Stopped buying from Uline once I realized (A) US money funnel, plus (B) Trump supporter with extremist views.
Only Canadian owned alternative I found was Whitebird, but their catalogue isn’t as large. Any other options?
Canada-Wide
- https://www.spicers.ca/
- https://www.globalindustrial.ca/
- https://www.tenaquip.com/
- https://richardspackaging.com/
West
Ontario / Toronto
Quebec / Montreal
EDIT: Even better @bowreality@lemmy.ca provided a Canadian list of alternatives at https://refuseuline.com/
I have never bought from Uline but have this saved in case I need something: https://refuseuline.com/ They include a Canadian list as well
Copy pasting their list, which may or may not be accurate.
tenaquip.com spicers.ca glbc.com actionpaper.ca keypak.ca enveloppe-quebec.com cabotss.com prairiepackaginginc.ca chitchats.com lorponlabels.com heartlandshippingsupplies.com thepackagingcompany.com cookesales.ca clearbags.ca eddies.com whitebird.ca creativebag.com hubert.ca quantumstoragesystems.ca foodpak.com grandandtoy.comThanks for this.
I get a Uline catalog in the mail each year, but have no idea why I’m on their mailing list. Flipping through it, the items seem quite expensive for what they are.
Everything Uline sells is cheaper elsewhere, often by a long shot. They exist because they are convenient for purchasers and because they send swag for the warehouse crew to steal.
They literally go through public directories and send them to anyone who might have any sort of purchasing power.
At every job I’ve worked at as an admin, we will get 5-10 each year addressed to any manager, facilities, or finance person of any sort.
I make sure I remove their names using the unsubscribe thing every year, and then the next year they’ll send another addressed to a whole new group of people.
I fucking hate uline.
I thought Grand & Toy was the big name in Canadian office supply.
Edit: from a cursory search, there’s White Paper Co. amongst various local suppliers in Vancouver. Direct link to catalogue
Uline is more like “warehouse supply” than office. Like, if I want an anti-static workbench for an electronics tech, then Uline is where I would previously go.
Are they still around? I haven’t seen one in years.
Edit: seems they only do online orders now. They aren’t Canadian any more, they were bought by an American company in 1996.
Dang, American parent company strikes again.
