Sign in Safeway in Smithers, BC

Elbows up, Smithers!

(You can read that in the voice of Mr. Burns if you like.)

Isn't Safeway an American owned company?

Sometimes its the only option for a supermarket in a small community (see: Alaska). Smithers has 5300 people, I doubt there's anything but the Safeway.

Oh, it's not the same Safeway anymore. wikipedia says: Safeway (also referred to as Canada Safeway) is a Canadian supermarket chain that operates 135 full-service locations, mostly in the country's Western provinces. It was established in 1929 as a subsidiary of the American Safeway chain before being sold in 2013 to Sobeys, a division of the conglomerate Empire Company and Canada's second-largest supermarket chain.

ed: you asked and I answered before scrolling to see the other "safeway, the american grocery chain?" thread lol

Meanwhile in Europe: "Honey: contains honey from EU and non-EU countries."

That's a funny example to give because I've never seen more locally produced honey than in Germany. Feels like there's a local beekeeper on every block like twice a quarter.
Actually kinda makes sense for honey given its near infinite shelf life making it easy to ship. Companies that are just doing generic honey instead of some kind of artisanal stuff will just get it from wherever it's cheapest at the time
- It's also easily counterfeit, with the right ratio of glucose/fructose mixed with a bit of pollen and you have "honey" that never been close to a bee.

I was a little baffled when Safeway had Oreos with the maple leaf

Huh, they actually do have a plant making them in Ontario
- There almost needs to be another item in that list that is "Made in Canada by Canadians, with Canadian ingredients, but the company is not Canadian-owned" - i.e. Canadian Lay's chips are 100% made in Canada, so they get to put that label on their products, but the money still goes to PepsiCo.

I’m gonna need this printed on a little business card for reference cause I’m gonna forget the details every time.

They should just put like 65% made in Canada = two thirds of ingredients and labor was canadian

I want that in the EU

Safeway? The American supermarket chain? Or does Canada coincidentally have a supermarket with the same name?

The Canadian Safeway brand was sold to Sobeys, a Canadian company, back in 2013
- This isn’t directed at you, but I fucking despise the quiet ownership of companies. Names offer so little information, nowadays.
- Thank you!

In Australia they have a percentage meter on the packaging with made in or made from local & imported etc. Nice and clear.

At least in ON a lot of products don't really say where they are from. I avoid those products nowadays, but I never understood why it's allowed in the first place. In the place where I'm from all products say so.