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Chapman’s, an Ontario-based Canadian ice cream maker, announced it’s switching its ingredient sourcing away from US suppliers without raising prices — and the news became a talking point on Lemmy’s Canada community, c/canada. The article itself drew no objections, with commenters mostly voicing hope for better quality and sentiments like “this kind of decision should just be the norm.” The conversation also wandered into Chapman’s own ingredient makeup and the price gap between Canadian and American dairy, even branching into requests for the company to improve its lactose-free products — more a free-flowing chat than a debate.
Chapman’s Ice Cream Pledges No Price Increase as It Shifts Away From US Suppliers — Ontario Company Changes Course
Source: cbc.ca / Read the original article here
What people said
Background and Key Points of This Topic
Canada runs a “supply management” system that nationally controls the supply and demand of raw milk, meaning the raw milk used in dairy products is fundamentally domestic to begin with, not imported. That’s why, as commenters pointed out, what Chapman’s is actually switching away from US sourcing for is most likely additive ingredients like stabilizers, coloring, sweeteners, and flavoring — it’s an easy point to misread as “they were importing the main ingredients for their ice cream from the US.” Commenters also explained that Canadian dairy being pricier than American dairy comes down to the scale of US farm subsidies versus Canada’s stricter food standards. What looks like a simple story of corporate goodwill is really a case where differences between the two countries’ systems show up in the price tag. The thread saw no real friction overall — praise for Chapman’s dominated.
*This article is excerpted and loosely translated/paraphrased by our editorial team from the thread “Chapman’s Ice Cream pledges no price increase as Ontario company shifts away from U.S. suppliers” on the overseas forum Lemmy, c/canada. Our site takes responsibility for the translation.
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