A former employee claims in a lawsuit that a Campbell's Company executive called the company's products "highly" processed food for "poor people."
Robert Garza, a former cybersecurity analyst for the company, filed a racial discrimination and racial harassment suit against the company (formerly known as the Campbell Soup Co.) on Nov. 20 in Wayne County (Michigan) Circuit Court.
He alleges that during a November 2024 meeting with the company's vice president of information technology, Martin Bally, the executive said Campbell's food is "highly process (sic) food" for "poor people."
Garza reportedly recorded his meeting, which Garza expected was to be a discussion about his salary, with Bally and shared it with Local 4 WDIV Detroit, a TV station.
Garza alleges in the suit that Bally also made racist comments about Indian workers at the company, calling them "idiots" and saying he disliked working with them. Bally also told Garza he came to work high on marijuana edibles, Garza alleges.
