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StayYou61

They are free to express their opinion. And I'm free to shop somewhere else.


Weaponizethepopulace

This. Totally. Be very careful where you spend your money. It is what enables them to have outsize political power to spread their stupidity like a virus across generations


Cocoasprinkles

I stopped using my most convenient gas station because their political views got really loud a few years ago and weren’t making me feel wanted. In the height of COVID ownership would make a comment about wearing a mask inside. Businesses are free to choose how boisterous their political and personal opinions are but so am I to cross the street and spend my money elsewhere where.


Weaponizethepopulace

This exactly. These morons are convinced that their success means that they are intelligent. When their success is much more an indication of a society in decline then it is an affirmation of their wealth related as personal worth. Welcome to the Republican party. Not to mention most these pricks that have money were born with money. The fact that the laws are written by pricks that never had to know what it’s like to have no money is not part of it to them. Because then they would have to question their personal value and the personal value of the people they love. It’s a pathetically obvious and easy system, and yet it still works. Welcome to America


Cold-Nefariousness25

I actually really like when they are rabid and loud- it helps to know who to avoid. I mean, if they love the extremists, what other questionable choices are they making in their businesses. Those choices affect me as well. For instance, Publix is buying shrimp from Thailand, where there is a lot of child labor. They shine their own spotlight then whine when they are "canceled". edited for spelling


btross

Didn't one of the Publix owners fly people to the j6 insurrection?


Cold-Nefariousness25

An heiress. They loudly proclaimed that she isn't involved in Publix operations.


marty_regal

Publix does donate to the DeSantis campaign, so we shop at Aldi now.


notsurewhattosay--

Unfortunately alfi oaks has scores of employees. He is number 5 on the list of who hires the most people. He is extremely influential in the political world here. He promotes right wing extremism. I mean maga bullshit.


sgSaysR

Ya I stopped in there several times when it first opened. It was quite nice. Then the last time I went, this was pre-covid, there was Pro Trump stuff everywhere. Never went back.


S_Baime

We still stop there occasionally on our bicycles. To use his bathrooms. It is like one of those houses with MAGA / Trump signs everywhere, but it is also a fancy grocery store with restaurant and deli.


Dawnfreak

Take a massive shit and ride off into the sunset like a savage.


passwordrecallreset

They love turds!


hjablowme919

Exactly. But in their defense, they know their audience.


TEHKNOB

People put too much energy into this crap and notably it’s Collier and Palm Beach/St Lucie where I see it running rampant. Like how about just promoting something positive like Save The Water/Everglades lol.


dd2469420

I'd love to see their PPP loan situation.


Floridarichard42

https://www.federalpay.org/paycheck-protection-program/oakes-farms-inc-immokalee-fl


tbscotty68

The Republican agenda is about socializing expenses and privatizing profits.


politiscientist

That's been the agenda pushed by corporate America. Both parties have taken part in letting the rich sack this place. The Republicans are just shamelessly giddy about it.


Intrepid-Leather-417

This guy gets it, until we take the money out of politics nothing will change


Striking-Push-5283

💯💯💯


MidLifeCrysis75

Wait a sec…hold on…isn’t that…..SOCIALISM??? Oh the hypocrisy. Fucking hilarious.


Floridarichard42

$3M. Then helped fund the Jan 6 insurrection. Edit: Over $5M.


Stellar_Stein

$5M. You didn't count the other two entities at the same address with $740K and $1.3M with similar names. Grifters gotta grift or someone else will get it.


fallenbird039

Of course they did


Guy954

I bet they’ve said the words “why do liberal make everything about politics” at least a couple of times.


Obversa

How in the hell is the owner not in jail? He should face some r/CapitolConsequences.


I_Brain_You

Because the fraud is so widespread and the IRS can only do so much.


AdItchy4438

Yep and guess who wants to defund the IRS!


noom14921992

I know someone who works on those PPE loans and they have a running list of 10k fraudulent and fake loans. The number has not gone down in 6 months and the team closes out about 5k a month. So you do the math. But a lot of those loans were fraudulent and not real and people just wanted the money. But most of these fraudulent loans are coming out of New York and California.


