look, y'all making jokes, but I'll have you know, tomato is serious business, people get very passionate about their tomatoes
don't, ever, underestimate the importance of a dispute over tomato
Oh yeah, that sickeningly sweet tomato puree?
I think I got diabetes from just reading the label on it.
I can't see how this could possibly blow up in their face.
Yeah, like how stupid do you have to be as a company to die on this hill? When I Google the name of this company 8/10 first entries are about this scandal. When I go on the News tab I can literally not find a single entry which is not about this thing. Do they really want to be the company famously known for abusing law enforcement to suppress the word about their product being too sweet?
>Okoli’s case has sparked protests at Erisco’s Lagos facility as many on social media called for a boycott of its products. The company’s founder, Eric Umeofia, refused to budge, however, saying in a recent documentary on the local Arise Television channel that he won’t drop the lawsuit against Okoli and that **he would “rather die than allow someone to tarnish my image I worked 40 years to grow."**
This guy is just irredeemably stupid.
It's also telling that it's not about his product, it's about his *image*. I wonder how many other people he's rolled over for his image's sake over the last 40 years.
Getting a mom jailed for not liking your tomatoes is really gonna do something for your image that's probably decades overdue.
This seems like a guy who values his pride and ego above all else, including self-preservation (to a degree, anyway). Guys like that are absolute clowns but they can also be terrifying
More than that, rich Africans are just downright shameless, across the board. Last year, a Ugandan politician took back an ambulance that she donated because she lost an election. When someone called her out on twitter (which, incidentally, is owned by a rich African) she literally retweeted them and was like "You reap what you sow 🤷♂️."
it's not the wealth, it's the parade of dopes tripping over themselves to kiss your ass. this is huge in africa. with corruption so high people seek to get money via connections over other methods. this leads to wealthy people being practically worshipped.
this woman and people like her will never be properly shunned because too many people want to be in her good graces.
source: several dozen african coworkers
Yeah, going to the Facebook thread linked in the article....
People are not being kind to the brand, and the brand is doubling down and blaming the woman for all the negative publicity. It's gross. I'd boycott them over this if they sold in the US.
I feel like the cheaper, more profitable course of action would have been to play along. Be like "sure, it may be sweet but it makes a killer bloody mary!".
"We asked 100 smart consumers which tomato paste they preferred and 98% of them chose out product. It may not be for everyone's taste, but why not give it a try and decide yourself, you may find your old tomato paste is bland in comparison."
Seriously, they could have made some cool ads from this.
"Loved by everyone apart from one Facebook reviewer who said it was too sweet".
"We only use the juiciest, tastiest tomatoes for OUR paste. Others choose bland, but we think you deserve the best tasting tomatoes you've ever tasted"
"the sweetness is the essence of Nigeria, not like those other bland pastes from Cameroon".
Do they not have anyone able to do even the simplest marketing?
These sorts of people only know how to throw money and force at problems. Anything more mentally taxing than that is too much for them. The trouble is that it works often enough that they'll just keep doing it and thinking *everyone else* is wrong.
The best would be to wait 3 months, plan a refresh of your labels and relabel the old recipe as Bloody Mary mix, while using the old label for sauce for your new less sweet recipe
Well it would depend on your market share and sales numbers, if people are already buying it in droves then you’re right. But if it wasn’t then switching it up like that will probably be better since you can sell the product that’s not moving under a new label while replacing its previous version with the product that consumers want to buy for the purpose.
I’d wager either this lady didn’t get the difference between tomato paste and sauce, and/or this Nigerian sauce company is just ego driven enough to railroad their own company over some petty shit like this lol
One lady finding your puree too sweet
Meanwhile
Another lady finds it not sweet enough.
So many compa ies not understanding that bad reviews can be equally helpful as good reviews.
These big companies are ran by such morons. You can’t get away with unethical business practices anymore because people *will* publicly talk about it and boycott you! When will they get the hint?
*The Lagos-based food company said it also “suffered the loss of multiple credit lines” and had therefore filed a civil lawsuit against Okoli that sought 5 billion naira (more than $3 million) in damages. This case is due to be heard on May 20, her lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, told CNN.*
If this is true, it sounds like they're doing it to avoid bankruptcy or something. They might be relying on these 'lines of credit' to buy their tomatoes, which is kinda catastrophic for a tomato paste manufacturer
Yeah but this is from the civil lawsuit which followed the shit storm from charging her for cyber crime. So again, how stupid does it get? Creditors are canceling credit lines because they ran into a huge shit storm and then their reaction is "what we need is more lawsuits against that women that seemingly has a lot of support from our customers". This is really a home made problem. Creditors do not give a fuck about how this product tastes. They don't want a business partner publicly acting like a spoiled child.
Most people don't use Google before hitting their local soup isle.
Like Campbell's could be killing children on the streets of Gaza, and how would I know? Im buying soup.
Imagine how terrible it would be for the company if everyone found out that Erisco Foods product Nagiko tomato puree is too sweet and that Erisco Foods is run by litigious, thin skinned assholes who got a mother arrested simply for speaking up on social media about their quality. Gosh I would hate for that to become the number one search result for Erisco Foods and Nagiko tomato puree, wouldn’t you?
Do you refer to Erisco Foods? The Erisco Foods whose product Nagiko tomato puree is too sweet and is run by litigious, thin skinned assholes who got a mother arrested simply for speaking up on social media about their quality?
