How I #buyCanadian is like this:
1. Look at the shelves for a maple leaf
2. Pull up #MapleScan on my cellphone
3. Double check by scanning it
4. If it’s a store brand, like No Name by Loblaws, but not a product of Canada, OR it says made in canada but NOT by a canadian company or parent company, I start scanning products on the shelf without a maple leaf.
5. Often times there ARE products on the shelf which are a true “ #productofCanada ”, by #canadiancompanies, sans maple leaf sticker with the price tag.

I’ll opt for #100%canadian where I can, mostly Canadian second, lastly made anywhere but the US.

Canadian Press: Looking to identify and shop Canadian products? There’s an app for that. “If you catch Sasha Ivanov at the supermarket these days, chances are he’ll be snapping a photo of something on the store’s shelves. His new app, Maple Scan, helps shoppers identify Canadian products by analyzing photographs of products to provide details about where they were made and whether they […]

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