With its bright red heart logo and cheerful yellow “Penzeys” in the middle, Penzeys Spices appears like a welcoming establishment for all.
It helps that on its website, Penzeys says it’s “trying to make the world a better place,” and it’s running its business in such a way as to “encourage the kindness and compassion that’s needed to take on the world’s problems.”
With such a warm and welcoming attitude in its “About Us” section, it came as a surprise to many when, on Jan. 6, Penzeys called Republicans racist in its “Voice of Cooking” email and said they were the “#1 threat” to the United States….