Cancel Goya

I never write about politics here because this is my grocery blog and not my Twitter account. But I avoid buying Goya. I don't go way out of my way to do so, but I do it, and it's because they are a private company owned by a super conservative family and the other bags of beans are good enough.

So the brand that made a fortune from America stockpiling beans because the President welcomed Covid washing over us supports the same man who made them wealthier. Yeah, don't buy Goya.

To be clear, I don't think Goya directly supported Trump because he failed at Covid and they got richer. They're just the same kind of people who think the same way. And when you buy Goya, you validate them.

If you live in my neighborhood, you have a lot of competing brands for everything Goya sells, and every other brand is better*, so it is easy for us to shop with more responsible brands. If you live somewhere else, do your best.

*Always. Try me.

How I wound up with a free avocado at Key Food

I went to Key Food for pop and provolone. Coke product pop sale was 4/$4 (must buy 4, with $10 purchase) and the 7up products were 4/$5 (must buy 4).

I got provolone ($5/lb) and a half pound of salami ($6/lb) and wound up with a bit over a pound of provolone. I also had an avocado in my basket. I got out my calculator, since math in my head is too hard, and found I had $9.81. So I got an overpriced lime for $0.25, picked my 4 pops, and went to check out.

The pops rang up at $1.89 each, not the sale price. I questioned it, and the cashier told me it was from the bottle deposit and tax. I questioned that, so she asked her manager. The manager added stuff up in her head and said I was short of the $10. I thought I had double checked, but I could be wrong, so I said I'd grab one more thing to put me over. They said I was about an avocado short. I like avocados enough, so I got another one, and the price came down, and I left.

Then I looked at my receipt and saw only 1 avocado on it!