JohnnyDos Posted October 12, 2014 Member ID: 77 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 111 Topic Count: 1018 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 7527 Content Per Day: 1.40 Reputation: 9175 Achievement Points: 69486 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 47 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2014 I checked this one out LOM.(http://globalnews.ca/news/1020508/kellogg-to-shut-ontario-plant-next-year/) Kellogg's Moves Ontario Plants To China This has been on our agenda since recently hearing of the closing of the Kellogg's breakfast cereal plant in London , Ontario and moving it to China . Some of us have decided we do not want to consume any food products made in China or for that matter any food products made outside of Canada or the United States . There are some exceptions such as cheese from England & Europe, Olives from Italy etc. We have also expanded this to any products we can avoid not made in North America . This is hard to do especially in electronics This is something we should have paid attention to 30 years or more ago, but we are now, never too late, one person, one step at a time. Please read the article below. I believe the shop Canadian should be priority one and shop North American priority two ( No offence to our friends in other countries, but you should shop your own countries products )THIS IS WORTH READING ANDPASSING ON TO ALL CANADIANSA physics teacher in high school once told the students:That while one grasshopper on the railroad tracks wouldn'tSlow a train very much, a billion of them would.With that thought in mind, read the following, obviouslyWritten by a patriotic Canadian.Shopping in Lowe's the other day for someReason and just for the fun of it I was looking at theGarden hose attachments. They were all made in China .. The next day IWas in Home Hardware and just for the fun of it IChecked the hose attachments there. They were made in Canada !Start looking...In our current economic situation, every littleThing we buy or do affects someone else - even their job.A quote from a consumer:My grandsonLikes Hershey's candy. I noticed, though, that it isMarked made in Mexico now, instead of Smiths Falls , Ontario .I do not buy it any more .My favorite toothpaste, Colgate, is made in Mexico now. I have switched to Crest.You have to read the labels on everything.This past weekend I was at Wal-Mart. I needed 60W lightBulbs. I was in the light bulb aisle, and right next to the GE brand I normally buy was anOff-brand labeled, "Everyday Value". I picked up both types of bulbsAnd compared the stats - they were the same except for the price. TheGE bulbs were more money than the Everyday Value brand but the thingThat surprised me the most was the fact that GE was made in MEXICO and theEveryday Value brand was made in(get ready for this) - Canada at a company in Ontario .Their Equate Products are also made in Canada , and are very good.Just to add my own experience on buying Made in Canada , I was looking forCanned mushrooms that were made in Canada and could never find any, soI would buy fresh. But recently I found RavineMushrooms - made in Canada with a little red maple leafOn the can. A little more money but when I opened the can I looked atMushrooms that look like real mushrooms, not a mushroom that looksLike it was cleaned in bleach.Another product I no longer buyIs Del Monte or Dole canned fruit.Del Monte is packaged in Taiwan and Dole is now a product of China .Why should we pay for their fruit when our growers are left with fruit rotting on theTrees. E.D. Smith is still made in Canada ...Buy theirs, at least you will know what is in itAnd have some quality control.By the way, all pickles with the Presidents Choice labelAnd the No Name yellow label [superstore] are made in India .. Think about it,Water from the Ganges is used... Yes THAT Ganges , the one that thePeople use as a toilet. So throw out the myth that you cannot findProducts you use every day that are made right here.My challenge to you is to start reading the labels whenYou shop for everyday things and see what you can find that is made InCanada.The job you save may be your own or your neighbour's'! (Your children &Grandchildren, also.)If you accept this challenge, pass it on to others in your address bookSo we can all start buying Canadian, one light bulb at a time!Stop buying from overseas companies!(We should have awakened two decades ago.)Let's get with the program. Help our fellow Canadians keep their jobs and create more jobs here in Canada .If President Obama insists on a 'Made in America ' Policy, which is commendable of him, tosupport American workers, we should do likewise.BUY CANADIAN! Read the labels.Support Canadian Jobs Damage_inc-, ldoz, L!ckALotAPus and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little_old_man Posted October 12, 2014 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.29 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Share Posted October 12, 2014 No argument here Johnny. It's all true and very sad. JohnnyDos and loaderXI 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
loaderXI Posted October 12, 2014 Member ID: 252 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 71 Topic Count: 392 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 6418 Content Per Day: 1.20 Reputation: 6495 Achievement Points: 54345 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 30 Joined: 09/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 6 hours ago Birthday: 03/22/1965 Device: Windows Share Posted October 12, 2014 The problem here is we need to be practicing grasshoppers and shop smart...GREAT READ ! NOW to act on it JohnnyDos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
codpiece Posted October 12, 2014 Member ID: 5470 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 52 Topic Count: 371 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 2482 Content Per Day: 0.60 Reputation: 3552 Achievement Points: 22894 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 02/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 30 Birthday: 09/17/1968 Device: Windows Share Posted October 12, 2014 I buy U.S. first and Canada second. I would buy anything E.U. third but it's impossible to find. However, my car was made in Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Damage_inc- Posted October 12, 2014 Member ID: 2048 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 294 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 6689 Content Per Day: 1.37 Reputation: 4709 Achievement Points: 48999 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/15/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1967 Device: Windows Share Posted October 12, 2014 boycott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
7Toes Posted October 12, 2014 Member ID: 87 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 57 Topic Count: 98 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3789 Content Per Day: 0.71 Reputation: 3589 Achievement Points: 27249 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18, 2022 Birthday: 04/02/1871 Share Posted October 12, 2014 canada has a trade agreement with china like the usa if so you will see your factories slowly migrating there like the usa factories went south and to china.bigger profits lets see no EPA cost of doing business no workers benefits to worry about its called mega profits for big corporations oh and the .75 to 1.25 an hr don't forget that one lol JohnnyDos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
