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Palmetto Cheese is a trademarked brand of
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from Pawleys Island Specialty Foods, a division of Get Carried Away, LLC based in
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— and originally made and packaged at Duke Sandwich Productions in
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It is marketed in original, jalapeño, and bacon variations.


History

The cheese was commercially marketed beginning in 2006 with 20 packages for sale at Independent Seafood in
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. To meet demand, production was outsourced to a
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, company. In 2011, distribution nearly doubled with the addition of
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locations. In April 2012, the cheese became available in
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stores, leading contract manufacturer Duke Sandwich to develop a new 80,000-square-foot facility to accommodate increased production.
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In 2013, the company marketed 4.1 million containers of the cheese, with the original variety as the company's top seller, followed by jalapeño and bacon varieties.
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2020 controversy

In 2020, Palmetto Cheese was removed from the shelves by
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and faced boycotts after owner, Brian Henry, while serving as mayor of
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, referred to
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as a "terror organization" in a Facebook post. Henry said a boycott would harm workers, later apologizing for the post. The company's packaging, which had previously featured a photograph of Vertrella Brown, a former African American cook at Pawleys Island's Sea View Inn, was subsequently revised, deleting Brown's photograph, and the company's website briefly carried a prominent statement: "We view elevating racial equality as one of our brand's responsibilities. Palmetto Cheese is evolving and listening to the black American community, our customers, and business partners. We are committed to lead as an advocate for uniting the community, starting with a rebranding of our product identity."


See also

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Pimento cheese Pimento cheese (or pimiento cheese) is a spread typically made of cheese, mayonnaise, and pimentos and is typically served on crackers and vegetables or in sandwiches. There are ingredient variations among family recipe, commercial recipe, and ...
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Pub cheese Pub cheese is a type of soft cheese spread or Dipping sauce, dip prepared using cheese as a primary ingredient and usually with some type of beer or ale added. While Beer cheese (spread), beer cheese is made with beer, pub cheese can be made witho ...


References


External links

* {{Official website , http://www.pimentocheese.com
Palmetto Cheese Blog
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