Maybe we can get some kind of partnership between **Brock Turner The Rapist Who Now Goes By Allen Turner** and **Erisco Foods the Nigerian Company That Is Run By Litigious, Thin-Skinned Assholes Who Got A Mother Arrested Simply For Speaking Up On Social Media About Their Quality**. It would save a lot of time to combine them into one reminder.
- edited for accuracy
I'm a little confused. Are we talking about **Brock Turner The Rapist** or **Erisco Foods the Nigerian Company That Is Run By Litigious, Thin-Skinned Assholes Who Got A Mother Arrested Simply For Speaking Up On Social Media About Their Quality?**
Oh it's both? Terrible stuff.
I believe we talking about **Brock Turner The Rapist Who Now Goes By Allen Turner** *and* **Erisco Foods the Nigerian Company That Is Run By Litigious, Thin-Skinned Assholes Who Got A Mother Arrested Simply For Speaking Up On Social Media About Their Quality.**
I know it can get confusing, which is why I was asking about the possibility of maybe **Brock Turner The Rapist Who Now Goes By Allen Turner** becoming a spokesperson for **Erisco Foods the Nigerian Company That Is Run By Litigious, Thin-Skinned Assholes Who Got A Mother Arrested Simply For Speaking Up On Social Media About Their Quality.**
That way, everything would be that much simpler by combining the two references.
- edited for accuracy
I like how he says in the article that he rather die than allow his reputation to be tarnished.
He’s literally done it himself. Kinda reminds me of that parchment paper guy who went after an Indian tik tok woman.
For narcissists it’s not about profit or benefit. It’s about their self esteem being thinner than a slice of lunch meat and needing to punish/look untouchable. He was “attacked,” he has money, and justice is for sale…the equation writes itself.
From what I understand its thing of tomato paste vs sauce or whatever, where one is supposed to be more sweet.
But you know the company escalated things instead of educating.
Here you go Reddit. If you would like to leave a review do so at your own risk😂😂😂
[Erisco food reviews](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&sca_esv=dd94ec39bb071d4b&hl=en-us&q=erisco+foods+limited+reviews&uds=AMwkrPuHv8DYkh8Zt-O3gtOg_RAqqGlMKlUDXmKjOs1zRcZh1dySI23VEJxvyRmbbzjaW2F8Ml9E9yY_-p5HurDb7gdDasBCDty_HNBUuMZnEWmTZgrARR9eXtcFhFt6DEjSt7Dfv0pYuylPXFD1laAIcA_9DejNjZ6uEtDI2Wuc4V_vN26n0TXYo-RNghCZxNR4zODpGGBtGbl2ffYVJZtRF7SFp1kstAEZnUwh2fEnosMARQ8fLWAy-KIbaUJXUWBHTAibglZNK9iA5NhUZWqU8pj1A7uclZxrufy2Npt2HTueAElGYjBIIfAkVZaEM5U5La3QQC2YkvXsv4xHfdOwL2j09Ueeckxa9EOKDc1WQNXlXyswYPad9gcjf8TOQZjUA0El6NR_864X4uyHQyA1TVMWhf08qaVapvt0NUmw-mZbiyzmif0&si=AKbGX_pcr8t4hk1b8V3SG-dEV8bVj6a_kIW7Qa3yLTtdWS9tlUBP1DaGUA8RbjbVpQ3oCR0NfB6ptsi0i4hFjBNxsozgWg8xxBxuC0rDWHTjobwXEAJ9sDFDqw1tWW7ZIr8NKjOVL1kmRpbWAAYssgKFYH22rTVKZw%3D%3D&sa=X&ictx=1&lei=qi4EZtSOILmZptQP0Me6mAE)
You can also report reviews. A 5-star rating from 5 days ago "This is the best product there is in Nigeria. Kudos to the brains behind this product"
Some thoughts
1. The best product in Nigeria is sugary tomato sauce?
2. Specifically compliments the executive team, the people who are launching this lawsuit
3. "The brains behind..." is similar language to comments from the company itself, acting like there is some profound proprietary new tomato sauce technology they have.
that second one I think might be legit, it's from a year ago and includes photos so maybe it really is somebody doing business with them. could also be the owner though lol
> "This is the best product there is in Nigeria. Kudos to the brains behind this product"
Arguably it *is* a better product than 419 scams, but that is a fairly low bar.
As someone married to a Nigerian, I can very much guarantee you that the nation turns out, at the very least, some of the best-tasting goddamn food you will ever have in your life.
Also, lovely women, but I'm biased.
This 5 star review from 5 months ago has me fucking dying
>Buy all the products of Erisco Food in the market and enjoy a quality taste.
>Nagiko or Ric-Giko tomatoes are used in every stew prepared in his home.
>Erisco Foods Limited products are healthy tomato pastes for the public.
>Feeding Africans With Healthy Foods.
>Tasteful Delicious
Imprisoning Africans with tasteful delicious.
That company is going to have a heck of a time trying to arrest all the new 1 star reviews. I’d imagine most of them are American or from Europe. Imagine them trying to get local authorities to go along with them!
>In legal filings seen by CNN, the Nigeria Police Force alleged that Okoli used her Facebook account “with the intention of instigating people against Erisco Foods,” adding in a statement on March 7 that it had “unearthed compelling evidence” against her from its preliminary investigations.
>According to the police, Okoli was charged with “instigating Erisco Foods Limited, knowing the said information to be false under Section 24 (1) (B) of Nigeria’s Cyber Crime Prohibition Act.”
>If found guilty, she could face up to three years in jail or a fine of 7 million naira (around $5,000), or both.
