Who the hell would give up Wegmans just because it carries a brand of Trumps wine? https://t.co/Na6iGgilrS
— Pat Maloney (@PattyyM18) February 14, 2017
Apparently anti-Trump sore-losers are calling for a boycott of Wegmans because the grocery-store chain dares to sell wine from the Trump Winery in some of their stores:
JUST FILED: @Wegmans facing political pressure to stop selling bottles from @trumpwinery.
— Todd Clausen (@ToddJClausen) February 14, 2017
Wegmans sells wines at stores in Virginia from the Trump Winery.
— Todd Clausen (@ToddJClausen) February 14, 2017
The Trump Winery is run by Eric Trump, son of President Donald Trump. The older Trump bought the winery a few years ago.
— Todd Clausen (@ToddJClausen) February 14, 2017
The group calling for the Wegmans boycott, calls for a boycott of any entity doing business with the winery for 'hatred' of Trump/campaign
— Todd Clausen (@ToddJClausen) February 14, 2017
So far, Wegmans isn’t listening to the mob and gave a pretty good answer as to why: Capitalism, for the win!
Wegmans: Performance (sales) will determine if we add or drop an item (more coming) #TrumpWinery
— Todd Clausen (@ToddJClausen) February 14, 2017
From the Democrat and Chronicle:
“Our role as a retailer is to offer choice to our customers,” Jo Natale, a Wegmans spokeswoman, said in an email.
She said the 92-store chain only looks at one thing when it is asked to either pull or add an item.
“How a product performs is our single measure for what stays on our shelves and what goes,” Natale said.
As for the boycott, good luck with that. Will shoppers really abandon Wegmans over a few bottles of wine? Probably not:
Been shopping @Wegmans for over 25yrs. I don't care if @POTUS was working a register, I would NEVER boycott. ❤❤@Wegmans https://t.co/PUIiPEI9e0
— James Gregorio (@JamesGWeather) February 14, 2017
Based on this story, I don't think a #Trump boycott will have an impact on @Wegmans https://t.co/Gl4IZGqusr
— Jane Sutter (@JaneSutter) February 15, 2017
.@Wegmans just got to town. Ain't no way I'm boycotting them over 5 wines in that huge (yuge?) wine shop! https://t.co/OVcLK64MHI
— David Storm (@DavidAStorm) February 15, 2017
Boycott the PRODUCTS folks. Loyal to @Wegmans and what they do for the community here in Sterling, va https://t.co/lURIxOF6y3
— CSACMC (@csacmc) February 14, 2017
Here's an idea. Don't buy Trump wines. If they don't sell then they'll take them off the shelf. I hate Trump but this is a bit much. https://t.co/9Dnn7dCX8k
— Chris C (@67chrisc) February 14, 2017
We’ll just take a guess right now and predict this boycott of Wegmans will be a total and complete failure, kind of like Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign.
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