Del Monte Foods, the nearly 140-year-old company whose canned fruits and vegetables have long been grocery store staples, has filed for bankruptcy as it grapples with mounting debt, post-pandemic headwinds and shifts in consumer spending.
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We’re in big trouble if Delmont filed bankruptcy, who’s net and not the album
jul 3, 2025, 12:12 pm • 2 0 • view
...what?
jul 3, 2025, 9:22 pm • 2 0 • view
@washingtonpost.com Why aren't you covering the American Gestapo and Trump's private Army? Why aren't you covering Trump's war on America?
jul 3, 2025, 4:13 pm • 3 0 • view
The Man from Delmonte. He say... "oh FFS!" youtu.be/F9IxMtVnhR8?...
jul 3, 2025, 3:59 pm • 1 0 • view
Could fear mongering from “nutrition experts” on social media have anything to do with this?
jul 3, 2025, 4:08 pm • 1 0 • view
And they will have plenty of company
jul 3, 2025, 8:36 pm • 7 0 • view
Since the 80s we have been seeing every product & service come down to only one or two corporations in every segment eliminating all or having only one competition. This is not free enterprise capitalistic America as Republicans have sold us. Today's Republicans are still promoting trickle down
jul 3, 2025, 12:24 pm • 6 0 • view
Oh no! My favorite brand
jul 4, 2025, 1:46 am • 1 0 • view
It’s very unfortunate for us who love their brand. Wish, the government can help the company out of bankruptcy
jul 4, 2025, 2:39 pm • 1 0 • view
Their canned fruit was never actually "fruit" It's just sugar disguised as fruit..Don't buy that crap...
jul 3, 2025, 1:05 pm • 2 0 • view
Expensive and their quality waned, along with shrinkflation all "brand names" should go under, they're all pretty much owned by one or two people. Terrorist conglomeration in the media turned it to shit also.
jul 3, 2025, 5:25 pm • 2 0 • view
This can't be good.
jul 3, 2025, 2:55 pm • 5 0 • view
Del Monte is a huge employer in the Central Valley. Del Monte closing shop would be a huge hit to already deeply disadvantaged communities.
jul 3, 2025, 5:58 pm • 2 1 • view
I like canned manderin oranges. I buy Dole. I bought Del Monte by mistake recently, and they are significantly worse. Skins still on oranges, seeds, and a bitter taste. Better product might help.
jul 3, 2025, 12:18 pm • 6 0 • view
Del Monte is a name people trust and depend on
jul 3, 2025, 1:04 pm • 2 0 • view
Karma takes time
jul 3, 2025, 2:06 pm • 5 0 • view
As with many of these American transnationals, Chiquita is another, Del Monte has some dark episodes to answer for. Here is one. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024...
jul 3, 2025, 12:33 pm • 49 11 • view
Just the beginning of consumers moving totally into the generic market. Sit back and watch brand name companies falter and fall. They think they are being smart killing the middle class but will regret it.
jul 3, 2025, 1:00 pm • 14 0 • view
I would say their problem was the high prices they charged.
jul 4, 2025, 4:10 am • 0 0 • view
Just say corporate raiders, guys
jul 3, 2025, 4:52 pm • 1 0 • view
The man from Delmonte… says no! Or that a UK only meme?
jul 3, 2025, 12:29 pm • 4 0 • view
I'm sorry to hear of any company going bankrupt. Del Monte used to be the best available canned fruit brand in the UK many years ago, not so any more the quality disappeared, not sure when, but like most products the quality is strangled out of them for profit.
jul 3, 2025, 2:16 pm • 5 0 • view
Nobody wants canned green beans anymore.
jul 3, 2025, 5:24 pm • 1 0 • view
I'm poor and disabled. I do. Frozen isn't bad either but it's more expensive and constantly sold out in my area stores.
jul 3, 2025, 7:24 pm • 1 0 • view
Trump’s America.
jul 3, 2025, 2:23 pm • 3 0 • view
And 80% of its workers are headed to Alligator World.
jul 3, 2025, 1:02 pm • 5 0 • view
I grew up eating canned everything, especially veggies, as they were cheap, easy to store, and cook. Now I buy almost NO canned foods at all except tomatoes. I can see where this is a problem. Frozen is just so much better and stores well.
jul 3, 2025, 2:08 pm • 3 0 • view
Not sorry to see them disappear. At all.
jul 4, 2025, 7:21 am • 0 0 • view
How long until 🍊🍆🥔 starts hollering about losing an iconic US brand?
jul 3, 2025, 5:07 pm • 1 0 • view
Always a reliable product. So disturbing. Were they not managed well?
jul 3, 2025, 5:43 pm • 6 0 • view
How often do you prepare canned vegetables
jul 3, 2025, 5:55 pm • 4 0 • view
Affordable, long-lasting in storage, crucial for food banks providing very low income communities. Maybe take a second and think about who might need to rely on canned vegetables as a calorie/nutrient source. Think about the unhoused, folks living in cars and RVs, etc.
jul 3, 2025, 6:01 pm • 10 0 • view
Why are you speaking to me in that condescending tone? Someone wants to know how a company that sells canned food is struggling. I asked them a question to demonstrate changing consumer habits were a major contributor.
