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[NEW YORK] The Aunt Jemima brand will be phased out - and Uncle Ben's and Mrs. Butterworth's could follow suit - as nationwide protests prompt a sudden corporate reckoning on institutionalised racism.

B&G; Foods, Inc. (NYSE:BGS) today announced that we are initiating an immediate review of the Cream of Wheat brand packaging. We understand there are concerns regarding the Chef image, and we are comm

B&G Foods, Inc. (NYSE:BGS) today announced that we are initiating an immediate review of the Cream of Wheat brand packaging. We understand there a

The Aunt Jemima brand will be phased out - and Uncle Ben's and Mrs. Butterworth's could follow suit - as nationwide protests prompt a sudden corporate reckoning on institutionalized racism. PepsiCo

Some of America's oldest and best-known consumer brands are under scrutiny as the country reflects on the systemic racism in the business world and broader society.

‘The Aunt Jemima caricature was a product of the white imagination and the minstrel shows of 19th-Century America.’

PepsiCo Inc. plans to change name of its Aunt Jemima breakfast products amid nationwide protests over systemic racism, a major shift for a brand dating back more than 130 years.

PepsiCo said on Wednesday that it would be changing the name of its Aunt Jemima breakfast product

U.S. retail sales jump by a record 17.7% from April to May, easily topping the record 6.7% witnessed in October 2001, a month after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

It's about time that Quaker and PepsiCo retired Aunt Jemima, not only for its obviously racist imagery of black servitude but also because the syrup is just plain bad. Try these real maple syrups inst