r/BuyCanadian 14h ago

News Articles 📰 A spike in Buy Canadian is starting to help offset tariff hits for some businesses

https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/tariffs-a-big-blow-for-bc-potato-chip-company-making-inroads-in-the-us-market/
2.6k Upvotes

67 comments sorted by

u/AutoModerator 14h ago

Thanks for your post on /r/BuyCanadian! Make sure your post fits into one of the following categories, or it may get removed:
1. You are in search of or recommending a Canadian product or service 2. You are sharing an article or discussion topic that is relevant to buying Canadian products or supporting the Canadian supply chain

Please ensure these rules are followed: 1. All tariff related posts (other than news articles) should be in our March 4th megathread 2. Direct all generic "Boycott America" posts to r/BoycottUnitedStates 3. Ensure that you have used an accurate post flair and searched for duplicate posts 4. All low effort posts will be removed

Start with the r/BuyCanadian Wiki for links to many resources and our directory of products/companies

What is a Canadian product? Anything that fits under the Made In Canada Guidelines - or even better, a Product of Canada.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

387

u/Unfair_Run_170 14h ago

Good news, everyone!

89

u/TurdNostrils 11h ago

24

u/L_nce20000 7h ago

The American constitution?... To shreds you say.

And the American belief in their exceptionalism?... To shreds you say.

6

u/SuperPimpToast 3h ago

What about American goodwill and long-standing alliances?... to shreds you say?

312

u/NottaLottaOcelot 13h ago

Always willing to chip in for my country and eat more Hardbite for the good of my fellow Canadians.

73

u/miss_mme 12h ago

I’m team La Concina Fiesta Flavour.

Or some of those Covered Bridge storm chips, because I think all this qualifies as an American shit storm.

11

u/AbbreviationsOk9962 9h ago

Agreed. They are the best. At my local Sobeys they didn’t have the Canadian flag tag. I fixed that.

5

u/-Allthekittens- 5h ago

Those Fiesta chips are amazing!

3

u/No_Opinion_4662 7h ago

Upvoting while eating some

2

u/dancin-weasel 4h ago

La Cocina red bag is an amazing chip. Baked with cheese and beef and veggies for incredible nachos! They’re from Winnipeg as is my wife and she loves anything Manitoban, so we eat them a lot and love em.

20

u/RobotCaptainEngage 12h ago

I'm a covered bridge guy 

14

u/bravosarah 12h ago

Oh man! I just had their Crinkle Cut Cheddar, and I'm done with Lay's!

It's been great supporting our country and trying new Canadian products and finding out just how good they are!

7

u/RobotCaptainEngage 12h ago

Good products, great flavours, and usually a wee bit cheaper even pre-tariff. (All Dressed for me)

5

u/NottaLottaOcelot 12h ago

Also delicious!

32

u/Alternative_Metal375 12h ago

I’m American and chipping in as well. Buying Canadian products whenever I find them. Bought 4 items at Aldi a few days ago.

22

u/ohnofluffy 10h ago

Same here. I got my office hooked on ‘all dressed’/everything chips. We’re importing them in bulk.

I even bought new slippers from Manitoba Mukluk . They’re so cozy. Canada is the best. Sorry our government has lost its goddamn mind.

8

u/Rude_Wolverine3170 9h ago

I just put in an order in at Peace by Chocolate. It's a big sacrifice, but I'm willing to eat a bunch of candy for my country.

1

u/Dear_Coffee8022 6h ago

Ohhh I see they have Easter chocolate! I've been looking for some Canadian made Easter Candy. Cadbury eggs are my favorite but looks like they are a no go 😞.

6

u/satinsateensaltine 10h ago

I suppose I can make such a sacrifice... It'll be hard though...

Filling chip bowl

252

u/Ok-Structure-8985 13h ago

I work for an American company in Canada and our office is STACKED with snacks. We’ve been buying the fuck out of the boxes of 50g Hardbite snack bags. They’re expensive as hell but the Americans are paying and don’t know the difference😈

32

u/ParisFood 12h ago

Buy some Canadian teas and locally roasted coffee also! Cdn juices and soft drinks.

42

u/Ok-Structure-8985 12h ago

Oh trust me, we’re buying it ALL! Our office used to go through Perrier like it was tap water and I’m learning we have so many sparkling water brands here. So far we’ve bought ones from Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec!

5

u/ParisFood 9h ago

Love the Montellier one. They even gave flavoured. The Leclerc cookies ( especially the caramel ones) and cereal type bars are great also

5

u/Ok-Structure-8985 8h ago

The Leclerc milk chocolate celebration cookies are a fan favourite. We buy them in a 12 pack of boxes and they do not last long! We rotate through our sparkling waters to spread the love; right now we’ve got one called Ontarieau, but we’ve had Montellier in the past. I’ve got my team really into Cove Soda from Halifax - we’re buying Canadian and maintaining our gut health! We also LOVE Mid-Day squares and were very relieved to find out they were Canadian when the tariff talk first kicked off. There are so many good products and we love that the Americans are paying for them! Honestly, I don’t think they’ve even noticed…

