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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Madeinca.ca looks to be a good resource for this kind of thing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Tim Hortons? I thought that was owned by the taco bell conglomerate?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Timmie's is owned by Restaurant Brands International, who owns Popeye's and Burger King. They're Brazilian now.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

As someone in the US, I will be avoiding large US brands as much as possible as well. All the pain that nazi cockgoblin has and is going to cause makes me really sad.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

I will always check the origin of a product. EU, USA, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea are always a go. Now I will look a bit closer and make an effort to avoid the shithole red states.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah but also fuck the PC brand they've been gouging Canadians too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Just steal the PC stuff. Rob Loblaws.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

As an American I really miss Liberté yogurt, its been over a decade since I saw it in stores.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Yeah, that was good stuff.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago

Kicking Horse Coffee is majority owned by Lavazza, an Italian company. Not Canadian, but still better to support than Tim Hortons.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

As an American, honestly just avoid those brands in general. Not because they're American made, but many of them are already shit to begin with. Maybe it's shrinkflation, or all the wacky chemicals, or the way they treat their workers.

So take this opportunity not only to be patriotic to your Canadian country, but to also improve your own standard of living and buying better quality foods.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Wait...
French's ketchup is Canadian but French's mustard is American???

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

Okay I'm not Canadian (or USian for that matter), but it's common for big companies to have many production facilities and many product lines, so similarly packaged and named products are made in different countries and nobody pays any attention. Common example in my country is that since like two decades ago, Põltsamaa Felix was acquired by the Norwegian company Orkla, they'll make some things here in their Estonian facility (in Põltsamaa, the town the company was named after) and then they'll make some in Latvia or Lithuania, some in Sweden, etc. Unless you look at the package AND it states the country, you'll have no idea.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Buy local and donate the difference if you really care. That way Rump doesn't get that 25%, and it's tax free.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I have to see what this tariff war does to prices here first but yes agreed.

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