Economic blackout
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Here's another idea... Use Amazon as a search portal to check reviews and find products. Then do a Google or other search for the item - often they will have their own website and allow you to order direct which probably helps the company more than ordering from Amazon too!
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I'm 20 minutes away from a Walmart superstore. Biggest love/hate relationship ever. 90 percent of what they carrry is absolute rubbish, cheap goods that should never have been made to begin with, a waste of valuable resources and a source of pollution to this good earth. But their wild bird seed prices are the best around (and I've stopped shopping at Tractor Supply since they showed their true colors and turned on a dime away from support for equality). Walmart's groceries lately are not at all cheaper than my supermarket of choice, and they are consistently unpredictable vis-a-vis what's in stock.
My grocery store of choice is Market Basket. I'm not keen on their marketing shenanigans but they are the best deal around. Our other big supermarket is Hannafords but their prices are outrageous.
For sundry items I check in at Marshalls.
But what do I buy on a regular basis other than groceries? Not much. Most of what I buy comes from thrift stores and antique shops. Craft supplies like certain threads and yarns I order from Canada and England. But we are lucky and have some really good thrift shops in Plymouth. Boomerang (a consignment place with some nice stuff), Ladders (super selection of really nice china), Step Ladders (they have a huge craft section), Habitat for Humanity (good for LPs), Flip 'n Furniture (great for furniture bargains). It's great! We have a local hardware store, not great but they carry most of what one needs to keep a place running. I like to check the Habitat for Humanity shop before going to the hardware.
I do wish we had a Macy's nearby but that's not going to happen. My favorite toiletries are from L'Occitane so I have to order them through the mail.
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I'm 20 minutes away from a Walmart superstore. Biggest love/hate relationship ever. 90 percent of what they carrry is absolute rubbish, cheap goods that should never have been made to begin with, a waste of valuable resources and a source of pollution to this good earth. But their wild bird seed prices are the best around (and I've stopped shopping at Tractor Supply since they showed their true colors and turned on a dime away from support for equality). Walmart's groceries lately are not at all cheaper than my supermarket of choice, and they are consistently unpredictable vis-a-vis what's in stock.
My grocery store of choice is Market Basket. I'm not keen on their marketing shenanigans but they are the best deal around. Our other big supermarket is Hannafords but their prices are outrageous.
For sundry items I check in at Marshalls.
But what do I buy on a regular basis other than groceries? Not much. Most of what I buy comes from thrift stores and antique shops. Craft supplies like certain threads and yarns I order from Canada and England. But we are lucky and have some really good thrift shops in Plymouth. Boomerang (a consignment place with some nice stuff), Ladders (super selection of really nice china), Step Ladders (they have a huge craft section), Habitat for Humanity (good for LPs), Flip 'n Furniture (great for furniture bargains). It's great! We have a local hardware store, not great but they carry most of what one needs to keep a place running. I like to check the Habitat for Humanity shop before going to the hardware.
I do wish we had a Macy's nearby but that's not going to happen. My favorite toiletries are from L'Occitane so I have to order them through the mail.
@Bernard said in Economic blackout:
90 percent of what they carrry is absolute rubbish, cheap goods that should never have been made to begin with, a waste of valuable resources and a source of pollution to this good earth.
I had the same reaction when I walked into a local At Home store. Overwhelming sense that I was surrounded by junk that would be in a landfill in no time.
I had to leave.
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Boycotts are spreading.
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Elbows up!
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Canadians vacationing places other than the US.
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Boycotts seem to be gaining momentum
Ivan Hansen, a retired Danish police officer, loaded up his basket at the supermarket, carefully checking each product to avoid buying anything made in the United States. No more Coca-Cola, no more California Zinfandel wine or almonds.
The 67-year-old said it’s the only way he knows to protest U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies. He’s furious about Trump’s threat to seize the Danish territory of Greenland, but it’s not just that. There are also the threats to take control of the Panama Canal and Gaza. And Trump’s relationship with Elon Musk, who has far-right ties and made what many interpreted as a straight-armed Nazi salute.
On his recent shopping trip, Hansen returned home with dates from Iran. It shocked him to realize that he now perceives the United States as a greater threat than Iran.
“Trump really looks like a bully who tries in every way to intimidate, threaten others to get his way,” he told The Associated Press. “I will fight against that kind of thing.”
https://apnews.com/article/denmark-europe-france-boycott-usa-trump-6e4b568ef4ae5705ac200a3986a8ebf6
