Life in the Lower Mainland (BC, Canada)

Yesterday I reviewed Sprague Cannery's Minestrone Soup . If you haven't heard of  Sprague Cannery , they are a Canadian company making soups in Canada and extremely worried by Trump's tariffs: Tariffs may still feel abstract to many, so let me share something tangible to help everyone better understand the gravity of the situation. We employ 50 people at our Canadian cannery. A significant portion of our business is with US customers. For decades, we’ve operated under… — Sprague Cannery 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 (@SpragueFoods)  March 18, 2025 If you're trying to buy Canadian during these uncertain times, you can use the store locater  to find Sprague's products. You'll want to look carefully at which stores are listed because only some stores of a chain will have them (e.g., not every Save-on-Foods, just some of them). Sprague Cannery's soups are also a "premium product", loaded with limitations such as Plant Based, No Preservatives, Gluten Free, and  BPA -F...

The "buy Canadian" sentiment has surged since the threat of Trump's tariffs and some smaller companies like Sprague Cannery are extremely worried: Tariffs may still feel abstract to many, so let me share something tangible to help everyone better understand the gravity of the situation. We employ 50 people at our Canadian cannery. A significant portion of our business is with US customers. For decades, we’ve operated under… — Sprague Cannery 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 (@SpragueFoods) March 18, 2025 They have absorbed some costs but it's not sustainable. Initially I thought they were an eastern Canadian product not really available in BC (I certainly never saw them in Real Canadian Superstore, where I commonly shop), but it turns out they're just somewhat tricky to find here. While the store locater  lists common stores like Save-on-Foods, not every store will stock them. I live near Metrotown and the most convenient one for me turned out to be London Drugs (and happily t...