Absolutely! Canadians have been boycotting one of our grocery chains (Loblaw) since last May but fully understanding that not everyone is able to participate. Some rural communities have only one grocery store and it’s one of the Loblaw stores yet others are on a tight budget and buy what is on sale which means that they still might have to get some of their groceries at one of the Loblaw stores if that means getting the best deals. Now that tariffs are being charged Canadians are shopping local more than ever to avoid paying import tax on affected items but there are a lot of items we don’t source in Canada like the coffee and bananas you refer to or they may not be able to afford the pricier local products. Shoppers have to do what is best for them.
Exactly.
It’s a privilege and a luxury to be able to be choosy about what one is buying.
I boycott Costco and Walmart. That’s a privilege that I’m able to do so. I don’t judge other people if they want to shop wherever they want to shop.
I find there are people who seem to want to judge me for shopping at Loblaws or No Frills.
I am lucky that I have the budget to shop at indie stores. I pay a bit more, the produce lasts longer, the money stays in the community, I help a local business. Not everyone has this luxury.
We all choose our own priorities and our own battles.
It’s another To Each Their Own decision.
Yes, many large (think Tito’s), small (Boardroom) and medium (Philadelphia). I became fond of Penn 1681 rye-based vodka some years ago. They are the same distiller as the Bluecoat gin mentioned upthread. During Covid I discovered two locals: Boardroom and Kiki. They both make a decent (Kiki) to good (Boardroom) vodka that they’ll deliver to your doorstep in 24 hours or less. Kikis is vodka only, but Boardroom has a full slate of products including a decent rye. Which reminds me that Dads Hat is also a local producer of rye that is well-thought of (but which I don’t care for).
All that is to say yes, there is more than enough distilling in the US. And I haven’t even mentioned that particular US product: bourbon.
But as someone has mentioned upthread, all those locally produced products will go up in price as well due to demand.
Glad I cut down on dranking significantly, but who knows how long that’ll last given all that is going on…
I’m a fan of California Olive Ranch olive oil…but that stuff got expensive after the fires in NorCal. I’ve seen the chef size bottle near $40. I think that was full retail, so it is less…but not cheap. Costco’s evoo might still be less. We shall see.
I also replaced olive oil in most cooking with avocado oil (higher smoke point, less expensive) and use olive oil for flavor and finishing stuff. Avocado oil will likely rise in price due to importing avocados for oil.
Distilleries in Massachusetts.
Why Costco? Just because it’s a US-based company or other reasons?
(If you can answer that without being unacceptably political)
It’s a regionally specific boycott.
In 2014, a pregnant mother and her 6 yo daughter were struck by a car driven by a senior who accidentally put the car into reverse, which drove the car into the front entrance. The toddler died. The mother lost the fetus.
Costco was found not liable. The driver was found fully liable. She was remorseful. She was sentenced. I don’t have any issues with the judgment.
Costco still has not put posts in front of the entrance doors to prevent this from happening in the future. I suspect this is because Costco Canada Head Office does not want to look like they should have taken any blame, and putting up posts to prevent an accident from happening would look like they were admitting the entrance could or should be safer.
The same case can’t be tried again. I think this is an optics decision on their part.
My local indie grocery store, Fiesta Farms, has posts in front of its front doors, and they do not have a Costco Budget.
A few years later, in 2018, we had an incel drive into a crowd crossing at a busy intersection in Toronto. People died. People were disabled. My friend has PTSD from witnessing the incident. There were concrete barriers put up at our main train station the next day, to prevent this sort of violence.
Why couldn’t my local Canadian Costco put up barriers to prevent an accident from happening again?
That particular Canadian Costco has terrible drivers in general, and it’s a hellish parking lot.
There have been photos on Reddit, of entitled Costco members at the same Canadian Costco double parking right in front of the same doors this spring. It’s only a matter of time before someone gets hurt again.
Virtually every type of liquor is distilled in the USA. My son in law used to make Dripping Springs Vodka (good vodka, good price) when he started his distilling career. Now he makes Milam & Greene bourbon and rye.
Doesn’t sound like it! 
Ah, thanks. Tragic events, indeed.
Back on topic, US people can still buy up to $800 of goods from Canada before tariffs kick in. Good news for me because I buy a lot of chocolate molds and cocoa butter from Canada. So, US-ians, buy your maple syrup directly from the producer and eliminate the middleman importer.
Many retails stores in the Bay Area now put up heavy bollards or those water filled road barriers in front of stores…so thieves can not ram a car into a store front for a smash and grab.
We have had a ton of smash and grabs at banks, convenience stores, and jewellery stores lately, but we haven’t caught on to the bollards or water-filled barriers yet. We have so much water to use, being situated near Niagara Falls and nestled among 3 of the Great Lakes.
We’re always 2 to 5 years behind California. 
and NH
Bc I’m familiar with various local sources for booze? 
I mean… I wasn’t born a teetotaler, and I’m still pretty far from it — but we’ve cut our alcohol consumption in half this year so far at the very least, if not more. Sure saves hella $$$
Coconuts come from where?
Hawaii, some of them.
More likely your use of “dranking” (vs drinking)?
That was on porpoise, tho 
Kentucky bourbon.
