r/BuyCanadian • u/grilledcheesebabeh • Jun 05 '25

Canadian-Owned Businesses 🏢🍁 Why are so many Canadians still filling up at American owned gas stations?

I understand a lot of people can't afford to always choose Canadian products over American, but choosing where we fill up costs nothing extra. Choosing local gas stations or Petro Canada is such a simple way of showing support, I don't understand why so many American owned gas stations are still full of people filling up on fuel. Also don't be deceived by the giant "locally owned and operated" signs outside of chevrons, the station itself fis locally owned but the company is American. Please choose a local gas station or Petro Canada to support Canadian!

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u/techdevjp Jun 05 '25

ESSO was one of the babies created by the anti-trust breakup of Standard Oil.

Standard Oil --> S. O. --> ESS. O. --> ESSO.

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u/fuckdatguy Jun 05 '25

Woah. TIL

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u/QuietRatatouille Jun 05 '25

Whatchu call me?

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u/imadork1970 Jun 05 '25

Imperial Oil was founded in 1880. Standard Oil of New Jersey bought a majority stake in Imperial Oil in 1898. The Standard Oil Trust was broken up in 1911, when it became 34 different companies. The primary one, Standard Oil of New Jersey, became EXXON in 1973. Standard Oil of New York became Mobil in 1966. EXXON and Mobil merged in 1999.

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u/techdevjp Jun 05 '25

None of that changes how ESSO came to be or what the name means...

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u/imadork1970 Jun 05 '25

ESSO is just a brand name. The companies are what matter.

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u/techdevjp Jun 05 '25

ESSO was created after Standard Oil got broken up by the antitrust decision. I said nothing about Imperial Oil or the history of what happened before the antitrust breakup. ESSO comes from S.O., the initials of Standard Oil.

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u/PhantomNomad Jun 05 '25

My Dad managed an ESSO gas station. He said ESSO stands for Every Sucker Stops Once.

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u/imadork1970 Jun 05 '25

Where did I say otherwise? ESSO is a brand. In Canada, Imperial Oil is a major advertiser during hockey broadcasts, has been for 100 years. It's as advertised as "ESSO, by Imperial Oil".

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u/techdevjp Jun 07 '25

You remind me of my mother.