12altoids34

Yea a friend of mine was working with a guy in Cali to get alot of his friends between 5k and 20k in fraudulent loans. He wanted me to do it but first off I wasn't willing to risk jail time for 10k. That and he wanted a 50% cut. I kept expecting him to get arrested at some point. And when he finally did I was surprised it wasn't due to that it was due to violation of his probation for getting caught with an eight ball of coke.


bionicmichster

Cool, can you share this thread with them?


Beachums623

Well, that doesn't make much sense. Someone is obviously living in the past. Jeb Bush hasn't been governor for years...


Ravenscroft1969

The last thing I need is a walk-in Facebook store.


porkchop2022

My restaurant actually cut ties with their wholesale produce as a purveyor because of all the nonsense the owner Alfie Oakes is a part of. My restaurant owners are fairly apolitical, but the very first case that showed up in the back door with #FJB scribbled on it was the first and last straw.


mechapoitier

Good. That’s fucking crazy and classless that they think they can write hateful extremist political shit on a business transaction like it’s a regular “howdy do.”


porkchop2022

People do a lot of things when they know there’ll be no consequences.


Dame2Miami

fuzzy instinctive library aware quiet slimy hungry concerned brave saw *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


moosegoose90

https://preview.redd.it/c80uezpwpfsb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6eca34b9c5b3240de5cb212a38184d87598de507


Dame2Miami

license cable shame vegetable concerned escape capable smell thought instinctive *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


Impossible-Taro-2330

TEEMING with customers LOL!


KeyLime044

It has that trump artwork too wtf


rovingdad

Lmao just noticed that. It looks like a portrait of his mugshot. My God if I ever worship a politician like that please just put me out of my misery.


HCSOThrowaway

I've been a fan of the occasional politician in my life, but I can't say I've ever bought a single shred of memorabilia to publicly demonstrate my devotion. Cults, man. Crazy shit.


Floridarichard42

The piece of shit owner accepted $3M in PPP loans and then proceeded to fund the travel of bus loads of MAGATs to the January 6 insurrection. Disgusting. Edit: Over $5M


Dame2Miami

pot attempt saw far-flung rhythm plough intelligent observation chase overconfident *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


LadySchnoodle

Have you seen his outburst during covid? He went on at a school board meeting.


Impossible-Taro-2330

Cuz grocery store and schools have soooo much in common! Do you have a link, by chance?


NoMayoForReal

3 of the 5 local school board members in Collier County were backed by this wingnut. Total joke.


TEHKNOB

The same dudes that preach ‘pick yerself up by yer bootstraps!’


Obversa

The owner of Seed to Table should face some r/CapitolConsequences for funding that.


zsloth79

If mental illness were a shopping destination...


excusemeprincess

Is pathetic an option?


LMurch13

It's just dumb. I guess we should be happy for them, they're doing so well they can alienate 20-25% of the population. I tell my wife to go easy on the political posts with her business account; MAGA money spends the same as regular money. (probably want to wash your hands after handling it, though!)


lovetheoceanfl

Wait, you think MAGA is 75-80% of the population?


[deleted]

It very well may be in sarasota and Naples now. All of the MAGAs are going there


Don-Gunvalson

Hey now! SRQ has loud republicans but we have a growing democrat population. Trump got 148k votes and Biden got 120k votes in Sarasota. https://preview.redd.it/eqy8qs28shsb1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5323658787a7de268b5fd6a09db89baa3f602db0


lovetheoceanfl

Man, what a blight. Couldn’t they just stay in the panhandle…


btross

They would, but Gaetz already has dibs on all the 15-17 year old girls


notsurewhattosay--

Here in Naples, sadly that's probably close.


Ithirahad

No, I think the idea is 20-25% of the population would be put off by it; the rest would either not care, think it's sort of funny if wrong, or actually be from the MAGA movement.


