But like many things, businesses’ approach to politics has changed in the Trump era: Corporate leaders increasingly speak out directly about the administration’s policies and the president’s statements. Perhaps no one personifies this shift better than Penzey.
His home is three miles from his main production facility; both are in Wauwatosa, a town of fewer than 50,000 people just outside Milwaukee that has voted increasingly Democratic in recent years. Penzey started the company in 1986, primarily as a catalog mail-order business. But his exposure to the spice world — and politics — started decades earlier. Penzey’s family lived in the suburbs but ran a spice store in a minority neighborhood in urban Milwaukee; as a 10-year-old, he worked in the shop on weekends to earn his allowance of $1 per week.
“Milwaukee had a socialist tradition here; even in the times of the Red Scare it was tough to vote them out,” Penzey said. He said that period taught him that “when government actually spends taxpayer dollars on things that benefit taxpayers, the buses run on time, the streets get plowed, the schools are good.”
a 'spice seller' has $700K laying around?
Bless this man.
How much do spices cost?!?
Hero
Bill Penzey is a real patriot! I support his wonderful Spice business and love that he promotes REALAMERICANVALUES
Because fools and their money......
Now I can add Penzey’s to the never buy list. I don’t support liberals with my money if I can avoid it.
What a dork
Spice sellers just went up in my estimation. Marvellous people, spice sellers.
White privilege
Get a kamtono of spice and you’ll forget all about the Trump era.
Penzey's is amazing!!!
A great American 🇺🇸
Waste of money lol 😂
Could be curtains for anyone of us at anytime. In this climate, there are no guarantees and that’s how the GOP likes it. When it’s over it’s over. If WWII taught us anything, it’s that when a government decides to consume its own citizens, no one and nothing can stop it.
Mixing business and political issues is terrible for your business! I would never do it.
👍👍
ugh whites
Wypipo
He is really committed
Another Rich snob trying to buy our democracy...readthetranscript fakenews Trump2020
Nobody cares. God Bless President Trump.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I will be ordering from Canada ! We use alot of spices PenzeysSpices ! I will support any business that is active and social for the right issues in life !
Wow! He couldn’t find a community of poor people to spend this money on? Politics has become God to people it’s sad
Now we know more about investors wasting their money.
I go out of my way to shop there!! Respect
Who knew you could make so much in spices?
It’s the only spices I buy now, I bought them before, but now I make an effort to buy them whenever possible.
Agreed
So I need to get into the spice selling business apparently
Coup attempt
Damn, first liberal I've seen with a smile this year!!!!!!
Should have donated to a food bank or something more humanitarian. Impeachment is, what it is.
How dumb! Sorry why don’t he spend on kids on welfare instead? What a waste! Feeding Zucker ! 🥺🥺
Yaaaay!
mjk_4mjk Well that's money down the drain. Could've used that money to help the homeless but fuxk it, feelings matter.
All’s fair in love and Facebook
HERO.
Oh well, shit, I know what name of spices to buy now.
PenzeysSpices
He sniffs to much spice
there's a special on im peach mint
respect
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