‘Buy Canadian’ Movement Pushes Purdys to Sell Outside Own Stores for First Time in 118-Year-Old History
WESTERN CANADA, JUL 8 – Purdys Chocolatier partners with Save-On-Foods to offer four top chocolate varieties in 131 stores, responding to a 200% increase in online demand, company says.
- Purdys Chocolatier decided to sell its products outside its own stores for the first time in its 118-year history due to the buy Canadian movement, creating high demand for its products.
- The brand experienced a 200% increase in website traffic and a 300% jump in searches about its Canadian status.
- There was a 25% rise in new customers for Purdys during Easter compared to the previous year due to increased interest.
- Kriston Dean stated that shopper interest grew after tariff tensions arose, and Purdys will monitor sales performance at Save-On-Foods to assess potential brand expansion.
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Demand from 'buy Canadian' movement pushes Purdys Chocolatier to move into grocer Save-On-Foods - Food In Canada
Purdys Chocolatier says the buy Canadian movement has generated so much demand for its products that it decided to sell them outside its own stores for the first time in its 118-year-old history. Kriston Dean, the Vancouver-based confectionary company’s vice-president of marketing and sales, says as soon as tariff tensions emerged, shoppers’ interest in the brand was piqued. The brand’s website traffic jumped more than 200 per cent and searches …
‘Buy Canadian’ movement pushes Purdys to sell outside own stores for first time in 118-year-old history
Purdys Chocolatier says the buy Canadian movement has generated so much demand for its products that it decided to sell them outside its own stores for the first time in its 118-year-old history.

Demand from 'buy Canadian' movement pushes Purdys to move into grocer Save-On-Foods
Purdys Chocolatier says the buy Canadian movement has generated so much demand for its products that it decided to sell them outside its own stores for the first time in its 118-year-old history.
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