jul 3, 2025, 6:15 pm • 4 0 • view
lol ok
jul 3, 2025, 7:01 pm • 2 0 • view
Seldom.
jul 3, 2025, 7:17 pm • 0 0 • view
Exactly. Consumer habits have changed, people buy much less canned food than they used to.
jul 3, 2025, 8:58 pm • 1 0 • view
All of the time.
jul 3, 2025, 7:54 pm • 3 0 • view
😢
jul 3, 2025, 7:11 pm • 1 0 • view
Wonder how much "store"brands sold by the Big 3 grocery chains contributed to this. I have a few favored brands of processed foods based on quality, quantity, flavor and price, and find it increasingly that they are replaced by store brands, cheaper but not as good. I'll miss Del Monte products.
jul 3, 2025, 3:50 pm • 1 0 • view
You know big companies package store brands right? It is cheaper because it doesn't carry the name brand.
jul 3, 2025, 4:07 pm • 3 0 • view
So taking our tax dollars to cover their mistakes and laziness while they stay rich.
jul 3, 2025, 6:13 pm • 1 0 • view
No sympathy for this corporate entity. They exploited Central & South America relentlessly
jul 4, 2025, 4:48 am • 7 0 • view
Did tariffs on aluminum have anything to do with it?
jul 4, 2025, 3:44 am • 0 0 • view
Forty odd years ago I worked a construction site adjacent to a Del Monte cannery in Emeryville, Ca. It was interesting to observe that at lunch break DM workers made a bee-line to a corner liquor store and drank their lunch in a nearby vacant lot
jul 3, 2025, 2:43 pm • 2 0 • view
My dad worked for this great company his entire working life. Sad day.
jul 3, 2025, 3:14 pm • 2 0 • view
NutriAsia owned www.straitstimes.com/business/com...
jul 3, 2025, 4:52 pm • 1 0 • view
How much was their CEO paid? Fuck them www.reuters.com/article/busi....
jul 3, 2025, 3:57 pm • 30 5 • view
MAGA works
jul 3, 2025, 5:10 pm • 1 0 • view
WOW!... This is a real shocker!...140-year old Del Monte Foods filing for Bankruptcy is beyond my comprehension! 🥴
jul 3, 2025, 3:16 pm • 6 1 • view
Tariffs on steel and aluminum mentioned.🤔
jul 3, 2025, 11:46 pm • 1 1 • view
There will be TARIFFS Here!; TARIFFS There! -- With these No Good Stupid ASS Fascists sitting in OUR White House, there will be TARIFFS "Everywhere!"...
jul 3, 2025, 11:50 pm • 3 0 • view
Or not. It depends on the day and if trump likes you.😡
jul 4, 2025, 12:01 am • 2 0 • view
Who would guess no one to pick pineapples would cause that.
jul 3, 2025, 8:50 pm • 0 0 • view
I buy Del Monte. Guess I won’t anymore 🤷♀️
jul 3, 2025, 2:24 pm • 5 0 • view
Meaning they didn't understand the market they serve.
jul 3, 2025, 12:40 pm • 4 0 • view
Chapter 11 is a way for corporations to significantly reduce their debt and still maintain their operations. They will be fine. They are simply taking advantage of forgiving corporate policy. Those policies don't exist for general citizens. We file bankruptcy, and we lose our homes and wealth.
jul 3, 2025, 4:09 pm • 1 0 • view
Sigh 😔
jul 3, 2025, 12:38 pm • 2 0 • view
Are we great yet ???! They no longer have field workers.
jul 3, 2025, 6:14 pm • 15 1 • view
😮😮😮
jul 3, 2025, 5:30 pm • 1 0 • view
Never in the life of Del Monte! These are real companies that have served the American People through many decades of winter’s cold. So, don’t nobody see the catastrophic effects this Trump regime has inflicted on America in almost 200 days?
jul 3, 2025, 2:42 pm • 2 0 • view
Hey Wapo, remember how you couldn't decide between the two Presidential candidates to endorse? We just think you're feckless now.
jul 3, 2025, 1:44 pm • 13 0 • view
Private Equity kills.
jul 3, 2025, 5:06 pm • 1 0 • view
Go frump. Making America great
jul 3, 2025, 4:15 pm • 1 0 • view
So the man from del monte said NO
jul 3, 2025, 2:16 pm • 2 0 • view
Yay such a crooked company deserves to fall
jul 3, 2025, 11:20 pm • 1 0 • view
Weird. I wonder why.
jul 3, 2025, 4:07 pm • 190 24 • view
I was going to ask if a private equity firm was the reason.
jul 3, 2025, 5:53 pm • 1 0 • view
Don't worry, I'm sure the private equity investors are doing just great!
jul 3, 2025, 4:08 pm • 137 7 • view
They already took out all they paid for it back in 2011 and some. They loaded the company with debt and massive interest payments. The company still owes that debt and suppliers. KKR (Owner) no longer have to pay those debts and will own or sell DelMonte assets as soon as they emerge from chapter 11
jul 3, 2025, 5:26 pm • 15 2 • view
Always fatal when the beancounters take over a company. Some financier was once said to be able to look at a balance sheet and tell you everything about a company. Now, anyone can look at a company's web page and tell you it's headed down the toilet. Just look for "partners", "portfolio", etc...
