If I compare trying to buy as much Canadian product as possible, it was far easier today than a month ago. La Cocina tortillas sit on the top shelf of the tortilla area, Covered Bridge and Hawkins rest in the high traffic chip aisle among the big companies. This store now carries 6 flavours of Sprague soup instead of one.
Some products were always there, but it was a lot less digging today!
On the flipside, the shelf space for American products, I found noticeably shrinking these last couple weeks. These carrots from California used to have an entire pallet of space but now it’s less than half that. The Guatemalan carrots have more room. They are probably becoming less popular with shoppers.
Our local foodbasics switched their citrus to Not American! It was nice to have oranges again!
I hope that as this trend continues, even more food that’s typically made in the States will be converted over to either products of Canada or imported from elsewhere: cereals, for example, are an entire isle of American products.
When I shopped on Sunday Save-On-Foods had onions from Alberta (instead of the usual USA ones) and Hams were divided into to freezer sections - one Canadian made, and the other USA. They are slowly, very slowly, understanding that many of us will go without if we can’t buy Canada first, Mexico, Europe & S America and Asia next and never USA.
Hnnnngh I can’t find Cheezies in Quebec anymore and I want them so bad
I’ll trade you some for some QC cheese curds! Lol
Wow Canadians are doing what they should have always been doing. Why does it take Trumps actions for you guys to start doing the right thing. When I go to the grocery store in the US Im looking at prices not brands.
