If you’re a fan of both Costco and cheese, on the grid of life, you just lost a plot point.

Previously, the membership-only warehouse club served up a delicious dairy dish complements of Palmetto Cheese.

The milky must-have was, according to the brand, “The Pimento Cheese with Soul!”

Palmetto Cheese Original is On Sale from AUG. 17-30 at all Southeast Region @Costco Warehouses for $1.50 OFF!!! The sale is for the Southeast Region only and does not include Palmetto Cheese w/ Jalapenos. SE Region includes: AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, and TN. #CostcoDeals pic.twitter.com/IBlR72cJji

— Palmetto Cheese (@palmettocheese) August 17, 2020

But it seems now the world’s second largest retailer disagrees.

As it turns out, the creamy delight is owned by none other than Brian Henry, mayor of Pawleys Island, South Carolina.

According to Myrtle Beach Online, in August, the mayor took to Facebook with comments on a murder case:

“2 innocent people murdered. Not 2 thugs or people wanted on multiple warrants. 2 white people defenselessly gunned down by a black man. Tell me, where is the outrage?”

Unable to control his cheddar chatter, Brian followed with this:

“This BLM and Antifa movement must be [treated] like the terror organizations that they are.”

Soon after, members of the local NAACP decried the crowing, with Georgetown chapter president Marvin Neal advocating an ousting:

“What he said really is his heart. People like that shouldn’t be serving anyone.”

At a press conference, Marvin continued, “I don’t think we can address hate enough. When comments are made and we don’t address it, we condone it.”

All the controversy left Costco constipated, so they decided to cut the cheese — Palmetto’s, at least — from their inventory.

Fox News notes the nixing:

The Georgetown Times published a photo of a sign in the Myrtle Beach Costco store stating that the products were “discontinued and will not be re-ordered by Costco,” adding that the products were being removed from more than 120 Costco locations.

The brand did its best in response — if life serves you lemons, make…pimento cheese:

$2.00 OFF sale at all Southeast region Costco Warehouses ends August 30!! This includes: AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, and TN. #costco  #palmettocheese #pimentocheese #lowcarb #glutenfree #ketofriendly pic.twitter.com/FGycfY5fXp

— Palmetto Cheese (@palmettocheese) August 25, 2020

As reported by the Coastal Observer, Brian’s since deleted and apologized for his post.

Earlier this month, he labeled the entry “raw emotion” and professed with profundity:

“I want to start out by saying I am profoundly sorry to those I offended with my post,” Henry said, speaking from a lectern in the dining room where watercolor portraits of the inn’s Black staff look down from the walls. “My comments were hurtful and insensitive.”

Henry met the day before with Black ministers in Georgetown and Pawleys Island. Those and other conversations “provided me with a deeper understanding of racial inequality and the importance of diversity sensitivity, which is very much needed to heal Pawleys Island, Georgetown and our country,” he said. “My goal is to be a part of the long-term solution, and I’m committed to that.”

Brian really tried to milk it:

Henry said he will create a foundation in the memory of Vertrella Brown, a long-time cook at the inn who died earlier this year. The Henrys have said over the years that it was Brown who put the “soul” in Palmetto Cheese when she prepared Sassy’s pimento cheese recipe for guests at Sea View. Her picture has been on the label since they started selling Palmetto Cheese in 2006.

And now he’s got a different problem:

An apology from Pawleys Island’s mayor for a Facebook post that was condemned for racist language and led to calls for his resignation brought a new wave of criticism last week from people who said he had nothing to apologize for.

Sounds like enough to cause a stomachache, the solution for which might just be a serving of protein and fat from a cow, buffalo, goat, or sheep.

But if the mayor’s in need of a soulful spread, he won’t find it at Costco — the chain’s still curdled.

Meanwhile, Fox reports, he’s trying to appeal to a sense of justice:

“Please consider the hundreds of South Carolina jobs that depend on its success,” he said, per The Sun News.

For those of you who haven’t lost your appetite over the affair, Palmetto Cheese is still sold in 44 states — at more than 9,100 stores.

We live in a reactive world, and what you say can and will be used against you. Dairy producer Brian Henry leaned that the hard way, by way of a culture — not of bacteria-chocked cheese, but cancel.

Stirring in the cultures for our new cheese St.Helena made by @Blake’s Bowden So exciting to get our fourth cheese ‘on the road’ this autumn 🥳 pic.twitter.com/fvdiJfCfol

— St. Jude Cheese (@stjudecheese) September 22, 2020

Having said that, Brian’s not alone in his cheesy racial raze.

There’s at least one other:

The cancel culture can’t survive without the coward culture.
Brands that cave in to the cancel culture get permanently cancelled from my shopping list.

Owners of Coon cheese consider dropping the historic brand that activists claim is racist.https://t.co/UvDYd4kUxZ

— Keira Savage (@KeiraSavage00) July 24, 2020

-ALEX

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