The Campbell’s Company is dealing with a public relations nightmare this week, and just when millions of Americans are looking for some cream of mushroom soup for that Thanksgiving green bean casserole .

The controversy surrounds Campbell’s Vice President of Information Technology Martin Bally, who allegedly disparaged the company’s products, employees and customers during a January conversation with former Campbell’s employee Robert Garza.

Garza, who secretly recorded the conversation, says he was fired from his job as a security analyst just weeks after complaining about Bally. Detroit television station WDIV shared portions of the audio recording after interviewing Garza, who filed a lawsuit against the company last week.

“We have s--- for f---ing poor people,” Bally allegedly s

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