Campbell's Soup executive in the hot seat after lawsuit claims discrimination, drug use admission in secretly recorded meeting

Nov. 25, 2025

A Campbell's Soup employee claimed he as fired after reporting questionable remarks made by a company executive. The executive, Martin Bally, was reportedly on leave from the company, pending an investigation. The former employee, Robert Garza, worked as a security analyst in 2024 at the company's headquarters in New Jersey and made a secret recording of the remarks. Garza is represented by attorney Zachary Runyan.

Further Reading :

• Lawsuit claims Campbell's exec mocked 'poor people' who buy its food [USA Today]
  Nov. 25, 2025 — A former employee claims in a lawsuit that a Campbell's Company executive called the company's products "highly" processed food for "poor people."
• Campbell’s soup exec allegedly recorded in rant saying company’s chicken ‘came from a 3-D printer’ [The Independent]
  Nov. 25, 2025 — The former employee claimed that the Campbell’s executive made racist comments about people from India and regularly came into work high on cannabis edibles.
• Campbell Soup executive called its products food for "poor people," lawsuit claims [CBS News]
  Nov. 24, 2025 — A lawsuit filed in Michigan last week alleges that a Campbell Soup Company executive made offensive comments about Indian workers and said the company's products were for "poor people" during a conversation with a former employee.

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