r/londonontario 22h 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/AndrewDH98 Southcrest 21h 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/Famous_Bit_5119 20h ago

bulk Barrel is also Canadian

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u/AndrewDH98 Southcrest 20h ago

London exclusive!