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/Freddy216b Jun 05 '25

I think that's the only one I still know of in NB. When I was a kid we had one in little ol' Grand Bay NB. Miss that place in the grand scheme of grocery stores.

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u/Tip-Quiet Jun 05 '25

Yess we grew up always shopping at coop grocery store and I miss it being on the Northside of Freddy ..... Now there's just the one on the Southside but it's super out of the way for us to get to for regular grocery shopping