• darksiderbun@lemmy.ca
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    1 day 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.

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      7 hours 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?

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        6 hours 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)

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            3 hours 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

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      13 hours 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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      24 hours 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.

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        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!