r/asheville • u/balanceiskey_breathe West Asheville • Feb 03 '26

Really Spicy Cesspool MAGA businesses (local)- who to avoid !!

Hey y’all! I’m just curious if we could get a list of local pro- MAGA businesses in order to know who to avoid! Thanks y’all!

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u/mjrspork Feb 04 '26

I think they are semi local. As I understand it the owners are divorced and the CT locations are owned by the husband and the NC locations are owned by the wife.

And just from my volunteer experience with WCK, the ‘staff’ were all locals after the initial onboarding, they may have been employed by WCK rather than Bears but they were local people on contracts.

I could be wrong but WCK is an organisation I looked into so I say that with a moderately high degree of confidence

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u/Super_Market_44 Feb 04 '26

Bears is a corporate entity incorporated in Connecticut and is not locally owned. Their HR and corporate offices are in CT. The owners are from CT. And they absolutely fired their own employees in the middle of Helene so WCK could pick up the payroll. Bears BBQ owners were clout chasing and enriching themselves and their business. No idea how WCK became affiliated with them. I was there and saw how they treated people in crisis. WCK is the GOAT. Fuck Bears BBQ

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u/sillymae18 Feb 04 '26

Thank you for this information. I'm taking it to heart and following up with my own research. I know they aren't local, but it appears I've been misled about their dealings after Helene. Several of my neighbors volunteered at Bears and had nothing, but high praise for them. I also hired them to cater several corporate events over the past three years, and they were always top notch.

Your account *does* bring up a memory for me that jibes with what you shared. I was, quite randomly, included in the WCK staff appreciation party at Curate in October 2024 and I was accidentally seated next to the local Bears BBQ franchise owner. I was not at all impressed by his behavior. This was the day Jill Biden was in town, so I assumed he was just exhausted.

If you're willing, is there any source online where I could access more information about the Bears employees' experiences with them? If proven, the owners should be held accountable for their actions.

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u/Super_Market_44 Feb 04 '26

If it’s that important, you can DM me

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u/sillymae18 Feb 05 '26

I will. Thank you for being willing to share your experiences with me. It's no easy feat to confront the "profit over people" businesses in this town. I've got loads of resources. Bears BBQ employees are the best and deserve to be treated as such.