USA has not been Canada's friend for years.

[agoodwinsmith]

 Another victim of being bought by a US-based company:

Yves Veggie Cuisine is being discontinued by Hain Celestial Group, the US company that bought it in 2001:
https://vancouversun.com/news/canadian-yves-veggie-cuisine-vegan-brand-discontinued

Other companies bought by US concerns and then plants closed in Canada:

Western Star Trucks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Star_Trucks
Red River Cereal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_River_Cereal


And .....I can't remember all the other names.  Poot.  The point is always that the acquisition means that the plant (with jobs) closes in Canada.  And we lose a really good product.  Bah.

I am thoroughly steamed about Yves because they are head and shoulders above other brands.

And the fricken jobs.

Comments

[sabotabby]

I'm mad about this and I don't even like Yves.

[armiphlage]

Oh no.

[dewline]

Hain Celestial Group?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hain_Celestial_Group

Well ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

USA isn't anyone's friend. It closes its own factories and shifts production to countries where work is cheaper and less safe.

There's always some churn as new products emerge and some old ones disappear, but now it's so fast as to be a serious problem. Whenever anything breaks, there's no telling if it can be replaced, because often there is no equivalent that does the same job, or the new one has some obnoxious feature.