moment. Cooks never abandon hope, they embrace it.

So we worked together, and what started in the wood shop at work ended up at our kitchen table in our home where Jeri and our kids brought it to life. This pin is awesome. Get one today. To see the pin closer click this link: https://www.penzeys.com/online-cata…/embrace-hope-pin/…/pd-s

Sunny Paris is a go-to blend great for vegetables, chicken, and fish. Once comments start appearing below I'm pretty sure you will see how many fans there are for Sunny Paris on eggs of any style. To see Sunny Paris click here: https://www.penzeys.com/…/sunny-paris-seaso…/c-24/p-276/pd-s

In our stores, to pick up your choice of $9.95 value Sunny Paris jar, or $9.95 value Embrace Hope, spend $5 and get your choice; with $10 you can get both. In our stores, just mention this post and spend $5 or $10.

Visiting us online at penzeys.com this weekend, with $5 in spending use your choice of “94056C” for the Embrace Hope pin, or “15453C” for the Sunny Paris. With $10 in spending you can use both. Just enter the codes into the apply code box at check out. No need to place either in your basket, the codes will do that for you.

No code needed for the free shipping with just $20 in spending rather than the usual $30. This offer is automatic for everyone, so please tell a friend. And finally, there’s no code needed for the good prices on the Regular Chili Powder and Minced Garlic. Both are awesome, especially the Garlic. Give it a try if you can.

And please be ready for a time when we will have to Embrace Hope more than ever. The coordinated Republican attack we are seeing right now against the first amendment’s guarantee of a free press and against America’s dedicated law enforcement agencies is a clear indication that there is a lot more about to be revealed than simply vague meetings with Russians that went nowhere, and states’ voting databases being hacked for no reason.

The desperation of these attacks on the press and law enforcement are the signs of a party in great fear of the public learning the true extent of its actions. They are labeling the FBI’s investigation into Russia’s support of the Republican Party as un-American. This is a party fighting for its life. Good chance there will be times where many find themselves in despair ahead. You’re a Cook, Embrace Hope instead.

Thanks for reading,

Bill

bill @penzeys.com

And as always, if you do like what we are doing please like our page and share this post with friends and family who might see the value in it. Free shipping with just $20 does make it easy for first timers to give us a try. And both the Sunny Paris and the pin are really nice. -Thanks.

[mountaineer]

I responded that he needed counseling. His products are very good, but I won't be purchasing any more of them.

[edpc]

Through cooking we came to understand that strength was not driving others away, strength comes from welcoming others in.


Funny....I distinctly recall hearing a phrase growing up.  I believe it was something like 'too many cooks in the kitchen.'

[mountaineer]

Through cooking we came to understand that strength was not driving others away, strength comes from welcoming others in.

Funny....I distinctly recall hearing a phrase growing up.  I believe it was something like 'too many cooks in the kitchen.'

Indeed. What he said is just blather. What does cooking have to do with strength and welcoming? Just make the $*&% soup, Bill!

[mountaineer]

Burger King also decides that political commentary is a good way to sell product, bashing the FCC's recent net neutrality ruling.  Uh, no. I no more need their sandwiches than I do Penzey's spices or Scott's vests.

Edit to add: I see @Suppressed has posted a thread on Burger King.

[XenaLee]

but it's also a roadmap for fighting the totalitarianism now taking hold of the Republican Party in America today.

Really???   Gee... let me see now.

Overpriced spices (that I've never even heard of) produced by an over-ignorant leftie.... pontificating against the overwhelmingly voted for and approved values and principles of half of the nation. 

Yeah.  That'll work.

[The_Reader_David]

Really???   Gee... let me see now.

Overpriced spices (that I've never even heard of) produced by an over-ignorant leftie.... pontificating against the overwhelmingly voted for and approved values and principles of half of the nation. 

Yeah.  That'll work.

But he knows his market. Who other than deluded urbanites who overwhelmingly vote 'Rat buys overpriced spices?

[XenaLee]

But he knows his market. Who other than deluded urbanites who overwhelmingly vote 'Rat buys overpriced spices?

You have a point there (See: Starbucks, Ben & Jerry's success, etc.).   

[RoosGirl]

Is this a regional product?  I've never heard of this brand.

[Smokin Joe]

Indeed. What he said is just blather. What does cooking have to do with strength and welcoming? Just make the $*&% soup, Bill!

But he made a word salad!

[mountaineer]

I have purchased a few spices from the Penzey catalog.  They also have some stores. The quality of the product is good.  Nevertheless,  I will not buy another spice from this whack job.

[goatprairie]

I don't go out of my way to boycott products I like even if they're run by a leftist nutjob, but the facts are there are numerous products of almost equal quality out there to buy.
I like Ben and Jerry's, but there are many other brands that cheaper and about as good.  In something like food or clothes there are so many brands that are nearly equal in price and quality, it's nothing short of stupid for a business big shot to insult half the possible customers.
The Koch Bros. support numerous right wing causes, but I don't read or hear them insulting liberals.  If they're doing it, maybe someone here can alert me to where they're doing it.

[edpc]

The Koch Bros. support numerous right wing causes, but I don't read or hear them insulting liberals.  If they're doing it, maybe someone here can alert me to where they're doing it.

Probably because of their support for liberal ideas, despite their political donations.  They’re both pushing a DACA deal and aren’t particularly keen on reforms.  David Koch has voiced support for abortion and gay marriage in the past. 

Besides, their industries are diversified.  The only things that you could really boycott of theirs are paper towels, dixie cups, and stainmaster carpet.  It wouldn’t make a dent.

