So apparently a leaked recording is making the rounds — and in it, a voice allegedly belonging to a Campbell’s executive goes on a profanity-laced rant that basically boils down to:

“We have s— for f—ing poor people. Who buys our s—? I don’t buy Campbell’s products barely anymore.”

And then, as if calling your own customers “poor people” wasn’t enough, the same voice allegedly starts ranting about:

“Bioengineered meat — I don’t wanna eat a piece of chicken that came from a 3-D printer.”

Nothing says “trust our brand!” like a leader who claims they wouldn’t touch their own products with a proverbial twelve-foot ladle.

And here I was thinking the biggest scandal in soup was too much sodium.

Corporate Food Is Telling on Itself

Unfortunately this recording didn’t reveal anything we didn’t already feel in our gut.

For years we’ve been side-eyeing mass-produced foods that last longer than many relationships. We’ve wondered about ingredient lists that read like a chemistry quiz.

But this moment?
This moment is the confirmation.

When someone in a leadership position (allegedly!) openly calls their own products “trash for poor people,” it reveals exactly how some many food giants see us:

Not as humans worth nourishing.
Not as communities worth feeding.
Just as consumers buying whatever keeps the quarterly report looking its best, and the shareholders content.

If that doesn’t make you re-think what goes on your shelf, and in your mouth, nothing will.

You Don’t Have to Eat Like a Corporation Wants You To

If there’s a silver lining to this whole soup-gate situation, it’s this:

There has literally never been a better time to take control of your food.

Whether you’ve got:

• a full backyard
• a patio
• or just a sunny windowsill
  …you can grow something that actually tastes like food — and hasn’t been touched by a single boardroom.

Start with the easy stuff:

• Tomatoes
• Basil
• Green onions
• Peppers
• Lettuce
• Herbs you can’t kill even if you try (looking at you, mint)

Watching something grow from soil to plate does something to you. It reconnects you to what food should be — not a processed “product,” but nourishment you recognize, and enjoy.

You Deserve Better Than Mystery Chicken

Instead of stressing about whether your protein came from:

• a lab
• a printer
• or a corporate cost-cutting meeting

…you can walk into a local butcher shop and ask the real questions:

• Where did this come from?
• Is the beef grass-fed, grain-finished?
• How was it raised?
• What farm?
• How fresh is it?
• What cut is best for what I’m cooking?

Local butchers aren’t trying to fool you. They don’t hide behind a marketing department. Their entire reputation sits right there behind the glass case.

When you buy locally, you’re not just feeding yourself better — you’re keeping your money in your own community instead of handing it off to a company that happily will poison you for profit, and then pass you off to big pharma to sell you the “cure”.

This Isn’t About Soup. It’s About Respect.

The leaked recording isn’t just a scandal. It’s a mirror — and a megaphone.

It’s blasting a message we should have heard a long time ago:

Stop giving your trust (and money) to people who don’t respect you.
Start feeding yourself with intention.
Start growing, sourcing, and choosing better.

Whether you’re sick of processed everything…
whether the classism in that recording hit a nerve…
or whether you’re just ready to eat food that tastes real again…

This is the moment.

Plant something.
Meet your butcher.
Re-claim your plate.

Because no executive should ever have the final say on what you eat — especially one who wouldn’t eat it themselves.

And at the end of the day, being lower-income or in a tight spot doesn’t mean you deserve anything less than real nutrition, real food, and at minimum, respect.