U.S. companies say Canadian retailers are turning away products - National | Globalnews.ca
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Oh for sure!
In Denmark, Coca Cola is in full damage control trying to highlight that they are produced in Denmark and thus is basically as Danish as our native brands, but it is an uphill battle since Coca Cola is basically THE American brand.
To be honest I don't know how well they're succeeding in their damage control... But I'm getting a sense they are suffering...
wrote 7 days ago last edited byHuh? Even if it's produced in Denmark, how can some of the revenue not be going back to the US where Coca Cola is based?
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Canadian Tire doesn't sell groceries in bulk.
The only competition to Costco would be Real Canadian Superstore, but it's a Loblaw company and they shrinkflated everything and have a meaningless membership program, and Walmart, which never really cared about going for the same margins.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byIt’s hard to replace CostCo in full but at least the founder threatened to murder the CEO if he ever raised the price on hot dogs.
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I got a survey from Google Opinion Rewards today asking if I was participating in the Buy Canadian movement. When I said yes, the next question was how much of a price increase would I accept in order to keep my convictions. I said 50%, but I really should have said higher.
I earned $0.16 for my answer and now I feel dirty.
wrote 7 days ago last edited by$0.16 USD or CAD?
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Well no one’s buying them so why would they stock them? Had to go buy a bunch of new screwdrivers and normally I get Klein. Nope! Picked my up some nice Wera and won’t be looking back.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byKlein doesn't really seem what it used to be anyway. IMHO Japanese tools FTW
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They don't really have the brain cells to self reflect. It's like asking a vampire to look in the mirror.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byIts's like asking the emperor to look in a full length mirror.
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I mean it's not necessarily the retailers. It's Canadians themselves who aren't buying them. If I read "états unis" on a product I will look for an alternative or go without.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byExactly. Same here
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You can still buy Tabasco if you want. Louisiana is a red state but one of the McIlhenny heirs was a good dude. The peppers are grown in South and Central America and Avery Island (where the sauce is made) is mostly a wildlife refuge now. He only introduced one invasive species, which is pretty good for a rich guy in the 1800’s.
wrote 7 days ago last edited bySorry, I’ve moved on…
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You can still buy Tabasco if you want. Louisiana is a red state but one of the McIlhenny heirs was a good dude. The peppers are grown in South and Central America and Avery Island (where the sauce is made) is mostly a wildlife refuge now. He only introduced one invasive species, which is pretty good for a rich guy in the 1800’s.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byTabasco's owners have been supporting the Russia in its war of genocide.
A company doing that is no way "good dudes".
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I got a survey from Google Opinion Rewards today asking if I was participating in the Buy Canadian movement. When I said yes, the next question was how much of a price increase would I accept in order to keep my convictions. I said 50%, but I really should have said higher.
I earned $0.16 for my answer and now I feel dirty.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byTrump on Monday.... "Canadian tarriffs now 55%!"
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Shit, I’m American and I’m regionally boycotting things made in red states to the greatest degree I reasonably can.
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I mean really think about this strategically: if you’re the US and you want other countries to feel an economic squeeze because you think you can throw your weight around, you can’t do it in such a fragrantly aggressive/hostile way. You know why? Because capitalism fucking loves good marketing. If you can sell righteous indignation/support, you have a recipe for billions.
The Canadian companies refusing to do business with American companies or refusing to sell their products aren’t just making a moral stand - they’re giving themselves an advantage. They are leveraging an opportunity to go “buy from us because the US is awful and we are Canadian and we’re awesome and not awful.”
“Buying Canadian” is a moral and economically advantageous act. Ever wonder why every single hybrid car had” hybrid“ written on them in the 2000’s/2010’s? Pretty sure they still do to be honest.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byNot to mention the role this has played in forming a united front from our provinces who have largely removed interprovincial trade barriers overnight. This should make our internal economy more efficient which is great.
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I really wanna play it cool and act like it was deliberate, but it wasn’t, and now I love it.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byI don’t want to smell Trump.
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Fragrantly aggressive
Oof ouch my nose
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I'm sorry to hear what the blue residents are going through; and I'm sorry that I overlooked their situation over the last few weeks as I worried about ours here.
In my house, a short ways north of the border, we've been talking, lightly, about what-ifs. We never even planned around the refugee situation even before Mr Trump tries a sham war to deny the vote.
I feel there's gonna be a lot of people 'lost' on their way through to Nome. I hope they're careful and they have plans too. And I sure as hell hope those contingency plans never become necessary; and we can all laugh - ha ha haaaa ha ha - about it later.
We're not even 90 days in and we're planning for situations not seen here in 200 years.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byCanadian here... i don't give a damn about what the blue states are experiencing... They are free to leave the US and stop empowering our enemy with their taxes. I can guarantee, should trump decide to invade Canada, the blue states won't do shit. When we retaliate in self-defence, we'll retaliate against the entire murica, white, blue and red.
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I'm sorry to hear what the blue residents
I wouldn't be, most of them stayed home on Election day to 'punish' Kamala.
They're one of the biggest reasons for the turmoil in the world today, fuck 'em.
wrote 7 days ago last edited bySwing states win elections.
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I'm sorry to hear what the blue residents
I wouldn't be, most of them stayed home on Election day to 'punish' Kamala.
They're one of the biggest reasons for the turmoil in the world today, fuck 'em.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byThe election was won and lost in swing states. Voter turnout in swing states was roughly the same in 2024 and 2020.
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About a year ago, there was a boycott on the Loblaws supermarket chain in protest of their boasting record profits at a time when grocery inflation was out of control. It lasted about a month before kind of fizzling out.
But I think by comparison, this buy Canadian movement has legs. It's a major nationwide shift in people's spending habits. And the key word here may be habits. Let's say for argument's sake that after 4 years of Trump, a new administration comes in and repeals all the tariffs. By that time, people will have settled into alternate brands across a wide range of consumer goods, and it may be difficult to convince them to switch back again. There's a certain inertia in human behaviour. So the effects of this could potentially go on quite a bit longer than the tariff war.
wrote 7 days ago last edited byTariffs also have a way of sticking around long after the reason for their introduction is forgotten.
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I'm in the US. I've stopped getting stuff made in the red states (sadly Evan Williams that I love as well). Cut off Amazon and Target.
The list is huge. It's a process unfortunately. But I'm buying Canadian where I can. Especially that sweet syrup. Love you guys. -
Tabasco's owners have been supporting the Russia in its war of genocide.
A company doing that is no way "good dudes".
wrote 7 days ago last edited byOk, fine. I went to high school with of the heirs and he was dipshit. He sold the worst weed imaginable but in bulk. You got a lot of awful weed.
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Sorry, I’ve moved on…
wrote 7 days ago last edited byI appreciate you proving you’re Canadian by starting with “sorry.” My apologies for my country being full of asshats.
