August 12, 2020

X-Tra Foods Joins Boycott Of Ramsaran Dairy Products

By Newsroom

Xtra Foods is the latest supermarket establishment to pull Ramsaran Dairy Products from its shelves, as the family owned business faces backlash for racist social media posts made by one of its members. 

In a brief statement on Wednesday evening, the company said “As a responsible retailer, Xtra Foods makes every effort to align itself with partners who hold similar values to ours. We value our customer’s feedback, and we listen to them. As such, we have decided to remove Ramsaran products from our shelves at this time and suspend the ordering of this product at all our stores.”

Massy Stores also pulled the company’s product from its shelves, saying it had chosen to listen to customers who voiced their outrage. 

Ramsaran issued a statement earlier on Wednesday informing the public that it fired the relative from the company, saying the statements made did not align with the company’s values. 

The woman, who has since apologized following threats of a boycott, expressed her upset over the People’s National Movement’s win in Monday’s General Election, posted “I hope (Dr) Rowley starts putting contraceptives in their water supply yes because these cockroaches keep populating and the only thing they know to do is vote.”

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