A Campbell Soup VP is on leave after secret recording appears to show him mocking 'poor' customers, '3D-printed chicken'

"Campbell Soup Company put an executive on leave while investigating claims made in a lawsuit that he trashed the company behind closed doors, including mocking its "poor" customers and saying the company's meat "came from a 3D printer." In a statement Tuesday, the company said the alleged comments by Martin Bally, Campbell's vice president of information technology, were "unacceptable." "Such language does not reflect our values and the culture of our company," the company said. "We do not tolerate that kind of language under any circumstances.""

"According to the lawsuit, Garza recorded a meeting with Bally where the executive insulted the intelligence of his Indian colleagues and said the company's products were for "poor people." The law firm representing Garza provided Business Insider with an apparent recording of the meeting. The recording was not included as an exhibit in the lawsuit, and Business Insider hasn't independently authenticated it. The recording features a conversation where a person belittles Campbell and its products. "If you look at our fucking pantry - we have shit for fucking poor people, right?" the person said. "I don't buy fucking Campbell's products barely anymore," the person continues in the tirade. "It's unhealthy." At one point in the recording of the meeting, which appears to take place at a restaurant, the person refers to Campbell's food as "bioengineered.""

Campbell Soup Company placed a vice president on administrative leave amid an investigation into allegations that he disparaged the company, its customers and colleagues in private remarks. A former cybersecurity analyst filed a lawsuit claiming he was fired after complaining about those remarks and provided an apparent recording of a meeting where the executive used slurs about Indian colleagues and called the products for "poor people" and "bioengineered." The company labeled the reported comments unacceptable and inconsistent with company values. The recording was not filed in the lawsuit and has not been independently authenticated.

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