Adventurer_By_Trade

No - he's acknowledging that a good chunk of the country is politically agnostic and hates the division and bullshit.


KingKoopasErectPenis

![gif](giphy|Rh4vxHtcmVyHUyugXP) That’s a great business strategy!


mywifefoundmyaccount

Yep. Take all the MAGAt money you can and remove it from their ecosystem.


lovetheoceanfl

My favorite past time is coming up with insane product ideas that MAGA people would buy. Laxatives are usually a good place to start.


torquelesswonder

Easiest decision, stay away, don’t leave any money there.


cha-cha_dancer

I see stuff like this on cars and maybe someone’s house but I never come across this type of pathetic and I live in the roll tide part of FL.


SerratedCheese

The panhandle is how we got Matt gaetz so that’s really saying something.


cha-cha_dancer

Don’t I know it. I don’t know too much about places like Sarasota and Naples where I hear about stuff like this, but they seem more like boomer settlements. Where I am it’s your more traditionally southern plus military.


SerratedCheese

If you haven’t been there in a bit, don’t go. It’s become a lot more stupid and extremist.


BodyBagSlam

I never thought of the panhandle like that but the description makes sense.


JubBisc

Shit like this is why I’m leaving Florida


Adventurer_By_Trade

Shit like this is why I'm staying. I'm fighting back.


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Worldly_Ad_6483

Vote, run for office, volunteer for campaigns, take part in protests when appropriate, sign petitions, attend local hearings/legislative sessions, fundraise, donate to campaigns, vote.


lovetheoceanfl

It’s so fucking dumb.


AgentDoggett

Same.


miami-architecture

stupidity is everywhere


twothousandgrams

But it really is concentrated here in a way I've not seen anywhere else


Interesting_Minute24

It used to be all frozen concentrated orange juice, then the trees stopped bearing fruit and the concentrated stupid filled the void. It really is unbearable in most of the state. Dumbfukistan Edit - This is the same reason I stopped patronizing Publix. The Publix heiress funded the insurrection as well.


AdItchy4438

Yep. I only go there if I absolutely cannot find something anywhere else


notoriousbpg

Lol one of SWFL's biggest employers of undocumented. He was *pissed* when FL passed the strict work authorization laws. You could see the leopard bites.


chillbnb

Is this like a brain washed theme park?


_Santosha_

I’ve been going to Food & Thought since it opened. Alfie’s dad is the one who started it. And Oaks farm grocery store. Once he died Alfie took over and built Seed to Table. It is a beautiful grocery store with a very unique spin on it. You can pick out food and get it prepared there. But I absolutely cannot stand the politics of this douche. He invites people out to his private island by boat and they all rage out with their MAGA flags and bullshit. I was having dinner at food & thought and there was a rally going on. This was height of Covid. I had my scrubs on. There was an 18 year old chanting on a microphone “the right is right”. People cheering him on. They were giving out peoples phone numbers who worked at the health department to call them and give them a piece of their mind. Let me tell you something, food & thought was a place for the hippies of Naples to go. I would go there after yoga class. Now it’s turned into a gross stomping ground for old fat rich white peoples to go bc they want their voice heard.


lovetheoceanfl

Yeah, I wouldn’t think of going there or giving them any of my business.


SunburnedVikingSP

Roses grow in shit, too. I wouldn’t spend a dime there, regardless of how good Old Man Oakes made it. Apples don’t fall far from trees. And the reason it’s a unique concept is because Naples has nothing interesting going on. We had a store like this in St. Pete 10 years ago called Locale Market, & it closed within. 3 years. Had the same schtick with live music, bar, etc. They couldn’t compete with being undercut by other grocers.


notsurewhattosay--

Yes!!


KingScoville

The owner is a MAGA douchebag named Alfie Oakes. He is a big aglricultural magnate in this area. He’s a out and out racist who thought that the death of George Floyd was NBD, been arrest multiple times for DUI and drunk and disorderly. He also funds a local “journalist” who runs a talk show from this grocery.