jul 7, 2025, 8:19 pm • 0 0 • view
Thanks. I was , for a split second, real concerned for the private equity.
jul 3, 2025, 7:55 pm • 23 0 • view
Please, could stop pulling out DEI out your butts?
jul 3, 2025, 7:06 pm • 0 0 • view
Even before reading the comments, I thought “sounds like a private-equity gutting.”
jul 3, 2025, 6:07 pm • 4 0 • view
Great, now regular people have a shot of canning and selling their own fruit and vegetables to their local and other markets for a cheaper price that are loyal to entrepenur capitalism rather than corporate mercentilism.
jul 3, 2025, 5:20 pm • 1 0 • view
Wow
jul 3, 2025, 1:05 pm • 2 0 • view
WTF?
jul 3, 2025, 12:36 pm • 3 0 • view
Say goodbye to a company that produced prison-quality canned food. No one ruined more perfectly good fruits and vegetables as Del Monte.
jul 3, 2025, 4:14 pm • 6 0 • view
Doesn't make sense. Plenty of people I know are stocking up canned food in case supermarket shelves go empty. This sounds like somebody needs their golden parachute and this is a convenient way to shaft employees.
jul 3, 2025, 4:50 pm • 1 0 • view
And no one to work in their factories for $5 per day🧌
jul 3, 2025, 4:29 pm • 1 0 • view
Remember Polly Peck! Del Monte has a chequered history!
jul 4, 2025, 6:15 am • 0 0 • view
The man from Del Monte, he say ‘oh, fuck’.
jul 3, 2025, 12:13 pm • 5 0 • view
Great work, Trump. Maybe you can get rid of all American businesses
jul 4, 2025, 1:25 am • 11 0 • view
Another WIN for #Felon47 and #MAGA.
jul 3, 2025, 12:51 pm • 3 0 • view
The man from Del Monte says “Nooooooooo!”
jul 3, 2025, 2:54 pm • 2 0 • view
I took this picture at a Walmart the other day. It’s the entire canned fruit section. I was shocked.
jul 4, 2025, 11:37 am • 0 0 • view
I think this is just the beginning, more shock awaits us in every sector of the Country. unless Trump come up with good policies that will be acceptable by our manufacturers down to the retailers and consumers. After all his MAGA supporters still believe his right about everything
jul 4, 2025, 2:45 pm • 0 0 • view
I’m unfamiliar with their history as an enterprise but the timeline allows for banana republic oppression & slavery. However, I’m so willing to be corrected!
jul 3, 2025, 7:43 pm • 1 0 • view
In this rapidly falling trump economy, America is filing for bankruptcy. Where’s all that winning we were promised? My bad, winning is only for billionaires.
jul 3, 2025, 5:01 pm • 1 0 • view
😔😔💔
jul 3, 2025, 6:43 pm • 3 0 • view
Chemicals and processed sugar. Who’d buy this.
jul 3, 2025, 10:24 pm • 1 0 • view
The man from Del Monte says 'l quit !'
jul 3, 2025, 3:03 pm • 7 0 • view
you beat me to it Jus !!
jul 3, 2025, 3:54 pm • 3 0 • view
🤪
jul 3, 2025, 5:16 pm • 2 0 • view
I wonder if they're a target of a leveraged buyout - those excel at creating"mounting debt"
jul 4, 2025, 4:21 pm • 0 0 • view
Sheeee-it!!
jul 3, 2025, 6:49 pm • 1 0 • view
Sorry to hear this news. DelMonte had been a trusted brand for generations.
jul 7, 2025, 9:29 pm • 0 0 • view
Shifts to nasty. Buy up Del Monte now.
jul 4, 2025, 3:06 am • 0 0 • view
#MAGA #FAFO
jul 3, 2025, 12:50 pm • 2 0 • view
😳
jul 3, 2025, 1:47 pm • 2 0 • view
What will happen to the Man fro Del Monte
jul 3, 2025, 12:36 pm • 3 0 • view
Doesn't matter. They wouldn't have the laborers to pick the fruit and vegetables. This used to be called the 'Peter Principle,' that everybody Rises to their level of incompetency. Now the Trump presidency has caused corporations to reach the levels of diminishing returns.
jul 3, 2025, 4:03 pm • 3 0 • view
😭
jul 4, 2025, 1:30 am • 1 0 • view
They could regain a lot of popukarity by taking the PBAs out of their can linings & advertising it. Health first sort of initiative.
jul 3, 2025, 3:27 pm • 3 1 • view
Don't they already do this?
jul 3, 2025, 4:10 pm • 4 0 • view
Ifthey do, i haven't heard of it. There was some talk of switching to PBFs, but the difference between the two chemicals is negligable. They are both estrogen mimics and they will both cause people to put on weight. I avoid canned good wherever I can.
jul 3, 2025, 5:01 pm • 1 0 • view
Wow...
jul 3, 2025, 12:40 pm • 5 1 • view
Aluminum tariffs
jul 4, 2025, 10:28 am • 1 0 • view
I have worked for KKR in a hotel that was owned by them and was managed by a company called KSL, which all the employees said meant Keep Slavery Legal. They are cheap bastards that only care about wealth and power. I feel sorry for Del Monte. Who doesn’t remember eating vegetables from them? Sad! 😔
jul 3, 2025, 6:37 pm • 3 0 • view
I have no sympathy for corps due to not being able to sell their over priced products. Myself? I’ve started using sure or generic brands
jul 3, 2025, 1:15 pm • 8 0 • view
Store (Bluesky needs an edit button!)
