[Indydealmaker]

Originally Posted by marianne237

Sometimes it is hard not to purchase either USA made or even USA owned. DH enjoys ham...so on occasion we purchase ham slices. We went to the new Sweetbay store and since ham was on my list, obviously, I looked for it there. All their ham products are packaged Smithfield. That is now a brand owned by the Chinese. We won't buy Smithfield any longer, and Paula Deen had nothing to do with it.
We all need to be consumer smart. It's only one small product, but it's my personal protest.

Smithfield ham is still a product that is grown, processed and packaged and distributed and sold by american employees. Your problem with them is what?

Also those that worry about U.S. dollars leaving this country should be aware that annually over $120 billion USD is sent by immigrants to their families in their home countries (according to a World Bank report). That is money that is presumably earned here but is being sucked out of our economy. At least most of the dollar value of imported products and/or foreign owned but U.S. manufactured products stays in this country if the ultimate customer is also in this country.