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[–] [email protected] 23 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

All non eu products? Or jus american products

[–] [email protected] 119 points 1 day ago (1 children)

People are doing the same in Canada with US products.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 23 hours ago (13 children)

Is there a list somewhere of commonly found American products in European supermarket so that I can definitely not do a bit of this..?

I lose track of all the daughter companies and such that one should watch out for.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 97 points 1 day ago

“that’s illegal”
— Donald

[–] JoeyHarrington 58 points 1 day ago (2 children)

We should do that to US foods in the US.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 day ago

We should do that to US ~~foods~~ flags in the US.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Is there actually any evidence of this happening? Isn't this just a photo of a couple items upside down in a shop?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

Firsthand accounts of my friend in Canada who I speak to on discord on the daily

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I haven't seen anything like that in any store or supermarket here in Spain. Nor even hear about this until now. So I say it's just a couple off items upside-down in a shop.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 day ago

You can be the change.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

I asked my friend and in Canada people are doing this as well as other more aggressive tactics to flag American products.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago

Can we start a movement for this? Who's in?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Consider doing this in my supermarket.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 day ago (3 children)

As an American I implore you to start.

People are telling me to boycott Tesla and I'm over here like "I wasn't about to buy a $65k vehicle spontaneously but I guess won't now anyways."

[–] LillyPip 21 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

My broke ass:

I won’t buy a Tesla this year. In fact, I won’t buy TEN Teslas.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

When I was looking for a new vehicle last year, I had already crossed Tesla off the list because I think they're butt ugly, and I need buttons to at least operate the climate control. And I'm really glad I did.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago

I already skipped two/three products yesterday, one only after scanning it deliberately to find out whether I should avoid it.

Skipped products: Milka spread (Mondelez) and Schweppes. Bought European instead.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 23 hours ago

Direct action time

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago

That shape would arguably be an even clearer indicator of american wares lmao

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

all non-EU or just made usa?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago

I wouldn't do it because I just don't feel like being that akward (it's already akward for me to be in a store).

But I do appreciate it, I do mostly buy store brand products so don't expect i'll be contributing much to the US brands.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

It was slow internet but only this one post wasn’t showing up. As soon as I got home things appeared

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