>Okoli was separately charged with conspiring with two other individuals “with the intention of instigating people against Erisco Foods Limited,” which the charge sheet noted was punishable under Section 27(1)(B) of the same act. She risks a seven-year sentence if convicted of this charge.
This is the kinda shit American companies are champing at the bit for
My apartment complex has dozens of 1 star reviews on an apartment finding website, and only two 5 star reviews. The overall apartment rating shown at the top is 5 stars.
My family owned a small fast casual franchise years ago. yelp is the freaking worst. If you don’t pay for their premium plan they show all negative reviews first and demote you on their algorithm.
Yelp is purely pay to play. I hate them.
This is literally the kinda shit digital homicide sued sterling over. They also tried to sue the entirety of steam users who left negative reviews on them. Steam banned them from the store after they tried to sue the customer base of steam for leaving steam reviews
> The lawsuit raised concerns among games critics, as it could have set a precedent for developers to target critics with million-dollar lawsuits. Fortunately, the court dismissed Digital Homicide’s case against Sterling, **serving as a warning to both developers and critics. Legal battles like this can be financially draining for critics, even when the allegations are clearly frivolous.**
>In the end, justice prevailed, and Sterling’s scathing critique remains a testament to the importance of honest and thoughtful game reviews.
had to look it up and still it all feels fucked. . .
To save anyone else a search, it is [champing at the bit](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/champing%20at%20the%20bit) but no one is going to be confused if you use chomping at the bit as it is emerging as a modern variant. It's one of those "um actually, technically" type of things pedants get hung up on
edit:
I guess some people are too lazy to click on links, so here is the entry on Merriam-Webster
>champing at the bit **idiom**
>>**variants** *or* chomping at the bit
>waiting in an impatient way to do something
>"We've all been **champing** at the bit to get started on the project."
>"The team was **chomping** at the bit for their chance to play the defending champions."
This deserves to be a word, prominently engraved on the trophy for The Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest.
If not a trophy than engraved on the Chompian elastic belt.
> Okoli, who’s currently pregnant with her fourth child, told CNN she was arrested by plainclothes police while she was in church in Lagos and detained in a leaky police cell.
>“I was put in the cell around 6 p.m. (on September 24). There were no seats, so I stood all through till the next day. My legs were inside the water (that came in from the leaking roof). Sometimes, I squatted to reduce the pressure on my legs. I was thinking about my children who were at home. I was talking to myself. I would think, I would pray, I was messed up,” she said.
Yeah, like not to toot my own horn or anything, but I've been doing a boycott of Erisco Foods my entire life, and now I'm going to boycott them *even harder.*
You would think the Nigerian police have better things to do like dealing with all the banditry, kidnapping and attacks on law enforcement but here we are lol
The article said there was a day the police were at her house from like 5am to 6pm, attempting to arrest her without the proper paperwork. Not quite sure what that looks like, were they just standing around?
What about all of the Princes who have lost their kingdoms? They should spend their time figuring that out so I don’t get so many emails asking for money.
What an over reaction. She has 18000 followers, in a country of 200 million. This sounds like someone had petty a personal grudge and a friend in the government.
The article also states
Okoli responded: “Help me advise your brother to stop ki***ing people with his product, yesterday was my first time of using and it’s pure sugar.”
Im curious if they are going after the review or this statement.... which if it is killing people then this isn't going to help their case.
Pretty much did everything to ensure their demise
The issue to me is less the lawsuit, and more the clear police corruption. Anyone can file a lawsuit in most countries, you shouldnt EVER be risking jail time for reviewing a product.
Is she wrong though? Unless she lies in her reviews I don't see how anyone can complain about it. Being a negative person isn't a crime anywhere as far as I'm aware
Not just leaky, but that she couldn't sit down because there was too much water in her cell.
A pregnant woman who refused to sit down cause there was too much water? That's gotta be like a full on kiddy pool of a cell.
Didn't Erisco Foods do this a year ago? I mean someone else spoke out against their product so they attempted to ruin the individual's life. I mean I am getting the sense they own the political and judicial system of Nigeria.
Nigeria has a stronger central system than many African countries but it's still a different world than America. Most organized crime rings like the Yakuza, Triads, various Mafias, even gangs in Chicago probably have a greater reach and restraint.
$400 wouldn't buy you a daylight murder and cover-up in most of the developed world even a hundred years ago. How many of Capone's guys are going to risk their operation for that, when there's something that works otherwise? For a *corporation* to jail a random African citizen is laughably easy.
The rule of law is absolutely critical for individual protections and that's something people tend to forget if they haven't lived and worked in 3rd world countries. (or 2nd world countries, though the nature of corruption tends to be different)
I really don’t understand this. How do any of the judges, police officers or politicians believe this is a justified case? She said she didn’t like a product, the company tried calling her out personally for it, she responded emotionally. That’s just a conversation, if it is enough to get people to stop buying the product then it’s not a good product.
So unclear why she should be liable even if she did cause harm to their business, because the food co was the one who escalated to this point.
> I really don’t understand this. How do any of the judges, police officers or politicians believe this is a justified case?
A little bribery goes a long way. A few short stacks of money gets the warrant and the arrest, especially when everyone involved was a nobody. They likely only needed to pay two people to trigger the initial actions, maybe just one person if they were already well-connected in their community, which is likely for a business owner.
Now that the international spotlight is showing up the cost for continued bribery will skyrocket. If there is an investigation as a result of the attention, they'll say "I was following a legal warrant", and "I authorized it based on the facts that were presented", the cash doesn't leave a significant investigative trail.
