Campbell's exec shown door after racist remarks

Campbell's said Wednesday that it no longer employed an executive who was accused in a lawsuit of making offensive comments and disparaging the company’s food products.

- EMMETT LINDNER

An audiotape that was released this month reportedly featured the voice of Martin Bally, a vice president of information technology, saying Campbell’s made processed food for “poor people” and making racist remarks.

“After a review, we believe the voice on the recording is in fact Martin Bally,’ Campbell's said in a statement Wednesday. “The comments were vulgar, offensive and false, and we apologise for the hurt they have caused.” Mr Bally left the company Tuesday, the statement said.

‘A former employee who leaked the tape to the news media, Robert Garza, did so in conjunction with a lawsuit he filed last week in Michigan against Mr Bally and Campbell's. The person on the audio also refers to Campbell's canned soup containing a “piece of chicken that came from a 3D printer”