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[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours 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] 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] BonesOfTheMoon 5 points 20 hours ago

Just steal the PC stuff. Rob Loblaws.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

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

[–] Gammelfisch 5 points 20 hours 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.

[–] Asidonhopo 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Gammelfisch 2 points 20 hours ago

Yeah, that was good stuff.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

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

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

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

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[–] [email protected] 106 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Can we please not call Tim Hortons Canadian?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Tim Hortons is a fully owned subsidiary of Restaurant Brands International. Restaurant Brands International is a public company traded on the NYSE and TSE with its headquarters in Toronto. A Brazilian investment company 3G Capital owns 32% of Restaurant Brands International via "3G Restaurant Brands Holdings LP".

Does that make it a Canadian company? Who the hell knows. It sure doesn't feel like it, even if it does technically have a Canadian HQ. I guess theoretically it means they pay their corporate tax in Canada. But, realistically, they probably are using various tax dodges to avoid paying much of anything.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 23 hours ago

IMHO they stopped being Canadian when they switched to hiring the cheapest TFW's they could, while championing how Canadian they are in all their advertising. Being Canadian is more than having your HQ in Toronto and sticking a maple leaf on everything.

Plus their food sucks now.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Exactly. Restaurant Brands which owns Burger King, Tim Hortons and Popeyes is a US company. Tim Hortons is garbage anyway.

[–] quafeinum 3 points 1 day ago

Their name is ‘restaurant brands’? that’s so blandly corporate evil

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It’s actually Brazilian.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago

Tim Hortons is about as uncanadian as Starbucks, they're owned by RBI, which is owned by 3Com, a Brazilian food conglomerate.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

as an aussie, this is all so fucked up… we have basically nothing here that’s canadian, but i’m certainly switching all my shopping and services away from US brands in solidarity (RIP vegemite :p)

global solidarity against the fucking bully

at the very least, anyone could be next… but even without that somewhat selfish take, canadians don’t deserve any of this

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I wish more international trade was based on who shared our values, vs. what's cheaper. Aussies, Canadians and Kiwis all share values far more than Canadians do with Americans, despite the close proximity and shared culture.

I think Canada imports some Aussie and Kiwi products, like some wines, some fancy honeys, etc. But, unfortunately, both Canada and Australia are mainly resource-based economies these days, and export a lot of raw resources to be processed into goods in other countries.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago

yeah 100% agree. most of our resources go to china to be processed into the stuff you buy

i’ll buy shit loads of maple syrup and be real happy about it - as expensive as it is here 🥺

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 day ago

I work at a pet food manufacturer in Wisconsin, and we sell our products in Canada. We've been fielding lots of questions and feedback contacts from our Canadian customers saying they won't feed our products anymore. I get it, and I'm in full support of anyone who boycotts us. In my department, both of the people I report to are right wing, Trump-voting idiots who didn't think about how this affects us directly.

This makes my job harder, but hit us where it hurts. I will sit back and laugh as the leopards eat their faces. I truly hope the company as a whole survives as is, but I am prepared if we don't. Fuck around and find out.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 day ago (2 children)

As an ashamed American, I really dig the solidarity and support you guys are showing with your alternative products and boycott lists!

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Loblaws will continue to receive none of my money.

Fuck galen. Fuck Presidents choice anything.

They will probably raise their prices AGAIN in times of hardship to make hundred of millions more.

I will not eat their products.

I will eat the rich.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Canada Dry isn't Canadian anymore. It was bought by an American company in 2008.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Dawson's, Piri Piri by PC, No Name hot sauce

In solidarity with Mexico I might just stick with El Yucateco.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You've pointed out an aspect of this that has escaped too many. You don't fight nationalism with more nationalism. This trade war can only result in stronger trade partnerships with other nations.

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[–] MooseTheDog 9 points 1 day 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.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Coca Cola is bad because… It’s owned by an American corporation, despite being bottled in Canada?

Why then are we suggested to buy Great Value? Is it because Walmart is an American corporation but it’s bottled in Canada?

I’ve seen this suggestion a few times before this post. Someone help it make sense.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Earth's Own is Canadian and makes pretty good oat milk.

I've already switched to them for a while since it's more affordable than other coffee creamers.

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[–] LovableSidekick 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Gammelfisch 1 points 20 hours ago

Don't forget the mid-terms in 2026. The damn Democrats better wake their asses up, take back the House and Senate, and start helping the dumb bastards in the red states or this shit will continue.

[–] Goodmorningsunshine 12 points 1 day ago

I hope you can vote in 2028

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