jul 3, 2025, 1:35 pm • 7 0 • view
Overpriced to the point they lost their consumer base.
jul 3, 2025, 11:29 pm • 9 0 • view
Literally what this comes down to. Pricing themselves like they're a luxury product
jul 4, 2025, 12:51 am • 6 0 • view
Their stuff is from the US, whereas store brands are from China. "Distributed by" a US city means the contents are from China.
jul 4, 2025, 11:04 am • 0 0 • view
With Donald Trump, food is a luxury. Remember when countries voted if Food is a right, only the U.S. and Israel voted it wasn't. So they get to starve their own and Palestinians.
jul 4, 2025, 3:34 am • 6 0 • view
how did the vote go on clean air and water?
jul 4, 2025, 4:42 am • 1 0 • view
Keep us alive when I was a kid…😢 MAGA DOESNT CARE! ☹️
jul 4, 2025, 3:08 am • 1 0 • view
jul 4, 2025, 2:05 pm • 2 0 • view
jul 3, 2025, 5:40 pm • 1 0 • view
Del Monte cans imperfect produce farmers can't sell to national chains and labels them as USDA Commidities for CSFP (Comodity Supplemental Food Programs) for needy Americans. #Trump, #Musk and #DOGE decimated that program.
jul 3, 2025, 6:50 pm • 49 11 • view
Del monte declared bankrupcy
jul 5, 2025, 10:37 pm • 0 0 • view
Yes, you should see I referenced that article and attached it to my original post on this topic.
jul 5, 2025, 11:54 pm • 1 0 • view
Do not forget #TrumpTax.
jul 5, 2025, 9:34 pm • 1 0 • view
The #FarmBill has been a mainstay for both American farmers and the needy. SHAME ON #GOP #TRUMP #MUSK! cc @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @slotkin.senate.gov
jul 3, 2025, 9:07 pm • 14 0 • view
Good to know of the direct link. My aunt does commodity disbursement in our county. I wonder if she is even aware of this. Thx for your post.
jul 4, 2025, 1:30 am • 1 1 • view
Post and Quaker Cereals also provide USDA branded cereal and oatmeal for that program.
jul 5, 2025, 12:02 pm • 1 0 • view
Tell her to Google "Farm Bill 2025 cuts" there are lots of articles. If she administers a program, she is already aware. Notices have gone out.
jul 4, 2025, 12:14 pm • 1 0 • view
Will do. Thank you!✌🏾
jul 4, 2025, 5:06 pm • 1 0 • view
Nothing to do with tariffs on steel and aluminium then?
jul 3, 2025, 4:50 pm • 1 0 • view
Another victim of the trash fire that is private equity, who ruin everything.
jul 3, 2025, 4:22 pm • 5 0 • view
That’s sad! Although I don’t buy Delmonte, I feel sad that they won’t be on the shelf anymore!💙💙💙
jul 4, 2025, 6:13 pm • 0 0 • view
That's sad.
jul 3, 2025, 3:45 pm • 1 0 • view
I'm sorry to see this. Del Monte Foods has always been a part of my life.
jul 3, 2025, 3:35 pm • 5 0 • view
So much for all those MAGA "preppers" out there, assuming they can ride all of this out by stocking up on canned goods.
jul 3, 2025, 4:34 pm • 1 0 • view
They are my favorite go to!
jul 4, 2025, 5:57 pm • 0 0 • view
More companies will fold. "Thanks" tRump.
jul 3, 2025, 3:46 pm • 1 0 • view
Fuck Del Monte, if it weren't for Chiquita the phrase would be Pineapple Republic
jul 3, 2025, 12:53 pm • 5 0 • view
While Del Monte says increased production costs are to blame, some experts say that canned foods, which rely heavily on preservatives, are no longer America’s go-to at the grocery store. “Consumer preferences have shifted away from preservative-laden canned food in favor of healthier alternatives”
jul 3, 2025, 1:56 pm • 3 0 • view
Private equity killed this company
jul 3, 2025, 2:07 pm • 4 0 • view
🎯🤣... 🏆 The quiet part said aloud. Cashing out.
jul 3, 2025, 2:10 pm • 2 0 • view
😳 Unreal
jul 3, 2025, 7:19 pm • 2 0 • view
They should go from cams to glass.
jul 3, 2025, 8:35 pm • 1 0 • view
Much heavier to ship, and too fragile
jul 3, 2025, 9:21 pm • 1 0 • view
Shifts in consumer spending? Now that the US is well underway to becoming an authoritarian dictatorship and the crops are rotting in the fields, aren't people stocking up on canned food?
jul 3, 2025, 5:03 pm • 3 0 • view
Probably hurts when there is nobody to pick your product.
jul 3, 2025, 3:09 pm • 3 0 • view
All they need to do reduce the salt, sugar and hfcs by 90% and that will save them money from day one. 🤷♀️ People are making better health choices and it doesn't include 2-days worth of sodium or 1/4 of sugar/hfcs per can. 🤷♀️
jul 4, 2025, 2:14 pm • 1 0 • view
The man from Demonte, he say "no!".