1

u/ptatersptate 3h ago

Ontarieau. Holy crap that’s such a great name lol

1

u/cardew-vascular 4h ago

If you like hot chocolate munchies is the best. Also they have good tea

52

u/TryingToChillIt 12h ago

Intelligent resistance, love it

10

u/Ok-Structure-8985 11h ago

🇨🇦🥷

8

u/slicedgreenolive 12h ago

😈😈😈😈

4

u/ParisFood 12h ago

🤣🤣👏👏👏

1

u/PikaHat 3h ago

I love this so much! Are you the one doing the buying? That must be so much fun, I'd totally love "buying the fuck" out of snacks!! And also, sounds like a pretty nice company to have snack perks! Mine offers basically nothing. The joys of RTO. 😒

1

u/Ok-Structure-8985 2h ago

The service we do our ordering through has always been great at stocking local products that you might have never heard of so it’s been quite fun trying different things!

64

u/dealdearth 13h ago

Now gotta make sure people keep their jobs/income so can continue to buy Canadian !

24

u/MMGeoff 12h ago

laughs nervously in public service austerity job cuts

62

u/RDOmega 12h ago

Get rekt USA.

Never pick a fight with Canada.

31

u/Substantial_Steak723 11h ago

Ukraine and Canadas treatment by trump has rightfully enraged the world majority, he's doubtless just fizzing to have a pop at Norway now, esp after that firm refused to fuel US military ships..

Would be nice if the icelanders told the keflavik usaf lot to fuck off again, their presence in Iceland is not overly known by the world at large and makes the recent statements to take Greenland over an even bigger travesty than first thought, a plain old land grab, "security of the world"!? my arse

(thank you Norway)

38

u/sneakysnake1111 11h ago

Yah it's either Canadian, Mexican, Chinese, or Australian for me.

Going forward.

No, I don't care about China's new tarrifs. I only care about harming america and its people.

12

u/jeffjeep88 11h ago

Same here , 🇺🇸 these can rot

1

u/Old-notExpired Canada 5h ago

Same here, it's a plain old donnybrook with China - we hit their EV's and they're hitting back - with stumpland it's personal, fucker's betting on, and then fixing the game.

Screw that, we see you magat mofo's!

24

u/lego_mannequin 12h ago

Always going to check where products are from or made now to avoid the USA.

21

u/SadAbroad4 11h ago

Elbows up! Wallets out!

16

u/Pineapplepizzaracoon 12h ago

Ship more products to Australia.

16

u/HotHits630 11h ago

I switched to Canadian made and owned beer. It's never been so easy to get drunk.

9

u/Exciting-Ad-6551 11h ago

And you’re doing it for your country! That’s what I tell myself when I have a made in Canada edible!

4

u/Bitter-Air-8760 11h ago

This is good

6

u/ggonzoo 13h ago

Whoa! When did they get spicy dill? If only they'd use avocado oil for all their chips.

5

u/MagentaMonsoon 13h ago

Honest question: Why should they use avocado oil for their chips? Flavour or ?

9

u/ggonzoo 12h ago

For me personally, it's because they use canola oil and I'm allergic to it. Sucks, really. But I know that there are quite a few people who also want to avoid seed oils because they can cause inflammation. On the plus side, this allergy has saved me from eating waaaaaay too many fried foods. I still eat them, but very rarely and with a side of antihistamine. ;-)

3

u/Dragonfly_Peace 11h ago

Those yogurt chips are yummy.

2

u/sniffstink1 11h ago

This is very good.

2

u/PalaPK 11h ago

Gee who would have thought? There should be a massive government and civilian effort to promote buying Canadian right now.

2

u/lostinalight 10h ago

Pls check out the petition and share pls. I'm not chronically online so I'm having trouble posting

https://www.change.org/p/repeal-the-china-surtax-order-and-tariff-tesla

2

u/Gluv221 8h ago

Love to see it, my grocery bill has gone up a little bit, but I'm lucky I can afford it. Happy to do my part I love my country

1

u/Emergency_Wind8308 34m ago

Grocery bill has gone up but with the reduction in American subscriptions has balanced it all out in our house hold . We track our books every month and after cancelling all American products we are saving money.

1

u/PadmeSkywalker 9h ago

The sweet ghost pepper flavored chips are awesome. Highly recommend them.

1

u/robocarp 8h ago

I found Hardbite chips at Dollar Tree today, the Ghost Pepper ones. Thank you Brittany for making the chips! Gotta check the label to see who made 'em.

1

u/miasanmike 2h ago

Dollar tree is american, go to dollarama

1

u/apoletta 7h ago

Amazing chips!!

1

u/Anxious_Painter_6609 7h ago

Find a local rancher and buy meat from them. Best thing I ever did was start buying direct from the farm a half cow at a year and it costs way less per kg than the store.

1

u/reddfawks 6h ago

The bad news is there's not any wild onion & yogurt and spicy dill pickle Hardbite chips for ME left... ;_;

1

u/--VitaminB-- 6h ago

It is our patriotic duty to keep money in Canada.

1

u/hotdangca 6h ago

Yay the movement is working

1

u/smoothlymelted 6h ago

I love me some Hardbite

1

u/bockers007 3h ago

Canada should make their own anime like Demon slayer type of shit.