WHAT HE OFFERED YESTERDAY WAS
ININSPIRING.
STEVE: THERE YOU GO WITH CHARLES
EARLIER.
ALSO YESTERDAY THE PRESIDENT HAD
A ROUND TABLE AT THE WHITE
HOUSE.
AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT
JOBS.
AND THOUGH HAD THE FELLOW THAT
RUNS GOYA FOODS.
HE SAID THAT THIS PRESIDENT
REMINDS HIM OF HIS GRANDFATHER
WHO STARTED GOYA FOODS BACK IN
THE 130s.
OUR COMPANY WAS FOUNDED IN 1936
BY MY GRANDFATHER WHO LEFT SPAIN
AT ONLY 18 YEARS OLD.
WE ARE ALL TRULY BLESSED AT THE
SAME TIME TO HAVE A LEADER LIKE
PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO IS A BUILDER
THAT’S WHAT MY GRANDFATHER DID.
HE CAME TO THIS COUNTRY TO BUILD
TO GROW TO PROSPER.
STEVE: WELL, THROUGH THE MAGIC
OF TELEVISION, THERE YOU SAW HIM
RIGHT THERE YESTERDAY IN THE
ROSE GARDEN AND NOW RIGHT HERE
ON YOUR TV CHANNEL.
WE HAVE GOYA FOODS CEO AND
PRESIDENT BOB GOOD MORNING TO
YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING, STEVE, EMILY
AND BRIAN.
GOOD TO HAVE SOME FRIENDS.
STEVE: GOOD TO HAVE YOU AS WELL.
WHAT WAS THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
TO THE HISPANIC BUSINESS LEADERS
AT THE ROUND TABLE YESTERDAY?
>> WE WERE PART OF A COMMISSION
CALLED THE WHITE HOUSE HISPANIC
PROSPERITY INITIATIVE AND THEY
PROSPERITY INITIATIVE AND THEY
CALLED ON US TO THEREBY TO SEE
HOW WE COULD HELP IN THE
ECONOMIC AND EDUCATIONAL REALM
FOR PROSPERITY AMONG HISPANICS
AND AMONG THE NATION.
THE UNITED STATES AFTER MEXICO
IS THE LARGEST HISPANIC COUNTRY
IN THE WORLD.
SO HISPANIC PROSPERITY MEANS
U.S. PROSPERITY.
EMILY: BOB, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE
TRAJECTORY THAT HISPANIC
AMERICANS HAVE SEEN DURING THIS
ADMINISTRATION AND WHAT YOU SEE
MOVING FORWARD IF THIS PRESIDENT
WERE TO WIN RE-ELECTION IN
NOVEMBER?
>> THE HISPANIC POPULATION HAS
DOUBLED SINGS THE YEAR 2,000.
AS THE HISPANIC POPULATION GROWS
AND THE CONVICTION OF THE
HISPANIC COMMUNITY IS
INCREDIBLE.
NEW BUSINESS START-UPS ARE THREE
TIMES AS FAST WITHIN THE
HISPANIC COMMUNITY THAN WITHIN
ANY OTHER COMMUNITY.
PREVIOUS TO COVID, HISPANIC
UNEMPLOYMENT WAS THE LOWEST IN
HISTORY.
OUR VERY PROUD OF OUR GROUP OF
EMPLOYEES WHO ARE FIRST
RESPONDERS, WHEN THIS COVID
HITS, YOU KNOW, I WENT TO OUR
PEOPLE AND I SAID, LOOK, THIS IS
GOING TO BE TOUGH.
AND THEY SAID IF WE DON’T DO IT,
NOBODY WILL.
SO WE HAVE WORKED AROUND THE
CLOCK.
WE HAVE NEVER STOPPED WORKING.
AND I’M REALLY PROUD OF THAT.
AND THAT’S WHAT IS PART OF THE
TENACITY OF THE HISPANIC WORKER
WHO, YOU KNOW, WANTS TO
CONTRIBUTE TO THIS COUNTRY.
NOT TO TAKE BUT TO CONTRIBUTE
AND TO GIVE AND TO BUILD.
BRIAN: BOB, ARE YOU GETTING A
BOYCOTT THAT’S WHAT I HEARD
BECAUSE YOU HAD THE AUDACITY TO
SHOW UP AT THE PRESIDENT’S
INVITATION AND SAY POSITIVE
THINGS ABOUT HIM.
>> BRIAN, YES.
IT’S SUPPRESSION OF SPEECH.
IN 2012, 8 YEARS AGO, I WAS
CALLED BY MICHELLE OBAMA TO
TAMPA.
AND THEY WERE MENTIONING TO MY
PLATE THING PUTTING THE
NUTRITIONAL PYRAMID INTO A PLATE
OF PORTION CONTROL.
THEY WANTED TO APPROACH THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND
HISPANIC COMMUNITY TO EAT MORE
NUTRITIONALLY.
THEY CALLED ON US AS THE MOST
RECOGNIZED HISPANIC BRAND IN THE
UNITED STATES AND I WENT.
I WENT TO THE WHITE HOUSE LATER
AND I INTRODUCED HISPANIC
HERITAGE MONTH.
