Campbell's sacks boss after 'vulgar' rant claim

Campbell's has dismissed an executive who allegedly referred to the soup company's products as being made for “poor people” and denigrated its Indian employees.

- Joanna Partridge

Martin Bally, who was the vice-president of Campbell's information technology department, was recorded making the alleged comments by another employee.

Campbell's - which started producing canned condensed soup in 1897, and whose cans feature in some of Andy Warhol's best known 1960s pop artworks - said it had reviewed the recording and believed the voice to belong to Bally.

Campbell's made “highly processed food” and “shit for fucking poor people”, Bally reportedly told a former employee, Robert Garza, according to a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by Garza.