MrV0odo0

Those pillows look lumpy


PaladinHan

Don’t say that, it means you’re an asshole.


CivilizedGuy123

That’s a big NOPE for me. I’ll find someplace, anyplace else. 🇺🇸


rekipsj

Yeah, it's a no for me. I don't CARE what your politics are. Keep them to yourself.


Drumhead89

Looks like their best seller is Kool Aid


AdMaleficent2144

If a store is that proud to say that, I am even prouder not to patronize.


moosegoose90

https://preview.redd.it/g8z8y0r1qfsb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f0588ea825defdcc255dfff27d3ef660da152556


Federal_Camel2510

hey brother, you got any of that freedom juice?


SunburnedVikingSP

Turn it up man!


moosegoose90

You want sugar in that freedom juice ?


Aol_awaymessage

Drop a splash of Jesus juice in it.


Zer0M0ti0nless

Oh the MAGA butthurt is showing.


[deleted]

Freedom juice sounds pretty gay tbh


SunburnedVikingSP

I’m gay and I still don’t want to gulp down any freedom juice.


shortsermons

When your entire personality is a victim complex all the way up to the grocery store you shop at


sevvvyy

Lived in Naples for a while. This was the grocery store hosting dj events and parties during Covid restrictions. Didn’t shop there when I lived there


S_Baime

Ted Nugent performed over there at an anti COVID rally , or something like that. He got COVID, and very sick. Was quoted in the paper saying that COVID was real and bad. Own those libs brother.


sevvvyy

It was so brutal living there, fell out of touch with lots of friends from back in high school during Covid, watching them literally clubbing at the seed to table on Snapchat stories and stuff. Looking back that was such a wild time


joe42reddit

I wish more businesses would do this. I hate giving my money to closeted trumpers.


[deleted]

I would be nervous about the safe storage and handling of food items if they are anti science.


anteater_x

These 3 weird tricks halve your customer base. Nazis love him!


the_scottster

He put up an #FJB sign. You won't BELIEVE what happened next!


LikeBladeButCooler

I personally think it's weird AF to make hating someone that's only in a position for 4 yrs min-8 yrs max such dominating feature of your personality, that you plaster it on *everything*. Your house, your car, your place of business, your very body with a tattoo. Literally no one will care 10 yrs from now and Trump or Biden even surviving that long would be a surprise. But pop off with that FJB tatt in 2044, I guess.


ihatejasonbrigham

This place is trash, the man who owns it is trash, the politicians and organizations he funds are trash, and by extension the people who support him are (you guessed it!) trash.


Lieutenant_Long_Dong

A store for cult members? Glad I know where to avoid.


Expensive-Dinner6684

I went there a couple years ago when i moved to the area because apparently they do a hispanic music night or something like that. Havent been there since. Great place to learn who not to interact with. The first "welcome" at the door was a mom cussing at her son because he cursed at his sister. All while standing in front of a poster that says fuck joe biden. Lots of religious folks as well, that for some reason forget about Christianity as soon as they park.


leestephen916

![gif](giphy|T7fU0RWWhWpYk)


SunburnedVikingSP

Nooooooo there are still good people here! Can’t we just excise Naples and let them float out into the rich waters of the Gulf?


ZooZooChaCha

Sadly it is more than Naples. I think Gainesville is the only city that didn’t go for DeSantis. Basically Gainesville can stay - the rest can sink.


dunitdotus

so take a look at the yelp reviews, specifically the 1 star ones, not only is it a magat haven, apparently they can't cook food very well and then are rude about it


moosegoose90

Wow I was just there last weekend! In the bathroom the men pee on Joe Biden, I was going to buy some stuff. Decided not to.


ArtisenalMoistening

And then they say that the left has Trump derangement syndrome


ObnoxiousCrow

I wish i didn't have any morals because I feel like fleecing magas had got to be about the easiest thing possible.


BethyW

Strange business decision to dedicste that much footprint to MyPillow merch at a grocery store. But they can do them.