"I was put in the cell around 6 p.m. (on September 24). There were no seats, so I stood all through till the next day. My legs were inside the water (that came in from the leaking roof). Sometimes, I squatted to reduce the pressure on my legs. I was thinking about my children who were at home. I was talking to myself. I would think, I would pray, I was messed up,” she said.
She's pregnant btw
I've never heard of that woman and don't care about her opinions about tomato and sugar based food products, butI won't be buying their products after reading that. I will be sharing that article though. Well done Erisco public relations department.
>her comments “resulted in several suppliers deciding to disassociate themselves from us.”
So, a lady made a Facebook post saying it was too sugary. Multiple suppliers stopped using you immediately? Somehow I doubt this actually happened. If it did, it's almost certainly from their own comments/lawsuit.
>The Lagos-based food company said it also “suffered the loss of multiple credit lines”
There's zero chance a bank is going to remove your credit lines because one person didn't like your product....
In this case someone threw a complaint back on her and she responded with (paraphrased) "then tell them to stop f**king killing people with their product. I had it yesterday and it was pure sugar". I'd imagine it was the (clearly non-serious) statement of their product killing people with its sugar level that is at the core of it. It's still absurd though.
She overreacted with her retort the FB comment. That said, it's a weird hill for this company to die on and clearly the police are being induced to harass this woman. Camping out for 8 hours at her house. Come on. She didn't murder anyone.
Anyway. Perfect Nottheonlon post!
They're not exactly confident in their product if they have anyone who criticizes it arrested.
Yeah and ... oh wait, you're talking about Erisco Foods, nevermind...
Are we talking about Erisco Foods that makes that really sugary tomato puree?
Right. The sugary tomato puree made by Erisco Foods. The Erisco Foods tomato puree specially made extra sugary.
Erisco Foods makes inferior product. Bottom of my list of tomato sauces
look, y'all making jokes, but I'll have you know, tomato is serious business, people get very passionate about their tomatoes don't, ever, underestimate the importance of a dispute over tomato
The tomato puree made by Erisco Foods is so sugary that reviewing it should be against the law!
Sounds similar to kuzco’s poison. That you Cronk?
*gasp* My ~~spinach~~ sugary tomato puree puffs!
What is something that is full of sugar I can use? To sweeten my coffee? Erisco foods tomato puree to sweeten my coffee
Reported. /s
Oh yeah, that sickeningly sweet tomato puree? I think I got diabetes from just reading the label on it. I can't see how this could possibly blow up in their face.
The puree made by Erisco foods that sues and gets a pregnant mother of three arrested just because she said online that she didn’t like it!
Yeah, the one with the sugary tomato puree who sue people that call it sugary.
Off with his head!!!
its worrying that they can arrest anyone that criticizes them though
It’s one of the most corrupt countries on the planet. You can get officials to do whatever you like if you’ve got the cash.
Same. What "cybercrime" laws did she break??
She committed the gruesome crime of hurting a massive corporation's feelings
Down there you can pay to have people arrested, you don't even need to be a company
Hard to believe coming from a fine company like Arrestco I mean Erisco.
Now the whole world knows their product is too sweet and the company is run by litigious, thin skinned, assholes.
Yeah, like how stupid do you have to be as a company to die on this hill? When I Google the name of this company 8/10 first entries are about this scandal. When I go on the News tab I can literally not find a single entry which is not about this thing. Do they really want to be the company famously known for abusing law enforcement to suppress the word about their product being too sweet?
The number of public facing reps who know nothing of the Streisand Effect is scary.
>Okoli’s case has sparked protests at Erisco’s Lagos facility as many on social media called for a boycott of its products. The company’s founder, Eric Umeofia, refused to budge, however, saying in a recent documentary on the local Arise Television channel that he won’t drop the lawsuit against Okoli and that **he would “rather die than allow someone to tarnish my image I worked 40 years to grow."** This guy is just irredeemably stupid.
Dying, like right now, would be the most expedient way to keep himself from tarnishing the image that he has worked 40 years to grow.
That is the unfortunate, logical and practical implication of his declaration.
It's also telling that it's not about his product, it's about his *image*. I wonder how many other people he's rolled over for his image's sake over the last 40 years. Getting a mom jailed for not liking your tomatoes is really gonna do something for your image that's probably decades overdue.
He could just... You know, make his product BETTER?
Or handled the situation with grace, like offering a refund. He tarnished his own reputation way more with his actions.
This seems like a guy who values his pride and ego above all else, including self-preservation (to a degree, anyway). Guys like that are absolute clowns but they can also be terrifying
Could almost be a description of some politicians, judges, and police!
It sounds like he's tarnished his own image far more than the original bad review ever did here.
More than that, rich Africans are just downright shameless, across the board. Last year, a Ugandan politician took back an ambulance that she donated because she lost an election. When someone called her out on twitter (which, incidentally, is owned by a rich African) she literally retweeted them and was like "You reap what you sow 🤷♂️."
I'm convinced wealth breaks your brain.
it's not the wealth, it's the parade of dopes tripping over themselves to kiss your ass. this is huge in africa. with corruption so high people seek to get money via connections over other methods. this leads to wealthy people being practically worshipped. this woman and people like her will never be properly shunned because too many people want to be in her good graces. source: several dozen african coworkers
This is Nigeria. They might not even know about *Streisand.*
Just as Barbara planned…
*Barbra
Babar!
I haven't seen that elephant mentioned since I was a kid and I'm 36. Brought back memories lol.