jul 3, 2025, 1:14 pm • 2 0 • view
Del Monte the company that persuaded President Eisenhower to turn his back on Cuba’s requests for help? If it wasn’t for their interference in politics the Cuban missile crisis would never have happened and Cuba would have come under the American instead of the Russian sphere of influence.
jul 3, 2025, 5:24 pm • 1 0 • view
Oh what a different world it could have been.
jul 3, 2025, 5:24 pm • 1 0 • view
Who needs to eat.
jul 3, 2025, 8:59 pm • 13 0 • view
This is heartbreaking
jul 3, 2025, 12:14 pm • 4 0 • view
I think it's more to do with abuse, torture and human exploitation that their products have been de-shelved by major supermarkets. The compensation claims from their Kenya Thika farm would amount to millions being paid out. Better they went quietly.... www.theguardian.com/world/2024/m...
jul 4, 2025, 6:46 am • 23 0 • view
Should we even mention Hawaii?
jul 4, 2025, 9:20 am • 3 0 • view
Might as well!
jul 4, 2025, 9:32 am • 1 0 • view
These are the type of things that people were buying. They were just bad with their money, then two fucking bad.
jul 3, 2025, 6:47 pm • 1 0 • view
The bad side of this story is, once competition is eliminated from a category, prices tend to rise more than the typical annual inflation rate. Bad for anyone who buys canned goods.
jul 3, 2025, 11:34 pm • 3 0 • view
Del Monte was Bane'd
jul 3, 2025, 2:10 pm • 2 0 • view
Another private equity raid in action. Fuck MBAs
jul 3, 2025, 10:15 pm • 4 0 • view
I have an MBA. Private equity deserves to burn in business hell.
jul 3, 2025, 10:40 pm • 9 0 • view
Thanks for being one of the few good ones
jul 3, 2025, 10:41 pm • 5 0 • view
youtu.be/auMuZ_oiH_E Still don't think he's in cognitive decline?
jul 3, 2025, 1:42 pm • 4 0 • view
Sounds like poor Management
jul 3, 2025, 5:46 pm • 1 0 • view
Not that popular apparently
jul 3, 2025, 12:02 pm • 5 1 • view
Sorry to hear this
jul 3, 2025, 3:31 pm • 3 0 • view
That's another OMG! 😮
jul 4, 2025, 3:46 pm • 0 0 • view
Whoa - surprise. Won't matter in the end b/c we won't have any vegetables to can. The workers will all be in concentration camps. On their way to god knows where. The govt spending billions to do all this. No food, no workers, no money left. Great.
jul 3, 2025, 6:02 pm • 27 4 • view
We're sounding more like North Korea. TFG loved his people applauding him and starving to death and dying from sickness. No money no freedom.
jul 3, 2025, 6:43 pm • 12 0 • view
Its one reason they're ramping up the concentration camps and legalizing child labor. Keep us starving, they think, and they'll never have to pay for labor.
jul 3, 2025, 9:50 pm • 7 0 • view
Trump did say on a hot microphone. He wanted " HIS " people to jump when told to just like Kim Jong Un .
jul 4, 2025, 2:15 am • 1 0 • view
All part of Cheetolini’s make America great again campaign😂
jul 3, 2025, 2:31 pm • 3 0 • view
Maybe too soon, bcuz when we run out of fresh produce the canned stuff will be all we have. It lasts forever.
jul 3, 2025, 3:39 pm • 1 0 • view
Hey Donald Trump, are we great now?
jul 4, 2025, 1:59 am • 4 0 • view
I'm not going to be one of those crying for this company. People in the US have no idea how much these conglomerates destroy lives in poor country. Cameroon as an example, saw its local farmers lose everything as the thieving gov't granted their lands to Del Monte for cheap bananas to Europe.
jul 3, 2025, 4:21 pm • 2 0 • view
Smar thing with Hudson’s Bay Company in Canada, bought out by equity firm, bankrupt and gone in June.
jul 3, 2025, 11:55 pm • 10 0 • view
Been around since 1670
jul 3, 2025, 11:56 pm • 5 0 • view
OMG, it's gone? I worked there as a teenager.
jul 4, 2025, 1:38 am • 0 0 • view
Yep. 350 years in business, and trashed by investment company. Assets sold off by first week of June.
jul 4, 2025, 3:10 am • 1 0 • view
Ugh. They are the worst things to happen to businesses.
jul 4, 2025, 4:13 am • 0 0 • view
Well damn. I've been using their canned spaghetti sauce for 40 years, it's the best, no frills and inexpensive.
jul 3, 2025, 2:12 pm • 4 0 • view
Best canned tomatoes and best ketchup, bar none.
jul 3, 2025, 2:35 pm • 4 0 • view
Not enough pork?
jul 3, 2025, 1:48 pm • 2 0 • view
Anyone old enough to remember that canned fruit and veg used to be a large section I. The supermarket. Now not more than a couple of shelves.
jul 4, 2025, 1:41 am • 11 0 • view
DelMonte actually tells you where the food comes from. Store brands say "Distributed from...." and name a US city. That's when you know it is from China.
jul 4, 2025, 11:01 am • 1 0 • view
Good to know. I was commenting more of the decline of canned vegetables in general, as frozen and fresh have gained in distribution.
