Our Quebec purchase suggestions

Our Quebec purchase suggestions


Croustilles, liqueurs, coffee, fruits and vegetables, cosmetic products or home products …: foodstuffs from the United States are legion.

Since the past weekend, social networks and the aisles of grocery stores have been swarming with discussions around “local” alternatives (hearing from Quebec or Canadian). But for the consumer, it is not always easy to navigate.

To help you, The sun Speed ​​up with Isabelle Roy, Director General of Food of Quebec, a non -profit organization that highlights products from here. The organization, which checks and certifies products, distinguishes two categories:

  • Put or little processed products, including at least 85 % of the ingredients that make them up are cultivated in Quebec. We are talking about fruits, vegetables and meats here.
  • The “prepared in Quebec” products which are made up of Quebec or imported ingredients, which have not been refered with and whose packaging is made in Quebec. An orange Quebec juice falls into this category.

Today, we offer five Quebec options with five American food products.

Orange juice

Tropicana is a well -known brand of the consumer for whom to start their day without their pressed orange is impossible. But the brand is American. A possible Quebec alternative is to buy a bottle of orange juice from the Oasis brand.

For comparison, a 2.63 -liter tropicana bottle sold for $ 8.99 at Maxi. In the same grocery store, a 1.5 -liter oasis bottle costs $ 4.50.

The Crustilles

Because we all need crisp in life, the Croustilles have a good place in the pantry through the province.

Lay’s is one of the most popular brands. But this agrifood company belongs to the American multinational Pepsico. By buying Yum Yum brand products, you are sure to buy Quebecois.

Price level, a package of 235g of classic Lay’s Crostilles will cost you $ 3.49 at Maxi while a packet of 200g of plain flavor of the Yum Yum brand will come back to $ 3 in the same business.

However, note that Lay’s uses Quebec potatoes for its products and has a factory in Lévis.

The soup

By these winter days, a good soup is always comforting. But in order not to serve the soup to Donald Trump, you will have to ban certain brands, such as the famous Campbell. It is easy to swap this famous brand for another: St-Hubert and all its range are a good alternative.

At Metro, chicken soup cane and 249ml noodles from Campbell will cost you $ 2.49. The 450ml chicken and noodle cane from the St-Hubert brand will come back to $ 3.99.

Chocolate

Are you looking for chocolate breaks to make your favorite cookie recipe? Forget the Hershey’s chipits, a large multinational based in Pennsylvania. Favorite chocolate milk chocolate pastilles are a safe bet if you want to buy “Made in QC”.

For comparison, a pack of 250g of milk chocolate chipits sells at Metro $ 5.49. In the same brand, a pack of 250g of favorite chocolate pastilles will come back to $ 6.99.

Cheese

Parmesan on spaghetti is the difference. And this famous Italian cheese is produced en masse by Kraft, another American company located in Chicago. To eat Quebec parmesan, turn to Saputo products.

Thus, at Metro, a kraft box of 250g of grated parmesan sells $ 11.49. You will have to pay $ 7.79 in the same brand for a sachet of 170g of grated parmesan from the Saputo brand.

Three questions to Isabelle Roy, Director General of Food of Quebec

Q Can the tariff war declared by Donald Trump encourage Quebec consumers to buy local?

R During the pandemic, we saw the consumer become aware of the importance of buying local, buying Quebecers.

The consumer cannot be an expert and know everything about each product. This is why we work with Quebec food member companies and large banners to facilitate the identification of products from here, whether on product packaging or in grocery aisles .

Above all, consuming local means participating in the vitality of our regions and is ensuring that money remains here.

Q ALLOWS PRICES ARE NOT ABOUT A OBSERVANT ABOUT THE PURCHING OF LOCAL PRODUCTS?

R It is certain that the price remains the first criterion to buy a product for a majority of consumers. But instability, the inflation that we know, it is everywhere, it affects everyone, not just Quebec products.

By buying seasonal and premises, we also make sure to buy products at more affordable prices.

Q What advice would you give to our readers who would like to buy local?

R At first, there will be a little effort to do for them. They will have to adjust their purchasing and consumption habits.

What I can advise to people is to know the brands, follow the circulars promotions and think their recipes according to acceptability and the availability of products.

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