On their first try, family-owned Bush’s offered B.R.E. (Beans Ready to Eat.) What a concept. No more doctoring with brown sugar, spices, etc. to make them edible. Knowing they couldn’t toupgh the taste, Stokeleys whined, “But…but…ours cost more to make”. Hard to imagine.

Q: Will you buy crap just to pay someone else’s union dues?

A: I am not a Democrat so, no. NO, I won’t.