jul 4, 2025, 5:52 pm • 1 0 • view
They say frozen actually have more nutrients!
jul 4, 2025, 7:07 pm • 1 0 • view
It’s because of the standardization of the cold chain shipping. It’s a great achievement.
jul 4, 2025, 7:08 pm • 1 0 • view
And they go from field to freezer quickly!
jul 4, 2025, 7:17 pm • 1 0 • view
Seems to be consumer preference. Happing in every country.
jul 4, 2025, 7:43 am • 0 0 • view
Can't wait for the WAPO and NYT to go likewise....they too have been around too long and are no longer relevant or helpful.
jul 3, 2025, 5:32 pm • 4 1 • view
Bummer. Many of us have moved to organic and don't buy from main line grocery stores since they are more expensive than say Trader Joe's or value stores like Walmart.
jul 3, 2025, 2:14 pm • 2 0 • view
Funny how I don't even need to read the article and can guess it got bought out a while ago (probably private equity) and now...this.
jul 3, 2025, 3:34 pm • 11 0 • view
Standby, More of this to come.
jul 3, 2025, 12:16 pm • 29 1 • view
Vulture capitalism (aka hedge funds) loading up companies with unrelated debt the. destroying the functioning companies without regard to those negatively impacted. E.g. sears, red lobster, toys r us, the list goes on.
jul 3, 2025, 4:44 pm • 1 0 • view
Dont forget they are a major contributor to the unaffordability of housing crisis.
jul 3, 2025, 7:45 pm • 2 0 • view
Yep. Already Green Giant's, parent company, B&G, are looking at selling both frozen and canned foods.
jul 3, 2025, 3:23 pm • 5 1 • view
*... foods divisions
jul 4, 2025, 7:40 pm • 0 0 • view
Private Equity strikes again. Its out of control. Just buying up companies, loading them with debt then milking them for their cash by starving them of investment, cutting costs and firing workers. Once they've been paid back then they leave them to wither and die. Its the next financial calamity.
jul 3, 2025, 8:30 pm • 66 3 • view
Without research, that was my first thought too. Private equity has played a HUGE role in surreptitiously ruining this country. An excellent case study for how capitalism has been used against us, while we are simultaneously fed propaganda abt the ills of anything that is not capitalism.
jul 4, 2025, 1:27 am • 13 0 • view
Without the immigrants to pick and process the crops, they are doomed. The food is rotting in the fields. Thanks, Don Old Dipshit!
jul 3, 2025, 4:58 pm • 1 0 • view
Binders full of women.
jul 3, 2025, 1:00 pm • 0 0 • view
“with the goal of ultimately selling them for a profit. These investments are typically made by private equity firms, who pool capital from investors, such as pension funds, endowments, and high-net-worth individuals.”
jul 3, 2025, 3:55 pm • 0 0 • view
Some things should be shielded from the greedy claws of private equity. Housing, food, public transportation such as busses and trains as well as mail. So tired of this bull crap.
jul 3, 2025, 12:56 pm • 150 9 • view
And healthcare.
jul 3, 2025, 12:58 pm • 115 3 • view
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
jul 3, 2025, 2:44 pm • 0 0 • view
And fire fighters, and fire trucks, and water, and...
jul 3, 2025, 1:24 pm • 64 3 • view
Know what? Let’s just do away with private equity. If you have the money to buy a company, you have the money to start a company. And if you can’t? Having money isn’t a skill, so go find one.
jul 3, 2025, 1:34 pm • 9 2 • view
Agreed. Way too many people equate having money with having demonstrated some sort of skill, which is manifestly false.
jul 3, 2025, 1:38 pm • 7 1 • view
Electricity needs to be public.
jul 3, 2025, 1:35 pm • 59 2 • view
Where I live, it is! And the grid is pretty stable under the extreme stress of the summer or the intense storms of winter, and they rapidly respond to the needs of the people within the county. Also also, they have programs that credit owners for upgrading to energy efficient appliances.
jul 3, 2025, 1:42 pm • 26 1 • view
Where is that?
jul 4, 2025, 7:05 am • 1 0 • view
Sacramento County
jul 4, 2025, 12:38 pm • 0 0 • view
Ours is a co-op. We've been pleased with their communication and quick service after an outage, which is common in rural Alabama. (Lots of trees.) But prices have gone up sharply in the last few months. Similar usage costs 25% more.
jul 3, 2025, 2:48 pm • 9 1 • view
The current regime intends for most of our government functions to be privatized. It’s brutal watching our institutions be hollowed out and gifted to oligarchs to monetize for their own profits.
jul 3, 2025, 1:23 pm • 8 3 • view
archive.ph/6Cr9M They'll go to the private sector and we'll just hire them back when we need them. April 9, 2025 - The Trump administration warns about efforts by Chinese intelligence to target current and former U.S. federal employees for recruitment. Don't poach my discards, yelled Trump.
jul 3, 2025, 5:30 pm • 0 0 • view
It’s gut wrenching to anyone who is watching and understands the implications But I still see MAGA around here cucking for billionaires
jul 3, 2025, 2:46 pm • 4 1 • view
That's because anytime calls for any kind of leg up for real people they pull the socialism boogeyman. The happiest and healthiest nations on earth are social democracies. But the oligarchs hate those.
