Paula Deen gets heat over Smithfield Foods endorsement
December 11, 2007
First, a confession: I know this isn’t a typical blog post for On the Record, but anything Paula Deen-related always catches my eye. And, as you’ll soon discover, this squabble involves a Virginia-based company, so I feel justified.
Here’s the story: the Queen of Butter herself, Savannah’s Paula Deen, is being hounded by protestors for her relationship with Virginia’s Smithfield Foods (she peddles their hams).
Why are is the United Food and Commercial Workers union angry with the makers of the tasty meat? Because the union has fought with Smithfield Foods for more than a decade due to attempts to unionize workers at its pork-processing plant in N.C., the largest in the world.
Somehow, the protestors believe it’s Deen’s responsibility to meet with workers and take their concerns to Smithfield executives. And it sounds like they’ll chant “Paula, Paula, meet with the workers!” until she gives in.
The best part of the story? The reporter notes of the commotion outside The Lady & Sons, Deen’s restaurant: “Few customers inside bothered to look up from plates of fried chicken and sweet potatoes.”
JACKIE SAUTER, Multimedia Editor
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Boy, she looks cold and hateful in that photo !
Who is paula deen and why would anyone care what she thought? Restaurant owner is not a famous category of intellectual.
As for the picture, it’s hard to discern emotion from image. It’s more likely one will attribute personal feelings. To me, she just looks old and trying real hard not to.