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 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.