She wrote :) This past weekend I was at Kroger. I needed
60 W light bulbs and Bounce dryer sheets.
I was in the light
bulb aisle and right next to the GE brand I normally buy was
an off brand labeled "Everyday Value." I picked up
both types of bulbs and compared the stats - they were the
same except for the price. The GE bulbs were more money than the
Everyday Value brand but the thing that surprised me the
most was the fact that GE was made in MEXICO and the
Everyday Value brand was made in - get ready for this - the
USA. So throw out the myth that you cannot find products you
use every day that are made right here - from a company in
Cleveland OH!
So on to another aisle - Bounce Dryer
Sheets.....yep you guessed it Bounce was more money and made
in Canada, the Everyday Value brand was less money and MADE
IN THE USA! I did laundry yesterday and the dryer sheets
performed just like the Bounce Free I have been using for
years and at almost half the price!
So my challenge to you is to start reading the labels when
you shop for everyday things and see what you can find that
is made in the USA - the job you save may be your own or
your neighbors!
7 comments:
Ginger seems to think it's Real. Let's all go out and see if she's right.
Of course it's real! Many grocery chains have their own manufacturing plants right here in the US. Kroger has 41 listed on Wikipedia. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kroger
Read the label. If it says "Manufactured in the US", it is. If it says "Distributed by __", it's probably not made here.
You can find American made products in two reports: American Made Yes americanmadeyes.com and also in americanmade1.blogspot.com
Whether this Kroger story is real or not doesn't matter. The message is a valid one for Americans. We should be watching the labels to see where things are made and -- in the case of food-- to see what it's made of.
I would go one step further and encourage people to buy local whenever possible.
I think all products should have a small flag (based on where it is made) on the FRONT of the products. This way it is very easy to figure out the "Made in the USA" products. We should have have to "search". I buy over $200 in grocery every week. It is hard to pick up and look at every single item I need. I would be in the store of ever!!!
Made in Canada THINK ABOUT IT
A physics teacher in high school, once told the students that while one grasshopper on the railroad tracks wouldn't slow a train very much, a billion of them would. With that thought in mind, read the following, obviously written by a good Canadian.
Check this out. I can verify this because I was in Lowe's the other day for some reason and just for the fun of it I was looking at the hose attachments . They were all made in China . The next day I was in Home Hardware and just for the fun of it I checked the hose attachments there. They were made in Canada! Start looking.
In our current economic situation, every little thing we buy or do affects someone else - even their job. So, after reading this email, I think this lady is on the right track. Let's get behind her!
She said:
My grandson likes Hershey's candy. I noticed, though, that it is marked made in Mexico now. I do not buy it any more.
My favourite 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 light bulbs. I was in the light bulb aisle, and right next to the GE brand I normally buy was an off-brand labelled, "Everyday Value". I picked up both types of bulbs and compared the stats - they were the same except for the price. The GE bulbs were more money than the Everyday Value brand but the thing that surprised me the most was the fact that GE was made in MEXICO and the Everyday 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.
So throw out the myth that you cannot find products you use every day that are made right here .
My challenge to you is to start reading the labels when you shop for everyday things and see what you can find that is made in Canada. The job you save may be your own or your neighbour's!(Your children & grandchildren, also)
I think some of you should look at the international import laws. If say the cost of packaging is higher than the actual cost of let’s say the food inside it can be labelled "Made in Canada" or "made in the US". There are many instances where you think they are local but that may not be the case. There is a big push to label where ALL contents of the package are produced. You know who is one of the biggest importers of Canadian and US frozen foods are? CHINA! They import things like pizza, pasta etc. that they ship here. Apparently, they don’t want to eat their own stuff either. I was told by a person in the industry that this is a common practice and many named brands are using loopholes to appear like they are offering products made locally. Can we trust all labels?? I agree there should be better laws to let us know what is really going on.
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