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[–] brianpeiris@lemmy.ca 14 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

This is so dumb. This could have been a win-win for supermarkets. They could have stocked more, properly labelled, Canadian products, and have people buy more of them, and given themselves tons of positive PR. There must be some hidden profit motive here to keep stocking US products. Capitalists gonna capitalize.

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 11 points 13 hours ago

The profit margin isn't that hidden. Distributors pay groocery stores for shelf placement, and big US brands have deeper pockets and can outbid Canadian alternatives. The winning play, then, is to find any excuse to label US brands as Canadian, and collect from both sides.