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[–] [email protected] 143 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Did a quick search to see if nutrition and ingredients were listed - they weren't. Saw a lot of "our products are super nutritious trust me bro" in their ads.

Actually makes me thankful of all the regulations our food suppliers have to follow in the US.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 year ago

Actually makes me thankful of all the regulations our food suppliers have to follow in the US.

For now

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 year ago

That’s the 40 year reputation he’s worked so hard to build: oversweet tomato purée with no nutrition facts published.

This is such horseshit.

Don’t know if others reas the article but they made her stand in a cell with water on the floor, for at least twelve hours.

That’s like Abu Ghraib level indignity and prisoner abuse. Over some lost tomato purée contracts.

This should be a civil matter, but it’s being treated as a criminal matter.

Fuck this guy, and fuck the corrupt government he’s using to torment this lady.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think they're really going to lose a lot of business over this lawsuit. If they had just left that lady alone hardly anyone would have seen her review lol

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Streisand effect hits hard

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Amazing that we, as a species, are incapable of learning from history.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I mean there's a reason there's warning labels on everything about not doing the most obvious thing you should never do.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Makes me thankful that in the US the truth is a defense against libel.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Only if you can get through the years of litigation, harassment, stress, and have the money to weather it out. Truth and justice are more easily attainable for those who can afford it.

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[–] [email protected] 142 points 1 year ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (4 children)

He's only 39 with a 40 year old image 🤔

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

The woman being harassed by this company and the police is the only that's 39. The article doesn't mention the founder's age, and he definitely looks older than 39 from a quick search.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

He worked hard in utero. /#neverstophustling

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

he would “rather die

This dude takes tomato sauce seriously.

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[–] [email protected] 87 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like corruption is playing a part in this

[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 year ago

No kidding. So far:

  • What is at the most drastic possible interpretation only a case of exaggerated language. She said “killing people with this” when maybe she should have said “making people unhealthy with this” or “loading people up with too much sugar with this”. This civil case is being prosecuted under some kind of cyber terrorism / fomenting charge
  • They put her in a water-filled holding cell where she could only stand or squat, not sit or lie down, for twelve hours
  • After that, the police showed up at her home, invited themselves in, wouldn’t let her or her daughters leave, stayed there for twelve hours (doing what??)

This is evil, horrific, monstrous behavior. Corruption I think of as selling road building contracts over golf. This is evil corruption.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What are the odds the food owner has a good friend at the ol’ Nigerian Justice Department.

This whole thing is bullshit on top of bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

Almost 100%, The justice dept is behaving in such an over the top way here, it’s either that or they just want to demonstrate how they themselves can get away with mistreating a citizen.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

This one deserved a internet "hug". I swear to god corrupt people like this should have their lifes destroyed

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago

I hope that her defense also makes the argument that there is no damages because online reviews have zero value when the majority of them are fake paid reviews.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

I can just about hear someone saying, "Do you know who I am?" or "Do you know who my father is?"

This situation just screams of the diabeetus-loving tomato sauce company bribing the local police.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let's make a competing brand for Africa called BIG-DIKO. Make it the most nutritional and have natty black dudes pose for the cans.

"Zero filler, all substance - get swole, have a BIG-DIKO."

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Nah that's ok. You should definitely do that on your own though! Let us know how it works out for you...

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