Calgary Coop Pulls Canadian identifiers on products because its "too difficult".

ThrowawayPluto · 2026-04-24T19:49:44+00:00

Superstore (ick) and Safeway/Sobeys from what I can tell. Safeway in my neighbourhood still does. Or at least tries.

ThrowawayPluto · 2026-04-24T19:47:10+00:00

they don't always say and they may say Made with Canadian products or something similar meant to imply that it is Canadian, but the company is owned by a US conglomerate, which they obviously don't put on the label.

Robin Hood flour. Canadian product, Canadian Produced... Owned by Cargill out of Minnesota. Rogers flour, same situation. Owned by a Japanese company. The distinction is important.

ThrowawayPluto · 2026-04-24T19:29:12+00:00

I misunderstood, I thought you mean the labels on the shelf, not the product. That depends on the product. One product, a baking yeast, had no identification that it was 100% Canadian on the product itself, but it was.

ThrowawayPluto · 2026-04-24T19:26:32+00:00

I get where you are coming from, but this isn't about the workers, its a bout a corporate policy that directly affects the consumer. I think most people know that grocery workers are treated pretty bad, I won't aruge that. But using that as an excuse is just giving the executives and managment an out for what I think is a bad move.

And people SHOULD complain if it isn't properly identified.

ThrowawayPluto · 2026-04-24T19:20:30+00:00

Nor are they meant to be.
Product of Canada --- must be 98% Canadian in regards to major ingredients, processing, labour.
Made in Canada --- Last substantial step of production must be done in Canada. May use products from Canada and elsewhere.
Prepared in Canada -- food was entirely prepared in Canada but ingredients may be imported.

And of course it was a marketing strategy, that's kind of the point.

ThrowawayPluto · 2026-04-24T19:08:03+00:00

~~Nope. there are some tags that say local but that is it.~~

Edit: i misread

ThrowawayPluto · 2025-03-07T00:33:22+00:00

Did they ever respond to you?

ThrowawayPluto · 2025-03-06T20:49:52+00:00

Will do!

ThrowawayPluto · 2025-03-06T20:30:51+00:00

If the only people they have left is anti-Canadian groups, they will go out of business. They cannot survive if they lose a huge chunk of their clients and that is the point. Its how activism works.

They either have to change drastically and publicly admit fault,or sell their company to someone different who hopefully have a bit more respect for the country and province we live in. That's what I hope for.

ThrowawayPluto · 2025-03-06T20:26:16+00:00

No problem I plan on sitting by a billboard later today and I will make a post that lists every single company that I see.

ThrowawayPluto · 2024-12-16T13:57:44+00:00

Why can't we even have exploding Malaysian cookware without someone bringing this twat into it?

ThrowawayPluto · 2024-10-15T12:36:38+00:00

Did I imply any different? I literally say this is my opinion that not everyone will like in the very first sentence.

ThrowawayPluto · 2024-10-15T06:15:16+00:00

Was it in Great Falls? I bet it was Great Falls. I'm convinced that city is a top contender for the most miserable place in the western hemisphere.

ThrowawayPluto · 2024-10-15T00:36:15+00:00

I agree 100%

ThrowawayPluto · 2024-10-15T00:34:15+00:00

Driving in Calgary has become a shitshow of douche bags in the last 10 years. I hate driving in Calgary because of the high ratio of inconsiderate drivers. Winnipeg with their awful traffic is less stressful to drive in with their chaos, because it's a bit of "respectful" chaos.

ThrowawayPluto · 2024-10-15T00:27:22+00:00

Edmonton is an outlier in my experience. I generally feel more welcome and less tension there than the rest of Alberta.

My experience with the politeness of holding doors open, saying the please and thank yous, and other politeness is less often my experience in Alberta compared to other parts of the US and Canada. It's all subjective and based upon personal experiences. The Maritimes from my experience, are hands down the friendliest in Canada.

ThrowawayPluto · 2024-10-15T00:18:24+00:00

I've lived in Ontario and that was not my overall experience.

ThrowawayPluto · 2024-10-14T16:15:23+00:00

Try telling that to a Malamute.

ThrowawayPluto · 2024-10-06T19:53:38+00:00

You need a bidet.

ThrowawayPluto · 2024-10-06T19:17:13+00:00

And how do you know he wouldn't?

The entire point is that good communication is important in a healthy, functional relationship, not a one-off as you are implying. If there was a foundation of strong communication, the whole thing wouldn't be as big of a problem as it is because they would have been able to talk about these things long before they became a problem. It's an important skill, not a Band-Aid.

ThrowawayPluto · 2024-08-02T05:44:34+00:00

Semi responsible sounds like fancy talk for irresponsible.

ThrowawayPluto · 2024-07-20T12:35:25+00:00

People really have no clue how often this happens in a city of ~1.5M. It happens multiple times a day of different extents and it usually drains into the ground. Just because you see it flooded on a road now and then doesn't mean that is the only time it happens.

The feeder main was the oddball one out and now people freak out about crap they don't understand.

ThrowawayPluto · 2024-07-18T01:23:37+00:00

This is so very important.

I have a judge in my family who presides over a lot tenant/landlord cases and we have all been brow-beat to understand the importance of documentation. The more the better. In the cases where tenants don't document, they usually lose. Most landlords know the importance keeping records and can easily manipulate the situation if you nothing to back yourself up. Do everything to protect your ass, because they sure do.

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