Hellman’s offers to save café after arson attack over mayo

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A cafe owner in Spain is getting their business back on track thanks to Hellman’s after a disgruntled, mayo-demanding customer allegedly started a fire.

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Cafeteria Las Postas, in Seville, took to Instagram to share with their followers news of the restaurant attack by a man who wanted mayonnaise.

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“This afternoon, we suffered an attack in which a ‘customer’ who was passing through our cafe asked us for a couple of packets of mayonnaise for his sandwich,” the establishment wrote in Spanish.

The man quietly left after employees told him they did not have any mayo.

According to owner Jose Antonio Caballero, the man popped into a petrol station 20 metres away, filled a bottle with petrol, and returned to the cafe, demanding condiments again. When told “no mayonnaise, no ketchup” a second time, he doused the counter and set it ablaze.

“Imagine the fire that started,” cafe owner Jose Antonio Caballero told El Economista, per EuroWeekly.

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“There were children in front of him, people spending the afternoon,” he added. “It was tremendous.”

The restaurant’s Instagram post also included footage from the incident that showed customers and employees running for cover as the fire began.

Someone from behind the counter eventually emerges with a fire extinguisher and douses the flames.

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“Fortunately, none of us or our clients, including young children and elderly, have suffered major damage, only material things that are replaceable,” the restaurant noted in their social media post.

“Today, we escaped, but a real disaster could have happened.”

Caballero told the outlet that the damages cost him between $11,400 and $16,300.

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The mayo madness caught the attention of Hellmann’s Spain, which offered to pay for the damages.

“Cafetería Las Postas: We’re sorry we weren’t there,”a Hellmann’s rep. wrote on social media.

“From now on, count on us,” the company noted. “Let us take care of the repairs and make sure your sandwiches never run out of mayonnaise again.”

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The restaurant was quick to reply. “Thank you very much @hellmanns_spain. It’s a pleasure to receive your help!”

The alleged arsonist suffered burns, but no one else was injured in the blaze.

The condiment criminal was restrained by bystanders and arrested, according to the outlet.

He was ordered into custody without bail.

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