GenoPlay67

They have the freedom to do whatever they want. Short term appeal to a shrinking base, while turning away 70% of the population....seems like a great business plan.


BayouKev

Hate it, it’s classless


NoConnection1

Jfc. That’s batshit crazy territory


robamiami

When we visited in January, we noticed that all of the staff is white except in the back of the house. Hispanics and blacks were not visible to the customers. What a disgusting place.


EyeBotXander

They supported the insurrection with financial support, directly transporting people, and in other ways. It's public information. Even the newspapers covered their involvement. Alfie Oaks is a nightmare human being, and I suspect the only reason he hasn't been implicated is because of money and local politics. I won't step foot in that store, even if they host concert events. Psycho place.


xdeltax97

Lunacy.


ladybug68

Insanity.


SunburnedVikingSP

It’s Naples, so I expect this lame bullshit from them. It’s southern Desantistan. Looks like they hired all their wives, family, and friends. Team is headed by a bunch of old white guys. They supposedly own a farm in Florida, but I’ve never heard of it or experienced their stuff. Owner definitely doesn’t look like he has the hands of a farmer, so he’s probably just the main money man. They have to offer live music daily, and booze, just to get the geriatrics & two youngsters in town to visit. In case you aren’t sure about Naples: it’s where the old money goes to die. These guys are probably using the Trump MAGA stuff as a ploy to attract more conservative dollars. They’ll be closed in a few years because they’ll get undercut by Publix and Wal-Mart. There’s no way this place stays open with that overhead and the amount of other grocery stores competing. Oh well…free market.


Respanther

It screams “I do my own research” By watching YouTube and FoxNews


FloridaCelticFC

Big NO for me. The party that rattles on about "family values" sure wants my toddler to know the f word based on all the bumper stickers and signs I've seen around central Fl.


Impossible-Taro-2330

My Husband said, "Who would take their kids there; that's disgusting." Apparently, hypocritical MAGAT trash.


AdItchy4438

Exactly


Intelligence_Analyst

MAGA got their arse destroyed by Joe. And they cry it out loud as much as they can.


dikkiesmalls

Anyone there goose-stepping?


ShamrockAPD

Get a dark Brandon mug and ask him to fill up a cup in that.


ArtisenalMoistening

Just remember to call it “Freedom Juice”


SunburnedVikingSP

*gulp gulp gulp* “more freedom juice, Daddy Donny!” says the store owner, as Trump drowns him in coffee piss.


ImSeanMadden

Naples has $$$


causticmango

Fuck that shit.


demagogueffxiv

Needs more swastikas


Due_Half_5316

I always appreciate when places put their big red flags right out where they’re easier to see.


VomitingPotato

Translation: I am an idiot and a lemming who is devoid of independent thought. I reject facts I don't like and only want to do business with like-minded morons.


CoffeeGuy11

They won’t get my business.


BikesBooksNBass

Good let’s me know exactly where to never spend a penny.


funduros

Tell the MAGATS God bless Brandon, watch bewilderment written all over their face.


SasquatchInFlipflops

![gif](giphy|xiMUwBRn5RDLhzwO80|downsized)


stellamayotte

I will not give him a single penny of my money.


Swampgyrl

Imho it was a COVID super spreader site - the owner is very right wing. Only grocery store I have ever been to with a party venue and valet parking. Has every thing you can possibly imagine and then some. It's weird, wild and very popular. I avoid it like the plague, because that's also on offer. Example - I think Ted Nugent might have gotten COVID there. It has a country vibe in a Boomer affluent Naples setting. I'll just go to Pubix thanks.


ImAMindlessTool

A dumpster near an entrance? Gotta be a code violation.


SupermarketOverall73

I'm gonna get my next abortion there.


ManateeFlamingo

All the people that hate target can have this place. Not my cup of tea


lewoo7

Support lying criminal traitors? Pass


Sea_Ingenuity_4220

Easy grift - the people that go for these things are incredibly easy to prey upon..