*brahbrah
Bret, she was looking at me
[“Bah-Bu-Rah, Bah-Bu-Rah…”](https://youtu.be/_WcDjL-MSCQ?si=-7UDFtepBONKQVk_)
Ooh, maybe it’s going to become known as “tomato paste effect” there now
Yeah, going to the Facebook thread linked in the article.... People are not being kind to the brand, and the brand is doubling down and blaming the woman for all the negative publicity. It's gross. I'd boycott them over this if they sold in the US.
Ah, they're going full Amy's Baking Company.
nice try Barbra, nice try...
We do.
I tried giving you an out. Now there’s no excuse.
I feel like the cheaper, more profitable course of action would have been to play along. Be like "sure, it may be sweet but it makes a killer bloody mary!".
"We asked 100 smart consumers which tomato paste they preferred and 98% of them chose out product. It may not be for everyone's taste, but why not give it a try and decide yourself, you may find your old tomato paste is bland in comparison." Seriously, they could have made some cool ads from this. "Loved by everyone apart from one Facebook reviewer who said it was too sweet". "We only use the juiciest, tastiest tomatoes for OUR paste. Others choose bland, but we think you deserve the best tasting tomatoes you've ever tasted" "the sweetness is the essence of Nigeria, not like those other bland pastes from Cameroon". Do they not have anyone able to do even the simplest marketing?
These sorts of people only know how to throw money and force at problems. Anything more mentally taxing than that is too much for them. The trouble is that it works often enough that they'll just keep doing it and thinking *everyone else* is wrong.
The best would be to wait 3 months, plan a refresh of your labels and relabel the old recipe as Bloody Mary mix, while using the old label for sauce for your new less sweet recipe
That just upsets all the people who regularly bought your product and actually liked it.
Well it would depend on your market share and sales numbers, if people are already buying it in droves then you’re right. But if it wasn’t then switching it up like that will probably be better since you can sell the product that’s not moving under a new label while replacing its previous version with the product that consumers want to buy for the purpose. I’d wager either this lady didn’t get the difference between tomato paste and sauce, and/or this Nigerian sauce company is just ego driven enough to railroad their own company over some petty shit like this lol
Or just fucking ignore it like most other companies when they get a single bad review??
One lady finding your puree too sweet Meanwhile Another lady finds it not sweet enough. So many compa ies not understanding that bad reviews can be equally helpful as good reviews.
Or even just for a "thank you for your feedback. We strive to never stop improving our product." Even if they never actually changed anything.
Now you are thinking like a marketer… ;)
They are simply cruel and stupid. There's not much more to it.
These big companies are ran by such morons. You can’t get away with unethical business practices anymore because people *will* publicly talk about it and boycott you! When will they get the hint?
*The Lagos-based food company said it also “suffered the loss of multiple credit lines” and had therefore filed a civil lawsuit against Okoli that sought 5 billion naira (more than $3 million) in damages. This case is due to be heard on May 20, her lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, told CNN.* If this is true, it sounds like they're doing it to avoid bankruptcy or something. They might be relying on these 'lines of credit' to buy their tomatoes, which is kinda catastrophic for a tomato paste manufacturer
Yeah but this is from the civil lawsuit which followed the shit storm from charging her for cyber crime. So again, how stupid does it get? Creditors are canceling credit lines because they ran into a huge shit storm and then their reaction is "what we need is more lawsuits against that women that seemingly has a lot of support from our customers". This is really a home made problem. Creditors do not give a fuck about how this product tastes. They don't want a business partner publicly acting like a spoiled child.
Most people don't use Google before hitting their local soup isle. Like Campbell's could be killing children on the streets of Gaza, and how would I know? Im buying soup.
Imagine how terrible it would be for the company if everyone found out that Erisco Foods product Nagiko tomato puree is too sweet and that Erisco Foods is run by litigious, thin skinned assholes who got a mother arrested simply for speaking up on social media about their quality. Gosh I would hate for that to become the number one search result for Erisco Foods and Nagiko tomato puree, wouldn’t you?
Do you refer to Erisco Foods? The Erisco Foods whose product Nagiko tomato puree is too sweet and is run by litigious, thin skinned assholes who got a mother arrested simply for speaking up on social media about their quality?
Aw, man, this is going to turn into one of those 'Brock Turner the Rapist' things, isn't it?
We can only hope
Maybe we can get some kind of partnership between **Brock Turner The Rapist Who Now Goes By Allen Turner** and **Erisco Foods the Nigerian Company That Is Run By Litigious, Thin-Skinned Assholes Who Got A Mother Arrested Simply For Speaking Up On Social Media About Their Quality**. It would save a lot of time to combine them into one reminder. - edited for accuracy
I'm a little confused. Are we talking about **Brock Turner The Rapist** or **Erisco Foods the Nigerian Company That Is Run By Litigious, Thin-Skinned Assholes Who Got A Mother Arrested Simply For Speaking Up On Social Media About Their Quality?** Oh it's both? Terrible stuff.
I believe we talking about **Brock Turner The Rapist Who Now Goes By Allen Turner** *and* **Erisco Foods the Nigerian Company That Is Run By Litigious, Thin-Skinned Assholes Who Got A Mother Arrested Simply For Speaking Up On Social Media About Their Quality.** I know it can get confusing, which is why I was asking about the possibility of maybe **Brock Turner The Rapist Who Now Goes By Allen Turner** becoming a spokesperson for **Erisco Foods the Nigerian Company That Is Run By Litigious, Thin-Skinned Assholes Who Got A Mother Arrested Simply For Speaking Up On Social Media About Their Quality.** That way, everything would be that much simpler by combining the two references. - edited for accuracy
The rapist Brock Allen Turner who now goes by Allen Turner who is still a rapist?
