US food company Campbell’s has dismissed an executive who was recorded criticising its food as made for “poor people” and disparaging its Indian employees.
Martin Bally was a vice-president in Campbell’s information technology department. An audio recording of his alleged comments was released by another former employee who claims Campbell’s fired him in retaliation for speaking up about Bally.
Campbell’s, known for its canned soups, made “highly processed food” for “poor people”, Bally told former employee Robert Garza, according to the lawsuit Garza filed in Michigan last week. Bally also claimed that Indian workers at Campbell’s were “idiots”, the suit alleged.