• Ace T'Ken
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    1 day ago

    It is deeply weird how the local Safeway will mark things as Canadian because manufacturing is here even though the ownership is entirely American.

    They have Pepsi and Coke with Canadian flags on them for some weird reason.

    • thebigslime@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      The Pepsi and Coke thing goes down a deeper rabbit hole. McDonald’s cups have maple leaves, too. My honest suspicion is it helps ID stock meant for different markets for inventory and import/export reasons.

    • Routhinator@startrek.website
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      19 hours ago

      Safeway is an american grocery store. They are not your friend and they will be on the side of American companies. That they are doing this is unsurprising.

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        14 hours ago

        Canada Safeway is owned (since 2013) by Sobeys, which is a fully Canadian owned company.

        The only thing it has in common with the US company is the name.

        Similar to A&W. Completely separate company in Canada and the US.

      • Ace T'Ken
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        18 hours ago

        I’m kinda torn on things. The other option in the area is a NoFrills, which is the Loblaws monopoly. They are Canadian, but evil as fuck. At least Safeway has a functional union for the workers?

        Otherwise I can drive 20 minutes (both ways) and go to a Co-Op instead of a 4 minute walk. I’m legit not sure which of the options is worse or best.