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[–] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wish we had more Canadian products in the grocery stores here in BC. It’s hard avoiding all American products.

[–] DrainKikoLake@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's hard but even small efforts help. For me the hierarchy kinda goes like this:

  • Canadian company
  • Non-Canadian, non-US company
  • US company franchised/operating in Canada
  • US company operating in the US

I aim for number one, try to avoid number four, and the two inner ones are a little more loosey-goosey for me and will depend mostly on the individual product. There are some things we just don't produce here so... I just do what I can, where I can, and don't feel guilty if there's an American product I can't replace (ever/yet).

[–] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 6 points 23 hours ago

Yeah I think we follow the same logic, it just makes sense. Even though there's sometimes a hit in the cost or quantity of the product.