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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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[–] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.world 20 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

Most of my groceries are either already made in Canada or imported from Mexico. I didn't have to change much.

It's not a cheap way to shop, I will admit, but it can be done. Canada makes a lot of food, especially here in BC where I live. Beef, pork, sausages, honey, dairy, milk-alternatives, breads, and so much more.

For non-grocery items there are numerous retailers that are Canadian. London Drugs is a great one here in western Canada. Online shopping is a bit harder because Amazon is so hard to replicate, but honestly at that point I just buy from Aliexpress. If I'm going to order cheap crap online I'll just get it from the source instead of sending money to the US.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 hour ago

BC milk-alternatives

Yeah, I went with Earth's Own in the end. Their attempt at copying Nextmilk has not hit the mark yet, unfortunately. Side thing - why are so many brands in Burnaby specifically?

[–] mPony@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Seconded. half the stuff on Amazon is legendary brands like FleySwui08 or Glai77Zalo or Blukogluko. All highly recommended, of course.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 hour ago

TBH I'm not even sure why they do that. We all know it's coming from the same factory in Shenzhen as usual when we see that, right? And what comes tends to be basic but functional.