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.
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.
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.
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.
I’m so sick of the lying. Everyone in power is so casually lying without fear of consequences. Lying used to be a shameful thing to do. How do we get back to that?
Edit: How do we call them out on it? Social media attack? How much does it cost to post ads on all the popular media platforms? Even though it gives money to billionaires in the short term, maybe the public crucifixion would be worth it.
Lying became a means to an end. Police officers lie to get anyone arrested to fill their quotas. Politicians lie to get elected over someone who might actually be honest. Corporations lie to protect their bottom line. It’s just a tool for these ghouls now.
“Potatoe” HA! Can’t even spell potato, definitely not leadership material
Remember this gem?
Asking how the cashier scan gun worked.
Giving a too enthusiastic cheer.
A lot of that stuff depended on a competent opposition that was able to get those moments playing over and over again until everyone had seen them 7 times.
Our problem is we try to refute these shitheads’ points one by one so people hear about it once then forget about it and move on.
Republicans are very good at taking one stupid thing about democrats and repeating it over and over again until everyone has heard it a dozen times, a dozen years later. People still mention Obama promising you could keep your doctor on the ACA plan. It’s this repetition that allows stupid Americans to understand and internalize their messages.
There’s a kraft commercial like this I saw the other day as well. Fuck kraft. Sorry to those folks who work there but I’m not buying that shit anymore.
Saw that one today too. “Made by Canadians, for Canadians.” They conveniently left out those Canadians making it probably make near minimum wage and all the profit is sucked up by their American owners.
