Whole Foods And Doing Business In Another Area

Whole Foods,
a fairly new entrant
to Canada,
has hit the news
in a big, BAD way
for banning their employees
from wearing poppies.

Canadians wear poppies
in November to honor
veterans.
It is one of
those Canadian traditions
you don’t mess with.

By messing with it,
Whole Foods
has brought attention
to the fact
they’re American
in a time when
Canadians aren’t huge supporters
of Americans
(Almost all of Canada’s
early COVID cases
came from the US).

It has also shown Canadians
that Whole Foods
has no interest in
adhering to Canadian traditions.

And, because they are new
to Canada,
this perception will likely stick
forever.
They will ALWAYS be associated
with not caring about veterans.

Every country,
every region,
every neighborhood
has their own traditions
businesses shouldn’t mess with.

Learn about these traditions.
Honor them.
Don’t mess with them.