Silk brand is made in the USA. Earth’s own is Canadian.
Malicious compliance. Someone probably said they can’t remove the product due to some kind of contract, I’m assuming.
Fuck Silk. I bought two boxes, then the next day it turns out they were contaminated with listeria. Earth’s Own is good enough.
I mean, if you subscribe to the food recalls email list you’ll realize that you’re missing tons of recalls that happen every day for products that come from all over the place…
Become ungovernable!
Meh…Earths Own is using US almonds in its products and US Oats in some
Natura is Canadian oats and soy and spanish almonds.
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Why is the selection of the earths own products so terrible in Loblaws stores?
They have many different products and very frequently their soy milk is not stocked.
See this image- looks like all oat milk.
A lot of it tends to be in the organic section - there are usually a few flavour variations of oat, almond, and soy. However, I usually find a bigger selection at Metro
I think the convention is to put the US products back upside down.
Yeah, this is the best thing to do. Cartons of soy milk that can’t be flipped should be rotated.
Retailers really need to start removing American products from the shelves, or there’s going to be a lot of food waste and lost profits.
I don’t care whether they do or not, since I’ll only buy Canadian and NotAmerican™️from now on, but it would be nice not to have to see American goods when I get groceries.
Retailers get paid a product placement fee for this. This is how the big players keep smaller brands out of stores.
No way they will turn down money. Just don’t purchase it and advocate for clearer labelling for food products.
Retailers get paid a product placement fee for this.
That will only get them so far… if people aren’t actually buying those products then product brands won’t have incentive to keep paying retailers.
In turn, retailers won’t have incentive to have their shelves filled with products that are being thrown out and/or not selling.
For better or worse, retailers need to adapt quickly to market demand, and nobody wants to buy American products.
Give smaller, local brands a chance. Label products accordingly. Promote Canadian over NotAmerican, but still carry products from allied countries. Don’t gouge people while doing all that.
Not only that, but cooler/freezer space is premium in grocery stores. If the American product isn’t selling through, then there will be lots of pressure to replace it with something that sells.
Good luck getting the Weston’s to not be total dicks. Personally I’m lucky that we have an independent grocery store and they carry mostly local produce and meats, honey, and then lots of stuff comes from Europe which is great for cheeses, and such.
We’ve been shopping at a Metro owned store for lack of better options (maybe the lesser of the evils…), but have absolutely been looking for smaller, independent shops for quite a few items that I might have otherwise ordered from Amazon or Walmart.
I think that by the end of the year, my entire way of buying and consuming products would have changed dramatically (for the better) as I source new companies, new brands, alternatives, etc.
That’s a great idea!
Earths Own is 1000% better than any other brand anyways
I find their oat milk just does not foam worth a damn though unfortunately for us cappuccino and caffè latte lovers
My local store stopped stocking their soy milk a year so ago. They have a really good mixed oat/bean milk that I love though
I want to do this in all the stores by me so bad but it would take too long because I live in the US
Earth’s Own is such a better tasting product than Silk that I would never consider Silk even without the ongoing issues with the US.
I’ve had to grab Silk a few times in the past before Earth’s Own was fully established at my local store and they sold out a few times. Silk tastes like sugar water with an offputting chemical taste.
Silk also had contamination issues. While Earth’s Own was fine.
I would certainly appreciate that.
Hey, can I get some of them eggs?
Are there any official numbers out yet about how well these protests are going? It’s easy to feel like change is happening when you are surrounded by like-minded people. As a USian I have been absolutely shocked by how much apathy and inaction I am surrounded by because “it doesn’t affect me personally”.
