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Napa purveyor of heirloom beans drops FedEx due to its NRA ties
Napa Valley Register ^
| Mar 9, 2018
| JENNIFER HUFFMAN
Posted on 03/09/2018 1:18:23 PM PST by Lonely Bull
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I don't consider this story highly significant by itself, but even those of you who aren't looking for bean seeds will be interested in what's happening. (I searched and didn't find similar recent stories.) I wouldn't buy from this company, and I encourage everyone to look into businesses to see if they try things like this.
To: Lonely Bull
Curious as to how much of an impact to FedEx’s bottom line this dude’s “heirloom beans” made...
My guess is not much to give a care.
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posted on
03/09/2018 1:20:26 PM PST
by
ObozoMustGo2012
("Be quiet... you are #fakenews!")
To: Lonely Bull
this statement is nothing more than a marketing stunt by this guy.
If his company is only spending 500,000 $ a year on shipping, and the company is global, he has a very tiny (comparatively speaking) customer base.
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posted on
03/09/2018 1:21:41 PM PST
by
txnativegop
(The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
To: Lonely Bull
heirloom beans....who knew! the beans make “old farts”....lol
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posted on
03/09/2018 1:22:30 PM PST
by
GotMojo
To: Lonely Bull
To: ObozoMustGo2012
Curious as to how much of an impact to FedExs bottom line this dudes heirloom beans made...My guess is not much to give a care.
I don't think so either, or otherwise I would've posted this thread in News/Activism. I'm not sure if other smaller companies would join in a similar effort, but I'm more determined than ever to look at a company's political decisions before I give them my money.
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posted on
03/09/2018 1:25:06 PM PST
by
Lonely Bull
("When he is being rude or mean it drives people _away_ from his confession and _towards_ yours.")
To: Lonely Bull
Steve Sando , founder of Rancho Gordo, an heirloom bean company, shows off the "Good Mother Stallard" bean Wednesday April 13, 2011, in Napa, Calif.
I don't buy his beans, but if I did I would stop buying them after this announcement.
To: ObozoMustGo2012
On the flip side, I wonder how many customers they have gained. Most likely more than enough to offset this loss.
To: Lonely Bull
I don’t buy that beaner’s beans, but if I did buy that beaner’s beans I’d stop.
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posted on
03/09/2018 1:27:02 PM PST
by
Augie
To: Lonely Bull
So here we see another pupil of the “Dick’s Sporting Goods Marketing Exploitation”.
Just like Dick’s, this guy seek gobs of free advertising for his self perceived virtue signaling. The result is identical for me, Heirloom Beans and Dick’s won’t get a dime from me.
Actually, never heard of Heirloom Beans, and Dick’s sucks, unless you want to pay $80 for a t-shirt or something.
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posted on
03/09/2018 1:28:51 PM PST
by
Obadiah
To: Lonely Bull
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posted on
03/09/2018 1:30:44 PM PST
by
WayneS
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
To: Lonely Bull
I despise virtue-signalers
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posted on
03/09/2018 1:32:30 PM PST
by
JusPasenThru
(It is OK to be white.)
To: Lonely Bull
What the hell is an heirloom bean? Is it a bean that is passed on down through generations?
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posted on
03/09/2018 1:34:11 PM PST
by
ought-six
(Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
To: Lonely Bull
Did the owner say which mass murdering NRA member upsets him the most?
Cuz there haven’t been any.
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posted on
03/09/2018 1:34:40 PM PST
by
ConservativeWarrior
(Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
To: Lonely Bull
The NRA is a really powerful machine that doesnt allow dialog about gun violence, said Sando. I would like him to explain, in detail, exactly how he thinks the NRA became the "powerful machine" he describes.
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posted on
03/09/2018 1:34:40 PM PST
by
WayneS
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
To: Lonely Bull
This stunt won't make a hill of
beans to gun violence.
These are always "feel" good things liberals do to assuage their own guilt, without realizing they are not making a difference at all to the problem itself.
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posted on
03/09/2018 1:35:13 PM PST
by
HotHunt
To: ought-six
What the hell is an heirloom bean? It's like an air guitar for loom beans.
To: Lonely Bull
Something tells me that bean-dip needs fedx more than they need him.
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posted on
03/09/2018 1:37:26 PM PST
by
sevlex
To: ought-six
“Is it a bean that is passed on down through generations?”
More or less.
It’s a bean that has not underwent hybridization and still maintains its original traits.
To: Lonely Bull
Well I’m fed up with the high price of specialty heirloom beans and refuse to pay the price. None of this company’s product will ever cross my table.
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posted on
03/09/2018 1:40:50 PM PST
by
Pilated
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