Silk brand is made in the USA. Earth’s own is Canadian.

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    23 hours ago

    Silk is also a brand of the dairy producer Danone. Earth’s Own does not use cruelty and violence to commit atrocity.

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    It’s everywhere actually. US garbage fake food products are getting placed closest to the floor in grocery stores. Getting turned upside down. Everyone is chatty to one another in stores warning to not buy American anything. It’s so much morenwidespread than a few photos on the internet.

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    Are there any official numbers out yet about how well these protests are going? It’s easy to feel like change is happening when you are surrounded by like-minded people. As a USian I have been absolutely shocked by how much apathy and inaction I am surrounded by because “it doesn’t affect me personally”.

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      Apathy is a defining characteristic of an American. I can assure you that the overwhelming majority of people where I live absolutely will not purchase a single American good. All the grocery stores are pulling American food off the shelves. The ones that stay on have warning labels near them that they come from the US.

      The Canadian products are very well labelled. They’ve changed how they stock items to hide the American goods (if there are any left).

      Even our own local grocery store Facebook pages have to disable comments because of the anger they get for the few remaining American products on the shelves (now majorly discounted since they’re nearing their expiry dates).

      I haven’t seen this much change since COVID but even our lunatics are against America (save for our very special 15% or so of the population who aren’t fully conscious).

      You will be made to feel pain and it won’t stop after any tariffs are lifted (if they ever get lifted). America and American is a dirty word now even to apolitical everyday Canadians. Y’all have permanently lost an ally/acquaintance.

      You’ve got no cards here, America. Now say thank you and sorry.

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      2 days ago

      Friends who work in retail are constantly getting asked the origin of products now, seems like it’s actually wide spread

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    Meh…Earths Own is using US almonds in its products and US Oats in some

    Natura is Canadian oats and soy and spanish almonds.

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    Earth’s Own is such a better tasting product than Silk that I would never consider Silk even without the ongoing issues with the US.

    I’ve had to grab Silk a few times in the past before Earth’s Own was fully established at my local store and they sold out a few times. Silk tastes like sugar water with an offputting chemical taste.

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    Retailers really need to start removing American products from the shelves, or there’s going to be a lot of food waste and lost profits.

    I don’t care whether they do or not, since I’ll only buy Canadian and NotAmerican™️from now on, but it would be nice not to have to see American goods when I get groceries.

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      Retailers get paid a product placement fee for this. This is how the big players keep smaller brands out of stores.

      No way they will turn down money. Just don’t purchase it and advocate for clearer labelling for food products.

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        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.

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          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.

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      I find their oat milk just does not foam worth a damn though unfortunately for us cappuccino and caffè latte lovers

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        Have you tried their Batista stuff? It foams like I’d expect dairy to, I use a electric frother as I don’t have an espresso machine (I use an aeropress to make espresso-esque coffee), it’s super persistent foam too.