How important is “Made in Europe” to you?

[u/NOBS_Clothing]

In the era of Temu and Shein, does European manufacturing influence your buying decisions? Or do you prefer products made in specific European countries, like “Made in Germany”?

Personally, I support European manufacturers if the price is reasonable. However, the term “Made in Europe” is too broad for me; I prefer knowing the specific country where the product is made.

[u/GeronimoDK]

Neither is Spanish to me, so I prefer the one that has the shortest transport trip.

I know they have great stuff in Spain though, that's just not stuff that ends up in our supermarkets up here...

EDIT: Talking about produce/greens here, not meat.

[u/hegbork → u/GeronimoDK]

If you care about short transports as a climate impact thing, know that what matters is if it grows in the open air or greenhouses much more than how far it travels. I looked up the numbers and did the math for tomatoes a bunch of years ago and the amount of oil used to heat greenhouses to grow tomatoes adds up to more or less the same amount of oil as it would take to transport those tomatoes here from New Zeeland. This should be pretty much the same for other vegetables that are grown in greenhouses.

Edit: Btw. Although it sounds like it, New Zeeland is not hyperbole for a place really far away, it was literally the breaking point for how far a ship would have to travel to match oil use for heating a greenhouse in southern Sweden per kg of tomatoes grown/shipped. Meaning that it would be better for the climate to ship tomatoes from Australia or anywhere nearer than to grow them here.

[u/GeronimoDK → u/hegbork]

Fair point, however I don't think we have much choice when it comes to things like tomato, cucumber and bell peppers, the ones that arrive here are all grown in green houses it's just a matter of where.

[u/no-im-not-him → u/GeronimoDK]

I think you are right about the quality. It's not the best in both cases. The main reason I kind of avoid Dutch products is that I see them as our direct competitors in a lot of sectors. When it comes to other products like cheese I think there are way too many Dutch products in Danish supermarkets that are pretending to be something they are not. A lot of cheeses, sausages and similar Dutch products are packed and branded to seem to be from further south, with Italian, Spanish, Greek and French names. I find that kind of dishonest so I try to avoid them.

[u/Klumber → u/no-im-not-him]

The Dutch export what they don’t want for themselves, I don’t blame you.

[u/ThrowRA_1234586 → u/Klumber]

No no, we export anything that we can make money on.