7Toes Posted October 12, 2014 Member ID: 87 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 57 Topic Count: 98 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3789 Content Per Day: 0.71 Reputation: 3589 Achievement Points: 27249 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18, 2022 Birthday: 04/02/1871 Share Posted October 12, 2014 why do you think all those millionaires in office pass those fair trade acts with slave labor countrys like it was going to help this country... it was to pad their pockets and there big corporate buddies that help them get elected JohnnyDos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Labob Posted October 13, 2014 Member ID: 42 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8270 Content Per Day: 1.54 Reputation: 5985 Achievement Points: 53653 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 12 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 9 hours ago Birthday: 01/30/1959 Device: Windows Share Posted October 13, 2014 Its been taught to me by my dad and I'm sure by most everybody elses dad. No matter what country what nationality. Buy local by the next local and so on. Next by what ever you need and what you can afford . So beit if it comes from China. China right now is losing its labour force to india what goes around comes around. And remember you iphone users and android users well just saying JohnnyDos and Nisty* 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
7Toes Posted October 13, 2014 Member ID: 87 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 57 Topic Count: 98 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3789 Content Per Day: 0.71 Reputation: 3589 Achievement Points: 27249 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18, 2022 Birthday: 04/02/1871 Share Posted October 13, 2014 lol no iphone here a cheap phone pay as you go double the mins lifetime of the phone no camera on it either lol. i think i have had this phone 2 years now cost me 9 bucks from china lol...did not see any made in the usa on any of them imagine that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted October 13, 2014 Member ID: 1238 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4984 Achievement Points: 50727 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11 Device: Kindle Fire Share Posted October 13, 2014 The company closes a factory due to weak sales in one country and opens one in another where it seeks to grow its business. This doesn't mean that the Chinese cornflakes will be appearing on Canadian shelves. In the same way, I don't expect Chinese Pringles to appear here. It has been economically viable for the company to bring them into the UK from neighbouring Belgium but imagine the shipping costs from 5-6,000 miles away. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/business/story/2012/09/24/kellogg-expands-sales-of-cereal-snacks-in-china/57836270/1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
JohnnyDos Posted October 13, 2014 Member ID: 77 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 111 Topic Count: 1018 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 7527 Content Per Day: 1.40 Reputation: 9175 Achievement Points: 69486 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 47 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2014 Just wonder if they will include 'China's" special ingredient "melamine" in the mix? Damage_inc- and Labob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormCrow Posted October 13, 2014 Member ID: 480 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 72 Topic Count: 250 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 2644 Content Per Day: 0.49 Reputation: 4818 Achievement Points: 45830 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 28 Joined: 09/21/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 12 hours ago Birthday: 03/11/1975 Device: Android Share Posted October 13, 2014 Want an eye opener on Mr Kellogs and his Brother? Look into the history of Corn Flakes, these two dudes were fucked up individuals! Total Anti Masturbatory go getters, Corn Flakes was originaly marketed as an Anti Masturbatory Breakfast Cereal designed to curb the need of masturbation in youth. Mr Kellog was a strong advocate of anti masturbation and believed in such barbaric methods as dripping chloric acid on a womans clit to de-sensitize them. Creepy fuckers them Kellogs boys were Sonovabich 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Sonovabich Posted October 13, 2014 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1534 Topics Per Day: 0.29 Content Count: 5020 Content Per Day: 0.94 Reputation: 5171 Achievement Points: 131490 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 3 Device: Windows Share Posted October 13, 2014 Yeah we are used to losing things we just lost Cadbury's recently too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonovabich Posted October 13, 2014 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1534 Topics Per Day: 0.29 Content Count: 5020 Content Per Day: 0.94 Reputation: 5171 Achievement Points: 131490 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 3 Device: Windows Share Posted October 13, 2014 (edited) Want an eye opener on Mr Kellogs and his Brother? Look into the history of Corn Flakes, these two dudes were fucked up individuals! Total Anti Masturbatory go getters, Corn Flakes was originaly marketed as an Anti Masturbatory Breakfast Cereal designed to curb the need of masturbation in youth. Mr Kellog was a strong advocate of anti masturbation and believed in such barbaric methods as dripping chloric acid on a womans clit to de-sensitize them. Creepy fuckers them Kellogs boys were You seen the movie about them with Anthony Hopkins playing one of the brothers Stormy (can't remember what it's called now) pretty sure the health clinic they were running they were all for masturbation...well at least in the movie they were lol. Found it @@StormCrow it was quite a funny movie, click on the Trailer if you ain't seen it. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111001/ Edited October 13, 2014 by Sonovabich StormCrow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john tams Posted October 13, 2014 Member ID: 169 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 3 Topic Count: 27 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 176 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 107 Achievement Points: 1355 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 29, 2021 Birthday: 03/24/1953 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Hi Johnny The firm I work for produces cardboard cartons for the food industry, (we make the outer box that the boxes we take home come in). In fact this factory was set up to produce cartons for mainly two customers namely Kellogg's and Heinz. The Kellogg's order was for years our no1 core business, I have worked in this factory for over 40 years..and we were producing cartons for them when I started in 1973. Last year we lost half of the Kellogg's, order approx. 35% of our total factory output. I wonder if that's gone to China as well??. Makes you think............. Regards Chris/JT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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