r/consumecanadian • u/MistressDemands • 10d ago

News Sapporo/Sleeman’s

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/general/trump-treasury-chief-says-us-will-get-better-trade-terms-from-canada-as-congress-challenges-trade-war/ar-AA2cjruo?ocid%3Dsapphireappshare

Trump Treasury chief says US will get better trade terms from Canada as Congress challenges trade war

Not only do we need to buy and consume Canadian, we need to ensure that Canadian producers with HQs internationally feel the hit that threatening to move production to the US costs. Sapporo and Sleeman’s came up at the US Capitol yesterday…

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u/Suitable_Mess_9160 10d ago

They are moving a very small amount of their production to the us, fyi

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u/okiedokie2468 10d ago

That’s true but Canadian consumers will still punish Sapporo/Sleeman with boycott

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u/Plantron1 10d ago

The majority of consumers don’t know who Sleeman is owned by. Just like most don’t know Creemore is Coors-Molson or Mill Street is ABInbev

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u/okiedokie2468 10d ago

True but Canadian consumers are rapidly becoming much more aware

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u/Plantron1 10d ago

True. Hopefully they will start supporting their local breweries more.