Walmart pulls Juneteenth ice cream

Walmart's blurb on the ice cream container, which had also appeared to trademark Juneteenth, said, "share and celebrate African-American culture, emancipation ...

Walmart was criticized on social media for its insensitivity toward the holiday. We are reviewing our assortment and will remove items as appropriate." Some people on social media noted the ice cream – a swirled red velvet cheesecake flavor – is similar to a flavor from a Black-owned and Cincinnati-based ice cream company Creamalicious, which sells its Right as Rain Red Velvet Cheesecake flavor in Walmart stores.

US retailer Walmart is set to pull their ice cream in honour of Juneteenth after it received backlash across social media.

It was announced that the retailer would be removing the product from stores yesterday (Monday, 23 May) as Walmart released a statement via Fox Television Stations. Juneteenth officially became a federal holiday last year. Fox 11 reports the product’s label is also reported to have said: “Share and celebrate African-American culture, emancipation and enduring hope.”

Walmart's Juneteenth fanfare has quickly melted. The retail giant has pulled a Juneteenth special-edition ice cream after receiving social-media backlash.

According to Ad Age, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has no record of Walmart owning or applying for a Juneteenth trademark. Walmart offers a variety of Juneteenth merchandise, including apparel, party supplies and wine. The ice cream is nearly identical to one sold at Walmart by a Black-owned brand, Creamalicious. It also comes in a red-velvet cheesecake flavor.

Walmart is backtracking on the release of its Junteenth ice cream after taking heat on social media for using the holiday as a marketing ploy to tout the ...

Third-party sellers must pass a review based on a set of criteria for approval to be sold on Walmart.com, according to CNN. President Joe Biden signed Juneteenth into a federal holiday last June. “We are reviewing our assortment and will remove items as appropriate.”

The company was slammed for selling Juneteenth-themed products in honor of the day, which was made a federal holiday last year.

“What makes this soo bad and has me furious is, it’s not that #Walmart is tone deaf, it’s just as you said, they’re trying to profit off of Black people once again, as if we don’t already give them enough of our money. Always finding a way to exploit and line your pockets. “How disrespectful and greedy.

The label on the Great Value brand red velvet and cheesecake flavored ice cream said: “Share and celebrate African-American culture, emancipation and ...

Walmart's blurb on the ice cream container, which had also appeared to trademark Juneteenth, said, "share and celebrate African-American culture, emancipation ...

We are reviewing our assortment and will remove items as appropriate." Walmart was criticized on social media for its insensitivity toward the holiday. Some people on social media noted the ice cream – a swirled red velvet cheesecake flavor – is similar to a flavor from a Black-owned and Cincinnati-based ice cream company Creamalicious, which sells its Right as Rain Red Velvet Cheesecake flavor in Walmart stores.

Critics accused the retail giant of commercializing a solemn holiday meant to commemorate the end of American slavery.

“The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all enslaved people are free,” Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger wrote in General Order No. 3. “Juneteenth holiday marks a celebration of freedom and independence,” Walmart’s statement said. Now you can celebrate with this ice cream.”

Consumers took to social media to say Walmart's red velvet and cheesecake flavored ice cream was done in poor taste.

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Juneteenth ice cream found in a Walmart store in North Carolina. "Juneteenth holiday marks a celebration of freedom and independence," a Walmart spokesperson ...

A store employee told the channel that they are "throwing the ice cream out." in Raleigh, North Carolina, found the Juneteenth ice cream at a local store. One critic on Twitter said the ice cream highlighted why it's "important to have diverse voices at the table when making strategic business decisions.

Walmart has pulled its Great Value Celebration Edition Juneteenth Ice Cream from shelves following a social-media uproar.

A spokeswoman for Walmart said the retailer continues to review its Juneteenth product assortment. There remains much assortment to sort. Walmart has pulled its Great Value Celebration Edition Juneteenth Ice Cream from shelves following a social media uproar and a call to remove the product by Bridge, a group focused on diversity in the marketing industry.

The company later issued a statement apologizing for the product, which Twitter users called "tone deaf."

It isn’t the first time Walmart has found itself in hot water over how its products are marketed to minorities. “Juneteenth holiday marks a celebration of freedom and independence,” the statement read. One Twitter user found that the company has also sold Juneteenth-inspired party supplies, wine bottles, water bottles, glasses, banners, and T-shirts.