jul 3, 2025, 7:01 pm • 2 0 • view
That's because the one thing that all socialist democracies dont have is billionaires. None of them.
jul 4, 2025, 9:07 am • 3 0 • view
And prisons.
jul 3, 2025, 3:01 pm • 4 0 • view
KKR's SOP is to buy a company, using that company to borrow the money for the acquisition, suck all the cash out through management fees, and then let it go bankrupt. Del Monte's bankruptcy won't hurt KKR. They've already made their profit.
jul 3, 2025, 3:53 pm • 0 0 • view
I thought so 😒
jul 3, 2025, 1:40 pm • 1 0 • view
That was 15 years ago. I think there's a SOL on that stuff.
jul 3, 2025, 4:34 pm • 0 0 • view
This must make Bezos really hard! (at least chubby, since he can't actually get it up) Now, Amazon can start selling more canned goods (with poisons) to people.
jul 3, 2025, 1:46 pm • 5 0 • view
Fuck you and fuck your boss for enabling this shit.
jul 3, 2025, 2:36 pm • 2 0 • view
I assume first they drained the assets.
jul 3, 2025, 5:17 pm • 4 0 • view
Trump's economy
jul 3, 2025, 4:12 pm • 1 0 • view
Cool #Trumppolicies already destroying an American canned foods company Del Monte who had been in the business of feeding Americans for 140 years. Turns out Trump is not so good for American business. Or feeding Americans. Or freedom or people in general. General Trump of the Great American Gestapo
jul 4, 2025, 11:50 am • 0 0 • view
Speakkker Moses Direct Staff Number? 202 225 4000 you're wwwelcome make that go viral where is the viral button?
jul 3, 2025, 5:45 pm • 9 2 • view
I will miss their products 😕😕😕
jul 3, 2025, 2:33 pm • 2 0 • view
"Del Monte Pacific Ltd., which acquired Del Monte Foods in 2014, had also taken out loans to finance that purchase, adding to its debt burden..."
jul 3, 2025, 2:21 pm • 2 0 • view
I was gonna say something about banana republics, but it turns out I was thinking of Dole foods, not Del Monte.
jul 3, 2025, 3:07 pm • 3 0 • view
Del monte was there.
jul 3, 2025, 4:06 pm • 2 0 • view
A brand that has never comprised their profits to built business. So BYE,BYE.
aug 19, 2025, 1:21 pm • 0 0 • view
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU SELL YOUR PRODUCT AT TWICE THE STORE BRANDS.
jul 3, 2025, 4:59 pm • 2 0 • view
Eventually price gouging catches up and the only winners are the couple of CEOs that walk away with the pot.
aug 20, 2025, 7:11 pm • 0 0 • view
Let me guess, it was asked to self deport?
jul 3, 2025, 3:30 pm • 3 0 • view
Tell Bezos to go fuck himself.
jul 3, 2025, 12:14 pm • 10 0 • view
I think people are telling Bezos to fuck off. A recent stop at local Whole Foods, the produce area was looking bleak with moldy rotten fruits and vegetables. Not just one fruit or veg but several and other bins completely empty. Staff was short as well. Still there rotting a few days later.
jul 3, 2025, 2:01 pm • 12 0 • view
Greg's been the CEO since 2017, and has decided that now the time is ripe (ahem) for a "Strategic step forward". A bit late for strategic moves Greg.
jul 3, 2025, 1:14 pm • 2 0 • view
Trumps economy is destroying the working class through inflation
jul 4, 2025, 2:47 pm • 0 0 • view
Make America Great Again…
jul 4, 2025, 11:23 am • 2 0 • view
😳
jul 3, 2025, 1:13 pm • 2 0 • view
Considering Del Monte used death squads lik Coke did, this is good.
jul 3, 2025, 12:33 pm • 8 0 • view
They could have managed the business issues. It’s the debt from being sold to private equity that killed them. A story we’ve seen many times before.
jul 3, 2025, 1:14 pm • 6 0 • view
Stuff was garbage anyway.
jul 3, 2025, 1:31 pm • 3 0 • view
I did not have that on my card 😳
jul 3, 2025, 4:53 pm • 5 0 • view
According to the company, people "want healthier foods now", so that means they can't deliver and need to declare Bankruptcy? Hmmm.
jul 3, 2025, 5:38 pm • 1 0 • view
Any mention of the tariffs on aluminum as a cause???
jul 3, 2025, 5:27 pm • 4 0 • view
Sorry, if you price your items .30¢ on avg over your competitors you're bound to lose.
jul 3, 2025, 1:20 pm • 1 0 • view
WAPO the major donor to the trump Nazi regime! Who the hell would believe any shit from this traitorous media... Del Monte files for bankruptcy, blames trump’s steel tariffs for rising costs should be the headline Grocery inflation also caused consumers to seek out cheaper store brands.
jul 4, 2025, 1:48 pm • 1 0 • view
trump’s 50% tariff on imported steel, which went into effect in June, will also push up the prices Del Monte and others must pay for cans. Based in Walnut Creek, CA ,they also own the Contadina tomato brand, College Inn and Kitchen Basics broth brands and the Joyba bubble tea brand.
jul 4, 2025, 1:48 pm • 0 0 • view
Unbelievable. I buy their products.