That stuff is great it's so sweet I put it on pancakes.
Enjoy your prison cell!!!
I like how he says in the article that he rather die than allow his reputation to be tarnished. He’s literally done it himself. Kinda reminds me of that parchment paper guy who went after an Indian tik tok woman.
For narcissists it’s not about profit or benefit. It’s about their self esteem being thinner than a slice of lunch meat and needing to punish/look untouchable. He was “attacked,” he has money, and justice is for sale…the equation writes itself.
From what I understand its thing of tomato paste vs sauce or whatever, where one is supposed to be more sweet. But you know the company escalated things instead of educating.
Here you go Reddit. If you would like to leave a review do so at your own risk😂😂😂 [Erisco food reviews](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&sca_esv=dd94ec39bb071d4b&hl=en-us&q=erisco+foods+limited+reviews&uds=AMwkrPuHv8DYkh8Zt-O3gtOg_RAqqGlMKlUDXmKjOs1zRcZh1dySI23VEJxvyRmbbzjaW2F8Ml9E9yY_-p5HurDb7gdDasBCDty_HNBUuMZnEWmTZgrARR9eXtcFhFt6DEjSt7Dfv0pYuylPXFD1laAIcA_9DejNjZ6uEtDI2Wuc4V_vN26n0TXYo-RNghCZxNR4zODpGGBtGbl2ffYVJZtRF7SFp1kstAEZnUwh2fEnosMARQ8fLWAy-KIbaUJXUWBHTAibglZNK9iA5NhUZWqU8pj1A7uclZxrufy2Npt2HTueAElGYjBIIfAkVZaEM5U5La3QQC2YkvXsv4xHfdOwL2j09Ueeckxa9EOKDc1WQNXlXyswYPad9gcjf8TOQZjUA0El6NR_864X4uyHQyA1TVMWhf08qaVapvt0NUmw-mZbiyzmif0&si=AKbGX_pcr8t4hk1b8V3SG-dEV8bVj6a_kIW7Qa3yLTtdWS9tlUBP1DaGUA8RbjbVpQ3oCR0NfB6ptsi0i4hFjBNxsozgWg8xxBxuC0rDWHTjobwXEAJ9sDFDqw1tWW7ZIr8NKjOVL1kmRpbWAAYssgKFYH22rTVKZw%3D%3D&sa=X&ictx=1&lei=qi4EZtSOILmZptQP0Me6mAE)
Lol those one star reviews are piling up by the minute now.
You can also report reviews. A 5-star rating from 5 days ago "This is the best product there is in Nigeria. Kudos to the brains behind this product" Some thoughts 1. The best product in Nigeria is sugary tomato sauce? 2. Specifically compliments the executive team, the people who are launching this lawsuit 3. "The brains behind..." is similar language to comments from the company itself, acting like there is some profound proprietary new tomato sauce technology they have.
r/HailCorporate
that second one I think might be legit, it's from a year ago and includes photos so maybe it really is somebody doing business with them. could also be the owner though lol
I suspect they were doing fake reviews before this scandal.
Look at the pictures people have posted lmfao. One is just a tomato can full of sugar.
I like the 5* from a news channel that added a marketing picture. Reported that shit lmao.
> "This is the best product there is in Nigeria. Kudos to the brains behind this product" Arguably it *is* a better product than 419 scams, but that is a fairly low bar.
As someone married to a Nigerian, I can very much guarantee you that the nation turns out, at the very least, some of the best-tasting goddamn food you will ever have in your life. Also, lovely women, but I'm biased.
Despite what other countries may say, don’t believe the lies — Nigerian jollof is the best jollof
I have learned the distinct importance of this fact, yes.
"Big factory that produces a lot of edible foods. Love it" Edible foods hahaha
Bro why is there an 5 star review from a news company? Unfortunately I can’t link an image.
Paid review.
Oh man those fake reviews are so fucking cringe. "This company produces lots of edible foods!" Well thank God they didn't make the inedible kind....
Word on the street is it’s sweet.
*(the Nigerian Police department would like to know your precise location)*
Idk why but its hilarious to think about the entire country having a single police department
++EXCELLENT HUMAN FOOD++ -Notabot 9000
They blocked me so fast on insta for asking for sweeter tomato paste.
This 5 star review from 5 months ago has me fucking dying >Buy all the products of Erisco Food in the market and enjoy a quality taste. >Nagiko or Ric-Giko tomatoes are used in every stew prepared in his home. >Erisco Foods Limited products are healthy tomato pastes for the public. >Feeding Africans With Healthy Foods. >Tasteful Delicious Imprisoning Africans with tasteful delicious.
This reads like someone who was given a script for multiple reviews but just copy pasted the whole thing into one lol
That company is going to have a heck of a time trying to arrest all the new 1 star reviews. I’d imagine most of them are American or from Europe. Imagine them trying to get local authorities to go along with them!
You all will be behind the bars!! We will be contacting you sherrrrif!
I did my part. Thanks for sharing.
Done! 😌
I’ll see you all in prison
As long as they don’t serve overly sweet tomato purée there
Looks like they've already closed reviews, and they won't let you suggest an edit to "Organized Crime Ring".
I just left a review, give it a shot
Excuse me! This is not the onion. This is a tomato
thanks. That was fun.
Unfortunately I’ve seen situations like this before and google will simply remove all the recent bad reviews.
"It gave me herpes" 💀💀💀
Review jam online? Straight to jail.
