#AdamCatzavelos fired from family business

Dennis TAugust 22, 2018

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In the video, Adam Catzavelos gives a weather report, adding “amazing sea and not one k*ff*r insight”.

A racist rant in which a South African man films himself boasting about being on a Greek beach where there isn’t a single black person in sight has left his family business reeling.

He has since been fired from the family business, St George’s Fine Foods and one client of the company has already decided to find another supplier.

“We had a conference call and we are disassociating ourselves immediately from St George’s,” Butcher Boys director Derryck Myers told News24.

“We do not support what Adam has done,” he added.

Impact on business

Myers said the company supplies Butcher Boys with a critical sauce, and ending supply could risk the employment of 150 staff. “They supply us a product that is specifically made for Butcher Boys and without that product, we would put a lot of people out of work.”

But he said a shareholders’ meeting decided that Butcher Boys would source the product elsewhere. Myers said he has no tolerance for racism, but added that he did not know Adam Catzavelos.

“I’ve never dealt with Adam in my life, I only ever dealt with the father, George.”

Myers said that Butcher Boys was keen to protect its reputation.”His father is a sick man and this pressure doesn’t help. I’m concerned for him [George] and I’m concerned for our business,” Myers added.

Another client of the business was also left shocked by the video. “I’m disgusted and I condemn fully his actions. I couldn’t believe what he did,” Dragan Krunic, director of the Rib Zone, told News24 on Wednesday.

Asked whether the video that Catzavelos made will have any impact on his business relationship with St George’s Fine Foods, Krunic said: “I think so – obviously you need to talk to his brother. In the meantime, I’ll stop any supply.

“I spoke to Nick and he told me because I didn’t know what he [Adam] did.”

Source: News24

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