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Calgary Retail Thread

The last 7 Eleven is now gone from downtown at 8th and 10th Ave, though I guess it's not completely surprising considering the theft and the state the parent company is in.
 
GoVertical said:
The last 7 Eleven is now gone from downtown at 8th and 10th Ave, though I guess it's not completely surprising considering the theft and the state the parent company is in.
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Weird, it seems like that one just opened, and in the midst of a ton of new apartments along 10 Ave.
 
The one at 12th and Macleod is still open. But it's a struggle. Their selection is shit, because of the need to not keep too much on the shelves, and the space is always surrounded. Rough times indeed.
 
Roaring Flames said:
Noticed today the local neighbourhood Safeway had Canadian flags next to price labels of locally produced items
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What I noticed in mine was Canadian flags almost entirely just next to store-brand products (which give them higher profits). There were flags next to a box of tea that I'm pretty sure wasn't grown in Canada's vast tea plantations, and that said nothing of provenance more than "produced for Safeway".
 
I've been trying to use some of the scanner apps, but kind of hit and miss. For now, I'll do as much research as I can and as long as the product says Product of Canada, I'll take it. If it says Made in Canada I'll do a bit of digging. I'm finding that bypassing the US isn't as difficult as I was expecting. Especially groceries, which I thought would be very difficult, but we managed a good sized grocery shopping trip with everything being non-US.
 
For me it is about non-US not just buy Canada. So I don't really blink at things like coffee, which obviously are not Canadian. The struggle this time of year is with fruit and vegetables. Really trying to find some Mexico/South America varieties but it can be tough.

Recently bought new shoes, you wouldn't believe how many brands are American. Even Reebok, which has the union Jack on their shoe, is American. Went with Asics, Japanese company and I have bought and enjoyed Asics before.
 
I need new shoes, DC and Vans are my go to for years, not sure what I'll do lol.

I wasn't as diligent as I thought on my last grocery trip, ended up with a bunch of American made stuff. Going to try and do a bit more research before my next trip.
 
CalgaryTiger said:
For me it is about non-US not just buy Canada. So I don't really blink at things like coffee, which obviously are not Canadian. The struggle this time of year is with fruit and vegetables. Really trying to find some Mexico/South America varieties but it can be tough.

Recently bought new shoes, you wouldn't believe how many brands are American. Even Reebok, which has the union Jack on their shoe, is American. Went with Asics, Japanese company and I have bought and enjoyed Asics before.
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When it comes to purchasing products that are American it gets so blurry. Most American goods are usually made in China, or elsewhere but often from parts sourced in various other countries. Makes it really hard to know what's what. For example I recently ordered a new Acer laptop. I was ordering the Acer anyway, and knowing it's a Taiwanese company made me feel better about the choice, but I can't help wondering how much less American it is compared to say... Dell? Dell's laptops are made in China, and the parts come from all over the place, even Taiwan. The operating system and many of the apps are American. Very interesting situation indeed. Same goes for clothing etc.. almost all of it's made in Asia, so how much actually goes into the US economy?
The easiest things to target are produce, as they have to be grown somewhere, and they're labeled as such, or I guess anything that says product of Canada. Avoiding a trip to the US is huge, trips are a lot of money, and almost all of it goes directly into the US economy.
 
Theres quite a bit of Canadian made clothing, id say about 50% of my wardrobe is at this point. But be prepared to spend money, but you end up with higher quality stuff that lasts a long time.

Its a shame NAQP just shut down, I feel like they would have had a solid sales bump with this new found patriotism
 
potatopizzafan said:
Theres quite a bit of Canadian made clothing, id say about 50% of my wardrobe is at this point. But be prepared to spend money, but you end up with higher quality stuff that lasts a long time.

Its a shame NAQP just shut down, I feel like they would have had a solid sales bump with this new found patriotism
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Curiosity got the best of me.
I'm not the most fashionable person around, so this might not be the same for everyone, but I took a look through my closet and found that the my clothes mostly come from Asia: India, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Indonesia, Philippines and Bangladesh. A couple of items were from Mexico. Many of them were American brands. Makes me wonder how much money from each item goes back to the US economy? Some brands were Canadian, but made in other countries.
 
Lots of great European brands for shoes. Both Adidas and Puma are German. On the non-sports side, there's Doc Martens (UK) and Birkenstock (Germany). Blundstone is Australian.
 
potatopizzafan said:
Theres quite a bit of Canadian made clothing, id say about 50% of my wardrobe is at this point. But be prepared to spend money, but you end up with higher quality stuff that lasts a long time.

Its a shame NAQP just shut down, I feel like they would have had a solid sales bump with this new found patriotism
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Oh damn, use to be a NAQP customer but switched to Man of Distinction instead as a way to turnover my wardrobe.
 
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