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Zorro

(17,545 posts)
Sat Mar 15, 2025, 12:06 PM Mar 2025

Why won't Publix put a Canadian flag on a cake? [View all]

Publix, it seems, will no longer decorate a cake with a Canadian flag. Or any flag that’s not American.

I say “it seems” because the company won’t fully explain a recent series of curious cake events. A quest for answers has landed me with a vanilla quarter sheet cake on my kitchen counter. It bears the words “Welcome, Canadian snowbirds!” in loopy red icing — but no maple leaf.

A note attached says: Can’t do other flags. Just American flag.

Here’s how we got to this suggestively Canadian but not-too-Canadian cake.

https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2025/03/14/publix-cakes-canadian-flag-policy-trump-tariffs/

Seems as if Publix is telling Canadians they're not so welcome in Florida. Might not be too long before they're telling New Yorkers and Californians the same thing.

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Publix is owned by a right ring heiress. William769 Mar 2025 #1
Mmm not really owned but she manages their foundation underpants Mar 2025 #5
I stand corrected. Thank you. William769 Mar 2025 #7
Wtaf???? SheltieLover Mar 2025 #2
One of the Publix heiresses funded parts of Jan 6th underpants Mar 2025 #3
Pos! SheltieLover Mar 2025 #8
Maybe its too DEI? milestogo Mar 2025 #4
They stand out in a crowd, eh? underpants Mar 2025 #9
Waiting for Trump to ad "eh" to the verboten words list. hay rick Mar 2025 #14
I have to wonder if they would put a ruskie flag on it? SheltieLover Mar 2025 #6
Something tells me they wouldn't do a pride flag either. milestogo Mar 2025 #10
I'm sure they wouldn't! SheltieLover Mar 2025 #11
That is so stupid. There isn't a word for that stupidity. Srkdqltr Mar 2025 #12
'MURRKA! tanyev Mar 2025 #13
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