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[-] darksiderbun@lemmy.ca 106 points 1 month ago

The reason they said Canada is because we have a brand here called No Name in yellow packaging doing that exact thing. It’s Loblaw’s store brand.

[-] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 14 points 1 month ago

And no frills sells mainly that brand

[-] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

Loblaws does. That includes no frills, Zehrs, Real Canadian super store, Dominion, Maxi, T & T, Wholesale Club and many others.

You would be hard pressed not to find no name. YAY 3 WAY MONOPOLY ON FOOD!

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago
[-] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

That would make a bad board game.

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

So, like Monopoly? A game originally designed to teach people that monopolies are bad, and pretty frustrating as a result?

[-] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah but it would be kinda teaching a different lesson then the original, like if you had 4 players it would be pick the loser.

[-] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Mandatory fuck Loblaws and Weston Galen. Fuck Jim Pattison too while we're at it.

[-] darksiderbun@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

YEAH!! WOOHOO!

[-] Mirshe@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

The US did this for a while from the later 70s until the mid 80s. White-label packaging, with just the name of the foodstuff or item printed on it, in its own separate aisle. Most of these evolved later on into store brands.

[-] buttnugget@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Even into the 90s! I remember Albertson’s had that stuff back then.

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I was going to say doesn't this already exist in Canada? LoL

Also isn't Loblaw's unbelievably horrible? Like even more evil than Walmart?

[-] darksiderbun@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

I don’t know that they’re more evil than Walmart. I think that’s probably not right but I don’t know enough to say for sure. They’ve just kinda, taken over. I’ll put it this way, I much prefer Atlantic Superstore (Loblaws) to Walmart (which I won’t even set foot in)

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

They’ve just kinda, taken over.

That's called a monopoly.

[-] darksiderbun@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

😅It is, isn’t it!

Though I will say smaller groceries and type-specific groceries are aliving, thriving, and cheaper here in Nova Scotia

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 1 month ago

There was a UK brand that do the same thing although it is black text on a white background and they do have a thin blue line as well, for extra excitement.

It's incredibly cheap stuff and not quality at all, but I suppose it is good if you want to save money. I do enjoy that a bottle of their vodka is just labelled "alcohol".

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