[anubias]

Being familiar with the spice import business, I assume this woman’s livelihood will be impacted by closing the border and kicking illegal aliens out of the country.  She has a dog in this hunt.

[Frank Cannon]

I don't know where you people have been but Bill Pansy has been openly bashing Trump and the GOP all last year.....

Bill Penzey believes blasting Donald Trump is good for his spice business

https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/2017/02/10/owner-bill-penzey-believes-its-good-business/97768564/

Bill Penzey Insults Conservative Customers Direct Now

https://rightwisconsin.com/2017/07/25/bill-penzey-tells-customer-he-has-no-say-in-politics/



This fat fruit doesn't care if he insults Conservatives because he knows he can and they will still buy his shit. He is probably right. As far as I am concerned, McCormick's makes fine seasonings at a fraction of the cost and I don't have to put a penny is this azzholes purse doing it.

[anubias]

I don't know where you people have been but Bill Pansy has been openly bashing Trump and the GOP all last year.....

Bill Penzey believes blasting Donald Trump is good for his spice business

https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/2017/02/10/owner-bill-penzey-believes-its-good-business/97768564/

Bill Penzey Insults Conservative Customers Direct Now

https://rightwisconsin.com/2017/07/25/bill-penzey-tells-customer-he-has-no-say-in-politics/



This fat fruit doesn't care if he insults Conservatives because he knows he can and they will still buy his shit. He is probably right. As far as I am concerned, McCormick's makes fine seasonings at a fraction of the cost and I don't have to put a penny is this azzholes purse doing it.

How big is this guy, do you know?  Just online?

Never mind.  Wikipedia had the answer:  Penzeys Spices is a retailer of spices in the United States. It operates 70 retail outlets in 29 states nationwide as well as mail order and online shopping. The company is headquartered in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, and ...

[anubias]

They have a store in Arlington.  Never heard of them.

[anubias]

What a racket these guys have going.  From one of your links @Frank Cannon , I saw where he insulted a customer who now buys from this guy’s SISTER that has a free shipping deal if one enters “NO POLITICS” as a code.  https://mobile.twitter.com/thespicehouse/status/800376430093893632?lang=en

So he gets the Liberals to buy from him and she grabs the pissed off Conservatives.  LOL. Their website states they are second-generation; so I assume their parents started the biz.  Sis claims 57 years while azzhole claims 30-something.

I suspect I know their supplier.

[Suppressed]

@mountaineer

Penzeys says its sales spiked following CEO's anti-Trump statements
By Melanie Lawder  –  Reporter, Milwaukee Business Journal
Dec 2, 2016, 1:28pm CST   Updated Dec 2, 2016, 2:43pm
https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2016/12/02/penzeys-says-its-sales-spiked-following-ceos-anti.html

The general consensus in the business community is that business and politics don't mix, but one Wisconsin company is turning that logic on its head and profiting off strong, left-leaning statements sharply criticizing President-elect Donald Trump made by the company's CEO.

Wauwatosa-based Penzeys Spices is apparently cashing in big time thanks to peppery anti-Trump comments Bill Penzey, the company's CEO, made in November after the presidential election. The manufacturer and retailer of spices said in an email to customers Thursday that — in the two weeks since Bill Penzey said that all Trump voters "just committed the most racist act" since segregation— sales have skyrocketed regardless of the political firestorm that was wrought.

According to that Dec. 1 email sent to customers, online sales are up 59.9 percent and gift box sales are up 135 percent since those remarks. Apparently, customer loss — even though there were promises of boycott on social media in protest of Penzey's comments — wasn't much of a problem for the spice maker.

[...]

[mountaineer]

Thanks, @Suppressed

What a jerk this guy is!

[driftdiver]

this place has good spices and they aren't crazy. They have some stores but I get mine online.  The BBQ rubs are pretty good.

https://www.savoryspiceshop.com

[sneakypete]

I don't know where you people have been but Bill Pansy has been openly bashing Trump and the GOP all last year.....

Bill Penzey believes blasting Donald Trump is good for his spice business

https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/2017/02/10/owner-bill-penzey-believes-its-good-business/97768564/

Bill Penzey Insults Conservative Customers Direct Now

https://rightwisconsin.com/2017/07/25/bill-penzey-tells-customer-he-has-no-say-in-politics/



This fat fruit doesn't care if he insults Conservatives because he knows he can and they will still buy his shit. He is probably right. As far as I am concerned, McCormick's makes fine seasonings at a fraction of the cost and I don't have to put a penny is this azzholes purse doing it.

Maybe he is hoping to pull in enough support from the far left that he can go back to the name he answered to in high school,Pansy?

[mountaineer]

UPDATE
Looks like Penzeys has learned nothing.

Beth Baumann
@eb454
Never bought from Penzey's but after seeing this, I never will.
If conservatives did this kind of marketing, the Left would be up in arms.

7:18 PM · Jan 14, 2022

After the 2018 incident, I threw out what Penzeys spices I had, and never patronized them again. I heard that Bill Penzey's sister has her own spice company, and she doesn't act like a jerk or try to alienate half the country. Can't recall the name of it, though.

[DCPatriot]

I responded that he needed counseling. His products are very good, but I won't be purchasing any more of them.

I get weekly emails from Penzey's Spices ever since I bought their fantastic 'Chili 9000' bottle of spice.  Love their roasted garlic powder too.

This guy is over-the-line.  The emails are getting more and more political.

[Hoodat]

I responded that he needed counseling. His products are very good, but I won't be purchasing any more of them.

No more Penzey's in this house either.