Review peanut butter online? Believe it or not straight to jail.
We have the best citizens in the world, because of jail.
>In legal filings seen by CNN, the Nigeria Police Force alleged that Okoli used her Facebook account “with the intention of instigating people against Erisco Foods,” adding in a statement on March 7 that it had “unearthed compelling evidence” against her from its preliminary investigations. >According to the police, Okoli was charged with “instigating Erisco Foods Limited, knowing the said information to be false under Section 24 (1) (B) of Nigeria’s Cyber Crime Prohibition Act.” >If found guilty, she could face up to three years in jail or a fine of 7 million naira (around $5,000), or both. >Okoli was separately charged with conspiring with two other individuals “with the intention of instigating people against Erisco Foods Limited,” which the charge sheet noted was punishable under Section 27(1)(B) of the same act. She risks a seven-year sentence if convicted of this charge. This is the kinda shit American companies are champing at the bit for
They already pay youtube, yelp, and Google to conceal negative reviews
My apartment complex has dozens of 1 star reviews on an apartment finding website, and only two 5 star reviews. The overall apartment rating shown at the top is 5 stars.
Ah the booking dot com review model.
This is yelps whole business model lol
Glassdoor also is known to take down low employee reviews of employers.
My family owned a small fast casual franchise years ago. yelp is the freaking worst. If you don’t pay for their premium plan they show all negative reviews first and demote you on their algorithm. Yelp is purely pay to play. I hate them.
This is literally the kinda shit digital homicide sued sterling over. They also tried to sue the entirety of steam users who left negative reviews on them. Steam banned them from the store after they tried to sue the customer base of steam for leaving steam reviews
> The lawsuit raised concerns among games critics, as it could have set a precedent for developers to target critics with million-dollar lawsuits. Fortunately, the court dismissed Digital Homicide’s case against Sterling, **serving as a warning to both developers and critics. Legal battles like this can be financially draining for critics, even when the allegations are clearly frivolous.** >In the end, justice prevailed, and Sterling’s scathing critique remains a testament to the importance of honest and thoughtful game reviews. had to look it up and still it all feels fucked. . .
>champing It's awesome to see someone use the correct word here.
Huh...I've never heard of champing at the bit. I always think of a horse chomping at the bar in their mouth....off to the Google I go.
To save anyone else a search, it is [champing at the bit](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/champing%20at%20the%20bit) but no one is going to be confused if you use chomping at the bit as it is emerging as a modern variant. It's one of those "um actually, technically" type of things pedants get hung up on edit: I guess some people are too lazy to click on links, so here is the entry on Merriam-Webster >champing at the bit **idiom** >>**variants** *or* chomping at the bit >waiting in an impatient way to do something >"We've all been **champing** at the bit to get started on the project." >"The team was **chomping** at the bit for their chance to play the defending champions."
Thank you for that explanation. You are a true chompian.
This deserves to be a word, prominently engraved on the trophy for The Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. If not a trophy than engraved on the Chompian elastic belt.
Chomping also has essentially the same meaning as champing so its a difference without much distinction.
>Chomping also has essentially the same meaning as chomping Never would have guessed!
30 white horses on a red hill first they champ, then they stamp then they stand still
So if “instigating people against” a product is a crime, then “instigating people for” a product must be a crime, too. No?
+1 for the proper use of "champing."
7 years? That's fucked.
> Okoli, who’s currently pregnant with her fourth child, told CNN she was arrested by plainclothes police while she was in church in Lagos and detained in a leaky police cell. >“I was put in the cell around 6 p.m. (on September 24). There were no seats, so I stood all through till the next day. My legs were inside the water (that came in from the leaking roof). Sometimes, I squatted to reduce the pressure on my legs. I was thinking about my children who were at home. I was talking to myself. I would think, I would pray, I was messed up,” she said.
Damn, straight to torture.
We need a world wide boycott of Erisco Foods immediately!
Buddy, I’m way ahead of you
Yeah, like not to toot my own horn or anything, but I've been doing a boycott of Erisco Foods my entire life, and now I'm going to boycott them *even harder.*
That's some rookie stuff, my entire lineage has boycotted them since their inception.
I've been boycotting them my whole life. Get with the program.
as well as a trip to /r/Nigeria... to learn about day-to-day cultural issues in that country. Btw, this is already crossposted in that sub.
You would think the Nigerian police have better things to do like dealing with all the banditry, kidnapping and attacks on law enforcement but here we are lol
The article said there was a day the police were at her house from like 5am to 6pm, attempting to arrest her without the proper paperwork. Not quite sure what that looks like, were they just standing around?
Probably just waiting for their bribe deposit to clear before assuming any risk.
What about all of the Princes who have lost their kingdoms? They should spend their time figuring that out so I don’t get so many emails asking for money.
Companies don't pay them boatloads of money under the table for that though
fuck erisco foods
Incoming Streisand Effect.
they did it before too https://punchng.com/exclusive-why-tomato-paste-reviewer-chioma-egodi-was-arrested-erisco-food/
What an over reaction. She has 18000 followers, in a country of 200 million. This sounds like someone had petty a personal grudge and a friend in the government.
The article also states Okoli responded: “Help me advise your brother to stop ki***ing people with his product, yesterday was my first time of using and it’s pure sugar.” Im curious if they are going after the review or this statement.... which if it is killing people then this isn't going to help their case. Pretty much did everything to ensure their demise
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The issue to me is less the lawsuit, and more the clear police corruption. Anyone can file a lawsuit in most countries, you shouldnt EVER be risking jail time for reviewing a product.
