Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠMar 7, 2025

I'm going to start calling this mapleturfing. Fuck US goods pretending to be Canadian.

Campbells' soup sold in Canada now has a maple leaf on the label. Their website has had a maple leaf next to their logo since October 2023.

Screenshot of "prepared in Canada" label here:
https://mstdn.social/@ianrogers/114126783956912696

Campbell's has not had Canadian manufacturing since 2018 when they shut down their last Canadian plant.

#Canada #BuyCanadian #mapleturfing #fakeCanadian

https://mstdn.social/@lester@mastodon.social/114122681471741937

Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Worth noting there are a few version of Campbell's soup can packaging out there so I took a screenshot of this one for sale on amazon.ca (there's a double whammy for you). Note that the address on this Campbell's soup can is just a last-mile distribution facility. There has been no production at this location since 2018. It is not, in fact. "prepared in Canada". #maplewashing #mapleturfing #BuyCanadian #Canada

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Show threadSheldon

@ianrogers I've been trying to find a good online resource for Canadian products, but it's all so scattered. The one thing I've found that has gotten me further than most is by using the Shop app put out by Shopify to look for the word Canada.

Granted, we could also discuss that Shopify itself has some problems and it only helps you find Canadian sellers who may or may not be selling actual Canadian goods, but this is a storm and that's a port.

Mar 8, 2025 at 4:54amWeb
Show threadSheldonMar 8, 2025

@ianrogers I've found some still budding apps. One of them is Maple Scan. It's a barcode scanner, but the inventory of products in the app is still not very robust and the accuracy is not great.

It listed Campbell's soup as being a product of Canada and cited sources that actually report that Campbell's closed their Canadian plant in 2018 as you mentioned.

All of the apps are focused on Canadian audiences and there's not much I can glean out of that info yet. Hopefully once they get better set there'll be some buying advice for supporters south of the border.