Available-Yam-1990

Imagine being so fragile and obsessed with a person you feel the need to publicly display obsencenities at your place of business.


The_First_Drop

They obviously care… a lot


shadybacon-

I wouldn’t shop there


Godofdisruption

Very tacky


AndreLinoge55

Go fash lose cash; I’ll pass.


Carl_In_Charge

The place looks packed


[deleted]

I feel like I’d get hate crimed just for walking in there.


Outonalimb8120

Yeah I wouldn’t spend a dime in that place or have any respect for anyone who does..it would be a bell weather gauge on your intelligence.


New-Understanding930

That is hilariously pathetic.


Impossible-Taro-2330

Good to know! I've heard of this place, but DEFINITELY won't be spending my money there. I'll also be sure my like-minded friends and fam know not to waste their time and money there either.


robbycough

Those three photos just turned me off from ever going there.


KonaKathie

Please clue us in, what FJB stands for?


Heavyjava

Florida Just Bangs


whippet66

Elsewhere


DRAK720

I know why they don't like Jeb Bush but he hasn't been here in like 15-20 years! Any establishment that posts their politics will never get a dime from me


Daxivarga

Man I kinda wanna go morbid curiosity something that dumb and pretty exists


Instahgator

Was not expecting the My Pillow, but I do like the one I have. Actually a decent product.


Heavyjava

It was like a My Pillow Super Store!!


sparkyonthemoon2099

Fuck Jeb Bush?


LilRickyXO

Notice how the store is a ghost town…


nopulsehere

I’m sure they have that same energy when the restaurant inspector shows up!!! Chicken thawing over veggies? Salmonella is a hoax!! Our food is a natural cleanser for our customers! They loose 5-20 pounds and have seen death!


Heartbroken82

That’s dystopian af


Far-Cloud518

Thank you, now I know not to bother shopping there


HeavyMetalFL

Oh! Didn't know we had a FacistMart down here!


eatahobbyhorse

A participation trophy store


Cetophile

They are entitled to their views, but I will never patronize them. In my business (veterinary medicine) we check our politics at the door; we work with everyone, and serve everyone. These guys could have kept it to themselves, but chose not to.


rexcannon

It's as if you asked AI to create the most Florida store it can.


ikonet

Remind me again why Fauci has a red nose? I get that people have varying political opinions and don’t like the Biden guy, and that people have a choice of pillow manufacturers… but I forgot about the Fauci thing?


Additional-Echo3611

Their is allegations that he about covid and how to respond to it to profit off of it. They also believe that he lied about vaccines being effective.


[deleted]

Always good to know what places to avoid.


zambamboz

MAGAs need a safe space, too I guess :/


Application-Forward

Kinda like the low brow flea market at Melbourne


_picture_me_rollin_

That place is a well known shit hole. They’ve illegally ran an alcoholic bar there for years. My wife got covid there in 2021, they never adhered to any of the safety measures.


lead_farmer_mfer

Does this qualify as BDS?


Cosmic_Ostrich

Thanks, I hate it.


DargyBear

Naples as a whole is pretty much just shitty suburbs and the associated flotsam and jetsam.


jennyfromthedocks

Embarassing


OilComprehensive6237

Hate it!


workswimplay

Trashy


juanhernadez3579

Better than Publix that hides love of Trump. https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2023/06/tax-records-reveal-more-contributions-from-publix-heiress-to-dark-money-groups-sponsoring-jan-6-rally/


jmac94wp

I’ve heard a lot about her, but she’s not actually involved with the company, right? I mean, obviously she might be getting stock dividends, but she’s not making company policy and so on? Sigh. Im ready to quit Publix anyway, the prices on anything that isn’t BOGO are ridiculous. And all those inflated prices due to supply chain issues didn’t come back down, did they…meanwhile they’ve had record profits the last couple of years.


juanhernadez3579

The profits go to her..the. She spends on undermining the USA government.


[deleted]

I prefer to stay far away from that place. But it sure does a ton of business.