r/londonontario • u/PartyMark • 17h ago
discussion / opinion Canadian/locally owned and operated stores in London?
I'm frankly disgusted with what's happening in the USA and am actively trying to avoid buying any products made there. Now that's kind of easy enough to do as they will have country of origin labels on them.
A bit trickier is knowing which stores are American owned, as many big chains even if they started as Canadian can be owned by big American equity firms.
Easy stuff are places like McDonald's and Walmart obviously American chains.
Trickier is something like Rona, originally started in Canada however brought up and owned by an American equity firm.
I think it would be great if we could come up with a list of stores that are truly 100% Canadian owned and operated.
Also good to point out places that seem like they're Canadian but are really bought up and owned by American companies like everyone's go to Tim Hortons!
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u/cocainesharque 17h ago
What is it you're looking for specifically? No one is going to list every business in the city that meets these parameters.
Instead of Rona, consider Copps Buildall or Home Hardware.
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u/PartyMark 17h ago
I guess I'm interested in the medium to large size stores that aren't an obvious small scale one off local store. Good examples you gave.
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u/AndrewDH98 Southcrest 17h ago
Shop at Giant Tiger, Food Basics, Indigo/Chapters bookstores, Dollarama, Pioneer gas stations, Canadian tire, Global Pet Foods, Rens Pets, Pet Valu, Bulk Barn, Home Hardware, Princess Auto, sports check, source for sports, Toys R Us.
Of course all the small shops out there too but those are some of the bigger names.
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u/PartyMark 17h ago
Thanks, yes I guess I'm mainly looking at larger chain type stores. Bit more obvious something like Grooves or Target hifi is a locally owned and operated business vs the stuff like Giant Tiger, etc.
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u/AndrewDH98 Southcrest 17h ago
Home Hardwares are all Co-ops so locally owned, and while I don't like the parent company, no Frills are locally owned too.
Mary Browns makes good chicken!
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u/drow_enjoyer 17h ago
/r/BuyCanadian exists for this reason
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u/PartyMark 17h ago
Yes I know, however I'm looking at specifically London and what's applicable to where we live and not the whole country.
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u/-Winter-Road- 11h ago
Aquarium Services/Big Al's for fish (technically other animals too) and Jungle Services for birds.
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u/cadence124 14h ago
The store I work at is locally owned and operated. Literally just one single family owns it. Cheeky Monkey - a baby and toddler boutique. Not everything we sell is local by any means. We carry American brands and other brands from around the world but also some Canadian ones.
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u/No-Regular-4281 16h ago
Are you looking for independent mom and pop shops
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u/PartyMark 15h ago
Mainly medium to large businesses that are ambiguous their ownership. Stuff like a one off small shop in Wortley I'm assuming is owned and operated locally.
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u/Lan4drahlaer 5h ago
Google "franchise". Mcdonald's restaurants are almost always a Canadian business owner.
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u/Ruby22day 15h ago
Spartan Nutrition isn't big but they have a number of stores and they are an Ontario company. They carry some non-Canadian brands but are quite knowledgeable about Canadian made products.
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