barilla pasta
 

I know some people online are wanting to boycott them, but i think I might just got to the grocery store today and stock up.

Why for the Boycott?

Why boycott?

Barilla pasta is my favorite on the shelf, and I stock like a rock star when it goes on sale.

I've never been picky about pasta,but I guess I have a new favorite brand..

It's is great that some of you have a new favorite pasta. He has already back tracked because he knows that those that will support him are far less than those that will not.

It's probably a publicity stunt anyway.
Come out and make a statement against something that is "hot" right now, then back track and 'cave' to the 'pressure' to look like a hero......
All the while HIS PRODUCT is in the news, getting FREE advertising.

Brilliant!!

I fully support equal rights for everyone, including marriage and adoption but don't see why the media keeps asking questions they don't want to hear the answers to. Barilla didn't go on an anti-gay campaign, the chairman simply answered honestly a question that was asked of him. He is allowed to have his opinion (otherwise, why bother asking?), and just like he said: If gays "like our pasta and our advertising, they'll eat our pasta, if they don't like it then they will not eat it and they will eat another brand,". That is how the world works, he isn't wrong.

Looks like a fool not someone who sticks to their beliefs. How anyone could think that is a smart move is beyond me.

Humans sacrifice themselves to the god of money every day.....

We love Barilla pasta and their sauce too. Publix frequently offers weekly sales 2 for 1. I will be stocking up too.

Good grief. It's pasta. So what if he wants to use a "classic" family for his advertisements....his company, his choice.

Wish he had stood behind his opinion rather than trying to do damage control....nobody has a backbone anymore.

In this case the "media" got just the answer they wanted. An answer that would create controversy and draw people to read, listen to or watch them. Individual members of the media may have specific political agendas but as a whole their objective is the same as any business, to attract more customers and make more money.

Does Barilla taste better?

Barilla seems to me to be a higher quality product than a lot of the pasta out there. Can't say exactly why, but I do like it better than the store brand I buy unless Barilla is on sale.

Barilla is over priced and I never buy it anyways. Store bought pasta is store bought pasta. It's all tasteless, so why spend twice as much on Barilla?

Oh, and I love the whole "support businesses for being able speaking their minds (free speech and all that), unless of course we don't like what they have to say, then we'll boycott" thing.

You are supporting free speech, you just happen to be supporting yours as well. Free to not support their position.

I've found Trader Joes has the best deals on pasta.

I usually get mine at Sam's club- or if the store brand is on sale- I got a good deal in April in NJ when visiting my dad it was Mullers- they were 2 for a dollar a box- I haven't purchased any since April... and we eat alot of pasta-

but normally- I get it at Sam's -

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His "beef" seems to be with gay adoption.

He's a "family man" but may be clueless, to the fact that gays often adopt children, that nobody else wants.

Here I thought that liberals were supposed to be the "tolerant" ones! You proved me wrong! Haters hate those that voice their opinions when they don't align with their own!

We like a little pasta with our sauce, but try not to overdo it. When your sauce is good who can taste the pasta?

I won't buy Barilla. He did a grand job of saying 'Oh we don't hate gays, we just don't think gays are a family".

I fully support his right to say whatever he likes. But I don't have to support HIM and his beliefs by spending my money on his product.

For the "liberal" bash... how much money did you give the Democrat party? Cause I guess you don't support freedom if you didn't give some of your money to them even though they don't believe the same things you do.

It's possible to support someone's right to say stuff, without agreeing with what they say. He can say whatever he likes, but he's got to deal with the results afterwards.

My mind slipped into the gutter for a second and just too funny with the thread topic.

It's such a small percentage of the population... I just don't get why it has to be a big deal. ~shrug~ An evolutionary dead end really doesn't matter much to me at the end of the day. Though I fully admit I've been in committed relationships with both males and females. I just don't define my entire life by what I do in the bedroom like it seems some people feel the need to.

Probably the same amount YOU gave to the Nazi party!

When someone calls someone they don't even know names because they're not tollerant of the others freedom to speak their opinion, is that not hypocrictlal?

Minorities tend to get a little edgy, when they are not treated equal.

Besides, it had nothing to do with the bedroom. Adoptive gay families are not worthy to be associated with spaghetti.

So the Barilla guy is not a bigot?




And as a hetero woman I found his remarks on raising children in a one-sex-parent household short sighted. There are many, many single mothers and fathers doing an exceptional job raising their children, and I feel his comment wasn't fair to them either.

Their stand on this issue would only make me more eager to buy their product.

Nope! He's no more a bigot than you are! He expressed his opinion, you did the same! Does that make you one too? Nobody ever said life was fair now did they?

When are business owners gonna wise up and just say "No comment at this time" "Sorry, our current and future business/marketing/whatever practices are personal" Some questions don't HAVE to be answered. It's really no ones business.
When someone asks a question of a somewhat personal or possibly controversial nature, I'd have to ask myself WHY are they asking? Are they looking to help or hurt the company?
If they want to ask about the product itself, then sure, I'd answer those questions all day. But if they're obviously "fishing" for something that they can possibly use against you, I wouldn't be quick to give it to them.
"Keep it under your hat" comes to mind.

Well,shucks..I thought I'd found a new favorite brand,but I'm not gonna support a gutless wonder that doesn't say what he means and sticks to it.Now I guess I'm boycotting Barilla...phooey.

I was married 13 years and am now a single parent not offended by Barilla. If he said a single mom or single dad doesn't represent the classic family for their classic Italian pasta why should I care because it doesn't.

It's our intolerant pc world. He shouldn't be affraid to answer a question honestly, but liberals can't stand freedom of speach. If you say something that they don't agree with, your instantly a bigot or racist.

you can say whatever you want, why does my disagreeing with you make me intolerant? its not about being pc its about accepting the reality that families dont all look the same, even Jesus had two dads.

He expressed his opinion. You called him a bigot! That's being intolerant, is it not?