Sunshine (she/her) to Buy Canadian · 2 days agoWhere to buy groceries during Trump’s trade war on Canadawww.thecoast.caexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down10
arrow-up125arrow-down1external-linkWhere to buy groceries during Trump’s trade war on Canadawww.thecoast.caSunshine (she/her) to Buy Canadian · 2 days agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareHemingways_ShotgunlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoI’ve always just gone to my local Co-op. You still have to check specific products, but at least the general organization is as local as it can get.
minus-squarekent_ehlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoSame here. It’s a pitty the eastern half of the country doesn’t seem to have that option.
minus-squareHemingways_ShotgunlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoAs someone who grew up on the Prairies, I always found it a little weird that Co-ops were just a thing in the west. Seriously…they send a percentage of what you spend with them back to you each year as a dividend…who wouldn’t want a co-op?
minus-squarenon_burglar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoCo-op regulations are different per province. The west has fuel and grocery coops, but Ontario has way more housing coops.
I’ve always just gone to my local Co-op. You still have to check specific products, but at least the general organization is as local as it can get.
Same here.
It’s a pitty the eastern half of the country doesn’t seem to have that option.
As someone who grew up on the Prairies, I always found it a little weird that Co-ops were just a thing in the west.
Seriously…they send a percentage of what you spend with them back to you each year as a dividend…who wouldn’t want a co-op?
Co-op regulations are different per province. The west has fuel and grocery coops, but Ontario has way more housing coops.