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Last trip to the grocery store I couldn't find any non-US salad kits, and Silk NextMilk is made down there now, because I guess our plants were the listeria ones. Chip dip was surprisingly hard to find too, although I did it.

I'm very pleased with how many vegetables actually come from Mexico (definitely via the US though), and there's even a few things you can get from greenhouses, so that situation is less dire than I'd expected.

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[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] Drivebyhaiku@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Not bad. I get most of my veg from local Chinese grocery where everything is a little closer to spoil but cheaper by half and all the sourcing info is in a language I don't read so I basically wrote that off as a whole in the name of scraping by.

But was decently happy to learn that my spending habits were mostly Canadian centric by default anyway exempting snacks. Mind you I live in a chunk of Van where most of my fav stuff is imported from Asia through local companies and ports so my easy solve was just segwaying hard into Korean and Japanese imports.

[–] thistlexthorn@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’m lucky to live in a rural place with great farmers market infrastructure, so many options to buy from here. When I do go to the grocery store, buying Canadian has been the norm for quite a few years but I am making a more conscious effort, taking my time to check all the labels. Haven’t had problems so far

[–] CanadaPlus 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nice to see another rural person. Lemmy is pretty urban on average.

Farmer's markets are very seasonal, of course. And like I've brought up elsewhere, people absolutely will resell store goods in them if they can make a profit doing so.

[–] bowreality@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Me three! We buy all our meat from local farms. And veg in summer and we grow our own. I am also increasing what we grow on fruit

[–] Slax@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Great until I went into Dollarama and bought an energy drink and now I need to get two gifts for 6 year olds. Most likely at Walmart 🤦🏼

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[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Didn't buy anything american this week, at all, but I'm due to go grocery shopping.

I'm making a pot pie from some leftover beef and bacon fat that I turned into roux, I've got some potatoes that are getting old, some carrots, mushrooms... it should be tasty

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Had to buy Corn Starch from Austrian company. Because the Fleichmann's CANADA brand corn starch is Made in USA. And could actually find a Canadian Manufacturer

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