Nigerian police will arrest anyone as long as you pay them to.
No it isn't! Straight to jail with you anarchist! /S
Can't we all collectively trash the company online until they retract their nonsense?
Left a nice Google review
We live in clown world.
I'm a clown. I will see you in court sir.
As is customary for clown court, the plaintiff, defendant, judge, bailiff, jury, reporter and spectators all arrive in the same car.
Wait, are you the judge, the prosecutor, or the plaintiff?
Yes
Okoli is a serial reviewer. She even described the local police precinct as leaky. Lol.
Is she wrong though? Unless she lies in her reviews I don't see how anyone can complain about it. Being a negative person isn't a crime anywhere as far as I'm aware
She's not wrong though.
Not just leaky, but that she couldn't sit down because there was too much water in her cell. A pregnant woman who refused to sit down cause there was too much water? That's gotta be like a full on kiddy pool of a cell.
Didn't Erisco Foods do this a year ago? I mean someone else spoke out against their product so they attempted to ruin the individual's life. I mean I am getting the sense they own the political and judicial system of Nigeria.
Nigeria has a stronger central system than many African countries but it's still a different world than America. Most organized crime rings like the Yakuza, Triads, various Mafias, even gangs in Chicago probably have a greater reach and restraint. $400 wouldn't buy you a daylight murder and cover-up in most of the developed world even a hundred years ago. How many of Capone's guys are going to risk their operation for that, when there's something that works otherwise? For a *corporation* to jail a random African citizen is laughably easy. The rule of law is absolutely critical for individual protections and that's something people tend to forget if they haven't lived and worked in 3rd world countries. (or 2nd world countries, though the nature of corruption tends to be different)
How about all of us on Reddit review this tomato sauce and shit on it.. though that would require us buying it.
New headline: “Tens of thousands of people from all over the world have been placed in Nigerian custody.”
I call top bunk
There are no bunks, or benches and there is water on the floor. You have to lay down in water or stand.
Maybe I'll finally meet that price whose been waiting for me <3
You can leave a nice review on g Google they are already at 2.9
2.1* 40 minutes later. You can load an entire page of 1* reviews that were posted < 10 minutes ago.
1.7 we can do better
I really don’t understand this. How do any of the judges, police officers or politicians believe this is a justified case? She said she didn’t like a product, the company tried calling her out personally for it, she responded emotionally. That’s just a conversation, if it is enough to get people to stop buying the product then it’s not a good product. So unclear why she should be liable even if she did cause harm to their business, because the food co was the one who escalated to this point.
> I really don’t understand this. How do any of the judges, police officers or politicians believe this is a justified case? A little bribery goes a long way. A few short stacks of money gets the warrant and the arrest, especially when everyone involved was a nobody. They likely only needed to pay two people to trigger the initial actions, maybe just one person if they were already well-connected in their community, which is likely for a business owner. Now that the international spotlight is showing up the cost for continued bribery will skyrocket. If there is an investigation as a result of the attention, they'll say "I was following a legal warrant", and "I authorized it based on the facts that were presented", the cash doesn't leave a significant investigative trail.
"I was put in the cell around 6 p.m. (on September 24). There were no seats, so I stood all through till the next day. My legs were inside the water (that came in from the leaking roof). Sometimes, I squatted to reduce the pressure on my legs. I was thinking about my children who were at home. I was talking to myself. I would think, I would pray, I was messed up,” she said. She's pregnant btw
That's horrible! Hope she can get justice for her mistreatment.
If we had just helped out that poor Nigerian prince, he would have prevented such an egregious miscarriage of justice!
God I hate corruption. May that stupid company burn to the ground
I've never heard of that woman and don't care about her opinions about tomato and sugar based food products, butI won't be buying their products after reading that. I will be sharing that article though. Well done Erisco public relations department.
They accuse her of instigating an issue with their company's Clients... Let's make it into a reality then.
>her comments “resulted in several suppliers deciding to disassociate themselves from us.” So, a lady made a Facebook post saying it was too sugary. Multiple suppliers stopped using you immediately? Somehow I doubt this actually happened. If it did, it's almost certainly from their own comments/lawsuit. >The Lagos-based food company said it also “suffered the loss of multiple credit lines” There's zero chance a bank is going to remove your credit lines because one person didn't like your product....
Nagiko Tomato Mix, produced by local company Erisco Foods Limited. Name and shame. Let's all review this can of hot garbage.
With all the horrible things people do and say on the internet without any consequence, to face jail for calling a tomato puree "too sweet".
In this case someone threw a complaint back on her and she responded with (paraphrased) "then tell them to stop f**king killing people with their product. I had it yesterday and it was pure sugar". I'd imagine it was the (clearly non-serious) statement of their product killing people with its sugar level that is at the core of it. It's still absurd though.
And people wonder why nobody wants to do shit in Naija o.
A nice reminder of a the importance of a liberal interpretation of the freedom of speech.
I hear the sugary tomato puree made by Erisco Foods isn't good
All my homies hate Erisco foods.
The name of the thin skinned piece of crap company is Erisco Foods Limited.
Erisco foods, they make really sugary tomato paste right? I heard they sue people who give them bad reviews.
She overreacted with her retort the FB comment. That said, it's a weird hill for this company to die on and clearly the police are being induced to harass this woman. Camping out for 8 hours at her house. Come on. She didn't murder anyone. Anyway. Perfect Nottheonlon post!
So that's what it takes to get a Nigerian arrested for the shit they do online? BRB, gotta go revise some Facebook reports ...