jul 3, 2025, 3:48 pm • 1 0 • view
Venture capital firms use high leveraged capital (Debt). It’s great unless things go south. Then the banks come calling for their money.
jul 3, 2025, 2:12 pm • 2 0 • view
Along with Dairy Queen-everyone will be filing!
jul 3, 2025, 2:45 pm • 2 0 • view
Oh well
jul 3, 2025, 1:12 pm • 2 0 • view
Congratulations, tRump on your winning tariffs plan. The outcome will be everything we have will be made here in the "shithole country" you are making.
jul 4, 2025, 4:05 am • 11 0 • view
Tariffs on agriculture are needed, domestic food production is important for national security. While retaliatory tariffs have played a role the bigger problem is labor costs making imports cheaper. Deportations are going to hurt us BAD, illegal farm workers need to be given a path to citizenship.
jul 4, 2025, 4:29 am • 2 0 • view
As of 2025 around 70% of farm workers in the US are immigrants, 40% of those are illegals. I don't want those people exploited, a path to citizenship would fix that problem but Republicans are too concerned about those people not voting in their favor, plus their voter base is racist.
jul 4, 2025, 4:29 am • 5 1 • view
Just to show why we have to do everything we can to be self sufficient in food production look at China, they are pushing for it HARDCORE because they know being reliant on imported food in a war makes them easier to defeat. So tariffs aren't bad, the deportations are. share.google/CFgiJ29V4U32...
jul 4, 2025, 4:29 am • 2 0 • view
Over 20% of USA agriculture is exported. However, 75% of our total exports went to only 10 markets and nearly half (47%) of our agricultural exports went to only three countries: Mexico, Canada and China. www.fb.org/market-intel/
jul 4, 2025, 9:40 am • 1 0 • view
"certain animal parts, such as beef tongue or chicken feet, are undesirable in the United States, they are delicacies in other cultures, and so add value to U.S. production through trade."
jul 4, 2025, 9:45 am • 0 0 • view
Needs to be laws to prevent businesses being run like this. There will be losses for creditors who acted in good faith and their business will be at risk now, employees.with and uncertain future, probably tax avoidance and a general undermining of society, with wealth leached out to fewer people
jul 3, 2025, 11:27 pm • 2 0 • view
Lol private equity strikes again
jul 3, 2025, 7:01 pm • 17 0 • view
The man from Del Monte he say, "Oh no."
jul 3, 2025, 5:00 pm • 1 0 • view
And less demand for canned goods, the main reason.
jul 7, 2025, 3:50 am • 0 0 • view
jul 3, 2025, 3:21 pm • 6 0 • view
Thanks tRumpy dump, great work😱🤬!
jul 3, 2025, 1:44 pm • 2 0 • view
The real question is, who puts butter next to the cans in the pantry???
jul 3, 2025, 6:29 pm • 1 0 • view
(No paywall) Keep in mind, this includes all the store brands they produce plus it's "the company behind the Del Monte, Contadina, College Inn, Kitchen Basics, JOYBA, Take Root Organics and S&W brands."
jul 3, 2025, 2:44 pm • 6 3 • view
It’s those staples have in your pantry that you always need in your pantry. This is really scary.
jul 3, 2025, 8:41 pm • 3 0 • view
One factor that isn't discussed in these stories is the rise in quality of store brands. Here in Texas, HEB canned goods are as good or better than name brands. Central Market branded canned goods are better. Much better. The story reads like it's all about finance, but there's so much more here.
jul 4, 2025, 3:47 am • 1 0 • view
Better taste-wise or real quality? because often non brands make up with more water/salt sugar. Not saying its the case but always look at the label and price per lb
jul 4, 2025, 2:15 pm • 1 0 • view
Some other long standing companies will fall as well, seeing as how PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE OR SHOP these days unless they're RICH.
jul 3, 2025, 5:43 pm • 3 0 • view
Food scarcity you say?
jul 3, 2025, 8:48 pm • 1 0 • view
Echoes of Toys-R-Us
jul 3, 2025, 1:56 pm • 3 0 • view
We have one in our town. No one has shown up to work. The migrant camp on site is empty. No one else is interested in pulling the bad beans from the good ones.
jul 3, 2025, 12:16 pm • 37 2 • view
Progress of the investigation into 2024 election fraud www.reddit.com/r/goodnews/s...
jul 4, 2025, 2:03 am • 1 0 • view
Private equity for the kill.
jul 3, 2025, 12:46 pm • 3 0 • view
Avoid food in a can Sometimes no choice, but try less
jul 3, 2025, 5:00 pm • 1 0 • view
Great! less affordable food for people that need it most. This country sucks today.
jul 4, 2025, 2:13 pm • 2 0 • view
Del monte is a racist company, I’m glad their failing 🙌🏿
jul 3, 2025, 1:42 pm • 3 0 • view
Wow! That's too bad. Wonder when the United States will have to file for bankruptcy?
jul 3, 2025, 2:56 pm • 2 0 • view
I’ve always bought store-brand cans, but even THAT can’t have bankrupted the company— I smell investor games.
jul 3, 2025, 1:30 pm • 3 0 • view
Enough of all that winning 🏆
jul 3, 2025, 7:01 pm • 2 0 • view