Joe Kent was a vocal supporter of Patriot Prayer, a group known for organizing powder-keg political rallies in the Pacific Northwest that descended into violent clashes.
  • negativeyoda@lemmy.world
    271·
    11 months ago

    I mean, Mitch McConnell’s wife is on the board of Kroger. I almost fell like coming up with a list of grocery chains not overrun by fuckery would be more useful

    • AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works
      15·
      11 months ago

      I saw MeinPillow for sale in Menards today. Also John Menard is just a terrible human being by CEO standards.

      I feel like coming up with a list of retail chains not overrun by fuckery would be most useful. Is Costco still okay?

      • NecessaryWeevil@feddit.nlEnglish
        11·
        11 months ago

        Costco, yes, last I heard. Trader Joe’s has lost my vote, though, after their intimidation tactics against labor organizers.

  • AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works
    191·
    11 months ago

    This is not a new thing from her, she’s made donations to horrid stuff before. And the headline is phrased in that way because Publix as a brand seems to be trying to distance themselves from her and that she’s not currently in charge of the company and blah blah - but Publix, like most decently sized companies, donates to Republican politicians.

  • Lexam@lemmy.caEnglish
    41·
    11 months ago

    Publix is a pain in the ass to use anyway. It’s a great sandwich place but the whole “grocery store” theme is too much.

    • GingeyBook@lemm.ee
      21·
      11 months ago

      Why?

      For me Publix is way more convenient. Just gotta pay a premium

      I have 3 Publix’s all within 15 minutes of me, only 1 Kroger and the Kroger is always packed and out of what I need

  • Nine@lemmy.world
    2·
    11 months ago

    Keep in mind that she doesn’t have much of anything to do with Publix AFAIK. I believe it’s an employee owned company and (from what I’ve heard) they treat their employees right.

    That being said it’s way too fucking expensive to shop there these days. I mostly get subs, hot case, etc from there.

  • jpj007@kbin.social
    42·
    11 months ago

    Well you try buying groceries somewhere that doesn’t completely suck for one reason or another.

    At least at Publix I can get groceries and a tasty sandwich without hating the whole experience, so long as I simply don’t remember that a small portion of my money ends up going to shit like this.

    Edit: I don’t have a Costco nearby