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Boycott Heinz
Southern Spectator Weekly ^ | 04/15/04 | L. Sherman Roberts

Posted on 04/15/2004 9:00:42 AM PDT by tamcraft

Time to Switch to Hunts Ketchup?

An L. Sherman Exclusive

About John "Who Needs The South?" Heinz Kerry

There have been numerous internet calls for a Heinz boycott as a way to hit John and Teresea Heinz-Kerry in the pocket book. The H. J. Heinz Company has made efforts to distance themselves to the Heinz-Kerry family, noting that Teresea Heinz (pronounced Ter-ez-sa) and her family only own 4% of Heinz stock. Poor things - only 4% of outstanding Heinz stock is approximately 14,084,000 shares - with an estimated total value of over $510,000,000.

Heinz is a dividend paying stock which means stock holders get paid a certain amount each year for each share of stock they own. Heinz paid a dividend on March of this year of 28 cents per share - or in Ter-ez-sa's case that's a an approximate total of $4,000,000 cash received from the company in 2004. Sort of makes that 3% cost of living raise most of us got seem paltry, huh. John Kerry's allowance from his wife is probably a portion of that dividend. So if you are against John Kerry, why not boycott Heinz? It is clear that the Heinz-Kerry family benefits from the sale of Heniz products.


TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: boycott; heinz; kerry; ketchup; ketchupqueen; tereseaheinz
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To: tamcraft
I bought a big bottle of Hunt's last night. Don't believe in boycotts but I won't buy Heinz anymore!
21 posted on 04/15/2004 10:20:25 AM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: j_tull
For those in New York and New England, the excellent Hannaford Bros. Supermarkets has a house brand that tastes like Heinz ketchup. Cheaper, too.

Although I still think boycotting Heintz because of Kerry is silly. What happens when you find out Barbra Streisand owns, say, Ford stock?

22 posted on 04/15/2004 10:25:36 AM PDT by Grut
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To: Grut
Although I still think boycotting Heintz because of Kerry is silly. What happens when you find out Barbra Streisand owns, say, Ford stock?

Thank you for the whiff of common sense. What indeed, will people do? Are they going to investigate every single product they buy and what any person or family who owns over 4% of the stock does with their money?

Of course not. They're just going to kneejerk because of the name here and feel satisfied. Teresa Heinz Kerry is extremely wealthy. Nothing you do is going to affect that. So relax.

SD

23 posted on 04/15/2004 10:50:01 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: Paved Paradise
I bought a big bottle of Hunt's last night. Don't believe in boycotts but I won't buy Heinz anymore!

You do realize you're contradicting yourself, don't you?

SD

24 posted on 04/15/2004 10:50:50 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: b4its2late
Who owns Hunt's and Del Monte and what do they do with their money?

SD

25 posted on 04/15/2004 10:52:28 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave
As long as the ketchups aren't Heinz nor French. I don't have the time to check into it.....
26 posted on 04/15/2004 11:05:29 AM PDT by b4its2late (Hard work never killed anyone, but why chance it?)
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To: tamcraft
Already done. I've been carrying a list of all Heinz products for a few weeks now. Not buying them in stores or using them in restaurants.
27 posted on 04/15/2004 11:07:10 AM PDT by No Fool
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To: b4its2late
As long as the ketchups aren't Heinz nor French. I don't have the time to check into it.....

Perfect. I know the Heinz company gave a donation to Bush Cheny. Do you know the Hunts did?

SD

28 posted on 04/15/2004 11:13:21 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: tamcraft
I'm with you. Just bought a bottle of Hunt's last week. ;^)
29 posted on 04/15/2004 11:13:33 AM PDT by stevio (2 wrongs don't make a right, but 3 lefts do.)
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To: stuartcr
John F-ing Kerry is the one running around the country, blaming President Bush for offshoring of jobs and calling owners of companies that move jobs overseas, while his most Heinz plants ARE overseas.

As for American retailers...simple : stock fewer Heinz products. There are far too many alternative products out there to worry about retailers anyway. It's called free market capitalism. Supply/demand. My family hasn't used a Heinz product in years.

30 posted on 04/15/2004 11:41:24 AM PDT by cake_crumb (UN Resolutions = Very Expensive, Very SCRATCHY Toilet Paper)
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Uhhh...make that "and calling owners of companies that move jobs overseas BENEDICT ARNOLDS, while most of his wife's Heinz plants ARE overseas." Dunno HOW I screwed that up so badly.
31 posted on 04/15/2004 11:46:08 AM PDT by cake_crumb (UN Resolutions = Very Expensive, Very SCRATCHY Toilet Paper)
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To: Kangaroo Court
Consider Hormel foods also, Rampa Hormel, the wife of the Hormel owner is on that League of Conservation Voters (LCV)listed above that endorsed the Beacon Hill boy.
32 posted on 04/15/2004 12:59:39 PM PDT by Sybeck1
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To: stuartcr; All
Why punish the employees? Same reason you punish the employees of Planned Parenthood when you get a clinic shut down. That's life. A few casualties along the way.
33 posted on 04/15/2004 1:07:18 PM PDT by Indie (We don't need no steenkin' experts!)
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To: b4its2late
Heinz nor French

LOL Do I have to throw away my French's mustard too?

I don't buy Heinz because I hate the Pittsburgh Steelers.

34 posted on 04/15/2004 1:31:59 PM PDT by conserv13
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To: SoothingDave
It's still Tereza Heinz that's married to John F'in Kerry. That's enough for me. Now, if her husband that passed away were still around, I wouldn't have to boycott Heinz.
35 posted on 04/15/2004 2:28:41 PM PDT by b4its2late (Hard work never killed anyone, but why chance it?)
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To: tamcraft
Anything named Heinz has started to disgust me.

I've been boycotting them for awhile. Don't give me all the reasons not to, the one reason I chose to is that great big dividend checks go to "Fuzzy Wuzzy Nurse" and her gigalo spouse.
36 posted on 04/15/2004 3:23:05 PM PDT by BushisTheMan
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To: tamcraft
I do.
37 posted on 04/15/2004 4:01:42 PM PDT by sport
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To: tamcraft
her family only own 4% of Heinz stock. Which means that the company is independent from her.

Poor things Nobody said she was poor.

This action is grossly unfair to almost everybody: trying to punish someone with 4% holdings while punishing 96% of the remaining owners --- widows and orphans that have Heinz stock in their portfolios. And also punishing thousands men and women working for the company. And those working for the suppliers of that company. And their families as well.

This is nothing but a mob action. It is very saddening to see that so-called conservatives take sides and spit at basic American values.

38 posted on 04/15/2004 4:09:41 PM PDT by TopQuark
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To: MrB
And how many owners of the company are American?
39 posted on 04/15/2004 4:10:44 PM PDT by TopQuark
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To: SpyGuy
"If we don't vote for Kerry, all of his staff will lose their jobs. Why punish them?

You really do not see the difference? These are political employees; they are Kerry's companions.

People at Heinz do work that has nothing to do with politics. Inquire after the products they make -- it's not political posters.

40 posted on 04/15/2004 4:12:51 PM PDT by TopQuark
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