mintiefresh@piefed.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 8 days agoSour news for pickle lovers: Bick's pickles no longer stocked at some Canadian retailerswww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up162arrow-down1external-linkSour news for pickle lovers: Bick's pickles no longer stocked at some Canadian retailerswww.cbc.camintiefresh@piefed.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareStinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·edit-27 days agoWe really have to stop selling our businesses to Americans. Edit: What a great opportunity to build a homegrown pickle business.
minus-squareLeFantome@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·8 days agoIndividual business owners are free to pursue their own interests. But so are consumers. If a Canadian brand sells itself to the US, Canadians should abandon it. If that keeps happening, US companies will stop poaching Canadian companies. If we had started this process sooner, HBC would still be in business.
minus-squarecyborganism@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoNah… HBC would’ve died anyway. They just didn’t have any vision.
minus-squarethreeonefour@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 days agoEasy to say until an American writes you a huge cheque check.
We really have to stop selling our businesses to Americans.
Edit: What a great opportunity to build a homegrown pickle business.
Individual business owners are free to pursue their own interests.
But so are consumers.
If a Canadian brand sells itself to the US, Canadians should abandon it. If that keeps happening, US companies will stop poaching Canadian companies.
If we had started this process sooner, HBC would still be in business.
Nah… HBC would’ve died anyway. They just didn’t have any vision.
Easy to say until an American writes you a huge
chequecheck.That hurt my soul