Goya Foods touted its charitable giving on Friday after calls for a boycott. Now some on social media are encouraging shoppers to buy the company's products for themselves or their local food bank.
Continue Reading Below"My brother came up with a terrific idea and I am encouraging all to join me in purchasing $10 worth of Goya Foods products and donating them to your local food bank," self-described "conservatarian" radio host Mike Opelka wrote on Twitter. "Let's push a BUY-cott, not a boycott. Let's show the #Goyaway people what compassion can do."Go out today and buy your Goya foods," Fox News host Mark Levin wrote on Twitter.
The controversy has inspired some Goya Foods fans to give back. Virginia resident Casey Harper started aon Saturday to buy Goya products to donate food pantries. The page is already more than halfway to its $10,000 goal. Goya Foods touted its charitable giving on Friday after calls for a boycott, including from progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Goya Foodsit has given "two million pounds of food to food banks across the nation who are in desperate need of food for families impacted by COVID19."
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