For those unfamiliar with Canadian Tire, it is the Canadian equivalent to Home Depot or Lowe’s. Canadian Tire my whole life has this program in place, where they give you Canadian Tire dollars (5 cents, 10 cents, 25 cents, $1) bills for each purchase. You can build a fairly big stack of these Canadian Tire bills, which may equate to $20. For a while now, Canadian Tire had a stand of sausages in the checkout line. I decided to try one and fell in love with the chipotle flavor in particular.
The problem being is that Canadian Tire was charging taxes, when in fact, jerky and sausages are tax free in Canada. Taxation all depends on the individual state or province. Since 2008, this charging taxes illegally on jerky has been a huge pet peeve of mine. I have had countless arguments over this topic with many businesses over the years in multiple states and provinces, sometimes quite heated. If anyone should know if jerky/sausages/biltong/meat sticks are taxable, it should be me. My view is that if a company is ripping off consumers by charging taxes illegally, what other nefarious practices are they doing to their customers.
Complaining to the cashier about taxes is useless, as they are just cashiers. I officially emailed Canadian Tire to lodge a complaint, threatening that they had 30 days to comply or lose a lifelong customer. My complaint was addressed promptly by Canadian Tire customer service, where they asked me for the product code on the receipt and told me that this complaint was forwarded to their Commodity Tax Division. I never did save the receipt, and about two weeks later, I purchased another bag. To my surprise, taxes were not charged this time. Kudos to Canadian Tire for addressing this taxation problem in a prompt fashion. Your welcome Canada 🙂
My only tool to tackle companies illegally charging taxes is to boycott the business. One example is a local gas station close to my old house. I complained in person to them several times, never getting anywhere with managers. I then boycotted them for 15+ years despite being the closest gas station to my old house. I suggest others do the same. Jerky is tax free across all Canadian provinces but there are some USA states where jerky is indeed taxable.
We are proud of offering great exposure, giving the opportunity to get each and every jerky brand known to the market and community in this probably now 3 Billion Dollars annual sales dried meats industry. The jerky industry has a broad presence on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. As a general rule, jerky makers with high social media activity have good to great tasting jerky.
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Below are some various statistics to illustrate how we got up to $6,000 of jerky reviewed to date. Even after a little over six years later, we are still overrun with jerky submissions. The jerky industry rocks!
Jerky Review Counter
Jerky Reviews: 944 (April 12/2021 – 924)
Jerky Brand Counter
Jerky Brands reviewed: 273 (April 12/2021 – 263)
United States of America Brand Counter
USA Jerky Brands reviewed: 
205 (April 12/2021 – 202)
Canada Jerky Brand Counter
Canadian Jerky Brands reviewed: 
58 (April 12/2021 – 51)
Jerky Tag Counter
Jerky Tags created: 913 (April 12/2021 – 891)
Jerky Category Counter
Jerky Categories created: 72 (April 12/2021 – 72)
Total Cost of Jerky Bags
Jerky Bags cost: $7165.22 (April 12/2021 – $7010.48)
Total Cost of Jerky Bags Purchased
Jerky Bags cost: $2131.96 (April 12/2021 – $2073.84)
Total Cost of Jerky Bags Submitted
Submitted Jerky Bags cost: $5033.26 (April 12/2021 – $4936.64)
Jerky Bags Counter
Unique Jerky Bags acquired: 1026 (April 12/2021 – 1006)
Jerky Brand Submitted Counter
Jerky Brands Submitted For Review: 144 (April 12/2021 – 141)
Submitted Jerky Bags
Unique Submitted Jerky Bags reviewed: 686 (April 12/2021 – 674)
Jerky Ingredient Counter
Jerky Ingredients reviewed: 850 (April 12/2021 – 839)
Jerky Flavor Name Counter
Jerky Flavor Names reviewed: 592 (April 12/2021 – 586)
Jerky Flavor Counter
Jerky Flavor Tags reviewed: 70 (April 12/2021 – 70)
Total Weight of Jerky
- Grams 82,669 (April 12/2021 – 81,297)
- Ounces 2,912 (April 12/2021 – 2864)
- Pounds 182.0 (April 12/2021 – 179.0)
- Kilograms 82.6 (April 12/2021 – 81.2)
JERKY SHRINE DETAILS
Jerky Shrine Brand Counter
Jerky Shrine Brands: 348 (April 12/2021 – 339)
Jerky Shrine Bag Counter
Jerky Shrine Bags: 1495 (April 12/2021 – 1,476)
Jerky Shrine Brand On Display Counter
Jerky Shrine Brands On Display: 86 (April 12/2021 – 84)
Jerky Shrine Brand Wall #1 Counter
Jerky Shrine Brands Wall #1: 26 (April 12/2021 – 25)
Jerky Shrine Brand Cork Board #1 Counter
Jerky Shrine Brands Cork Board #1: 30 (April 12/2021 – 29)
Jerky Shrine Brand Cork Board #2 Counter
Jerky Shrine Brands Cork Board #2: 32 (April 12/2021 – 32)
Jerky Shrine Brand Closet Counter
Jerky Shrine Brands Closet: 20 (April 12/2021 – 19)
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