Tod MaffinCanadian Commentator, From Far and Wide · Emotional Support Canadian

What if we took the most useless day of the week, and made it count?

16 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this YouTube video, the speaker announces a new campaign called “Try It Tuesday,” urging viewers to deliberately purchase and try a Canadian product they have never used before each Tuesday. The speaker critiques the dominance of American brands on grocery shelves and highlights the hidden, often lower‑shelf Canadian alternatives that are cheaper and higher quality but lack marketing spend. Viewers are asked to buy one such product—examples include Primo ketchup, Red River cereal, Nellie's dish detergent, and items from retailers like Rexall, Home Hardware, or Canadian Tire—then share their experience in the comments. The speaker also promotes a free newsletter (farandwide.news) for a more organized list of recommendations. The video’s featured snack is Underground Kombucha from Vernon, BC, presented as a high‑quality, unexpected choice. The overall message is a call to support domestic brands through simple, repeatable consumer actions.

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I have an announcement. You know, until Premier Trump of the Province of America started yapping, many of us didn't know about all the great Canadian products out there. We bought the American crap because it was at eye level in grocery stores. Sometimes you buy ketchup based on what you've always bought without realizing that there are Canadian products. Turns out there's a whole bottom shelf of Canadian products that are better, cheaper, and have been patiently waiting there for decades like a golden retriever that nobody adopted. Starting today, we're fixing that. I'm calling it Try It Tuesday. Every Tuesday, if you're out shopping, pick up one Canadian product that you've never tried before. Just one. Something that's been exiled to the bottom shelf because the brand didn't slip the chain an envelope of cash to move it up. It could be simple, like Primo ketchup, or something you need every day like Red River cereal. Something you've never tried before. Then try it, come back to this post, and tell us about it in the comments. Doesn't have to be food. It can be Nellie's dish detergent, or something from Rexall, or Home Hardware, or Canadian Tire. Buy it, try it, tell us. You can read the recommendations here, of course, or I'll be posting a more complete and easier-to-read summary of the recommended stuff in my newsletter, which you can join for free at farandwide.news. Try It Tuesday, because sometimes the best reason to switch ketchup brands is spite. The Canadian snack food for this video is Underground Kombucha. I'm not really a kombucha drinker usually, but this stuff is top-notch. They're from Vernon, BC.