PRESIDENT OBAMA YOU ARE ALLOWED
TO TALK GOOD OR PRAISE ONE
PRESIDENT, BUT YOU ARE NOT
ALLOWED WHEN I WAS CALLED TO BE
PART OF THIS COMMISSION TO AID
IN ECONOMIC AND EDUCATIONAL
PROSPERITY AND YOU MAKE POSITIVE
COMMENT, ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT’S
NOT ACCEPTABLE.
I’M NOT APOLOGIZING FOR SAYING
AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE CALLED
BY THE PRESIDENT OF UNITED
STATES YOU ARE GOING TO SAY NO,
I’M SORRY, I’M BUSY, NO THANK
YOU.
I DIDN’T SAY THAT TO THE OBAMAS
AND I DIDN’T SAY THAT TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
STEVE: BOB, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE
IS A DOUBLE STANDARD, DOESN’T
IT?
>> YES, SIR.
YES, BRIAN -- STEVE, I’M SORRY.
STEVE: WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS.
YOU SAID THAT EARLIER.
>> YES, SIR.
STEVE: AND TYING UP WITH WHAT WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER
REGARDING JOE BIDEN’S PLAN THAT
REGARDING JOE BIDEN’S PLAN THAT
HE UNVEILED YESTERDAY AS A CEO
HOW WOULD YOU BE IMPACTED IF JOE
BIDEN WINS AND --
>> LET ME TELL YOU THE PRESIDENT
HAS TAKEN A WAY A LOT OF
REGULATIONS AND ROAD BLOCKS TO
PROSPERITY.
YOU KNOW, THE FUNCTION OF THE
GOVERNMENT IS TO PROVIDE AN
ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH BUSINESSES
CAN PROSPER.
AS SOON AS THE GOVERNMENT GETS
INVOLVED IN IMPEDING THAT, THEN
THAT MAKES DOING BUSINESS A LOT
HARDER.
IT’S NOT EASY TO BUILD AND RUN A
BUSINESS TODAY.
IT REALLY IS DIFFICULT.
AND SO, WE NEED THE MOST HELP SO
THAT WE CAN CREATE JOBS.
WE DON’T NEED ROAD BLOCKS IN OUR
PATH.
BRIAN: ALL RIGHT.
BOB.
THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK
REALLY AFFECTS YOU, NUMBER ONE
IS I HEARD YOUR MESSAGE ABOUT
FOOD BANKS YESTERDAY.
PEOPLE ARE STARVING.
>> YES, SIR.
BRIAN: WERE NOT AWARE OF IT AND
YOU ARE AWARE OF IT.
YOU ARE DOING WHAT YOU CAN
PEOPLE HAVE TO FIND OUT THEIR
LOCAL FOOD BANK AND HELP OUT.
NUMBER TWO, I’M EXTREMELY
WORRIED ABOUT RESTAURANTS.
NOW ALL THESE STATES ARE SAYING
NO MORE INDOOR DINING.
THAT’S GOING TO EFFECT THE
PEOPLE, THEY ARE GOING TO BE
BUYING LESS FOOD FROM YOU.
GOING OUT.
THE WHOLE INDUSTRY COULD
COLLAPSE.
HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU ON THAT?
>> IN RECESSIONS AND THINGS LIKE
THAT, WE ACTUALLY DO PRETTY
WELL.
WE SELL BASIC NUTRITIONAL AND
GOOD FOOD PRODUCTS.
SO DURING THOSE TIMES WE TEND TO
PROSPER YOU MENTION THE FOOD
BANK IN 2008 THERE WAS SHORTAGE
OF THE CORN, WHEAT, A LOT OF THE
COMMODITIES, RILES, ET CETERA,
THIS YEAR IS SOMETHING SIMILAR.
SO, WE HAVE -- WE ARE PACKING
AROUND THE CLOCK, WE ARE HOPING
THAT BY THE END OF THE SUMMER
WHEN NEW CROPS COME, IN IN THE
MEANTIME, WE ARE DONATING A
MILLION CANS OF CHICK PEAS AND
FOOD BANK TO START FILLING.
AND THAT’S SOMETHING WE DO GOYA
GIVES ALL YEAR EVERY YEAR.
WE ARE ALWAYS GIVING BACK TO OUR
COMMUNITY WITH FACE MASKS, WITH
SCHOLARSHIPS.
IN FOOD, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE ARE BLESSED AND WE WANT TO
GIVE BACK.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO GIVE BACK
TO THE COMMUNITY.
>> BOB, I THINK THAT’S A
TESTAMENT TOO TO YOUR PLACE IN
THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND THOSE
DIRECT TO CONSUMER AS BRIAN
BROUGHT UP DIRECT TO RESTAURANTS
THAT REALLY FILL THOSE HOLES
AMEND THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE
BEEN PROSPERING DURING THIS TIME
AND CONTINUE TO STAY COMMITTED
TO DONATION THAT SPEAKS TO YOUR
GENEROSITY AND PHILANTHROPIC
ENDEAVORS.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIME
AND COLLABORATION WITH THE
